Laing O'Rourke
Senior HV Electrical Design Manager - Substations
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Laing O'Rourke is supporting the transformation of the UK's electricity network through the Great Grid Upgrade, and we're looking for a Senior Electrical Design Manager to play a leading role on the Chesterfield substation project.
This is an opportunity to sit at the centre of a nationally significant EHV scheme, shaping design strategy, influencing outcomes, and helping modernise critical infrastructure needed for a net-zero future.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading electrical design management across a complex EHV substation project
- Providing technical leadership across internal teams, designers, and supply chain partners
- Managing design assurance, compliance, and integration, from early design through to delivery
- Working closely with construction and project leadership to ensure buildability and programme alignment
- Acting as a key interface with the client and other external stakeholders
What you'll bring
- Strong experience in EHV / HV substation design, ideally within major infrastructure programmes
- A solid grounding in UK standards, safety, and regulatory requirements for transmission assets
- The confidence to lead design conversations, challenge constructively, and influence at senior level
- A collaborative mindset, comfortable working across multi-disciplinary and multi-organisational teams
- Experience balancing technical detail with programme, cost, and delivery priorities
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Why join Laing O'Rourke
- Be part of one of the UK's most important energy infrastructure programmes
- Work on technically complex projects that genuinely contribute to the energy transition
- Join an organisation known for engineering excellence, innovation, and digital-led delivery
- Benefit from long-term career development opportunities across power, infrastructure, and major projects
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements considered where roles allow
Inclusion at Laing O'Rourke
We believe diverse teams deliver better outcomes. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people feel respected, supported, and able to thrive. Flexible working and workplace adjustments can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East, and Australia.
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Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people, and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half, to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long-term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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