Lead Design Engineer (Protection & Control)

Job description

Lead Design Engineer (Protection & Control)

Location: United Kingdom (remote work with travel across the UK)

Competitive salary + company car + private health insurance + pension match scheme + bonus

TGRC has been retained by a leading UK infrastructure services provider at the forefront of the high-voltage power sector. They are a key delivery partner on National Grid frameworks, delivering HV and EHV substation design, upgrades, and refurbishment projects across the UK. The business offers a collaborative engineering environment where experienced engineers can work on technically complex, large-scale projects with real impact on the UK’s energy network.

This is a principal-level position for a highly experienced design engineer focusing on protection and control within substation design for National Grid projects.

The Role

• Principal-level experience is required
• Extensive detailed design experience for National Grid projects is essential
• Ideally, the candidate should have a CDAE (Contract Design Approval Engineer) appointment on National Grid projects, enabling them to sign off detailed designs and submit them to National Grid
• Ability to produce designs that can be successfully constructed, commissioned, and handed over to the client
• Strong appetite for attending sites to address construction-related issues, verify designs against site conditions, and update designs accordingly

Your Profile

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (or similar)
• 8+ years in electrical design, with 4+ years on UK transmission projects (NGET, SSEN)
• Deep knowledge of HV substations (132kV–400kV) and UK standards
• Hands-on experience with protection relays, CT/VT sizing, and AC/DC drawings

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

United Kingdom

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-04-2026

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English