Senior Engineer – Civils
Iberdrola
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Bonnybridge • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £53,280 - £66,600 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Managing the programme of works across both electrical and civils contractors, ensuring projects are delivered on time, safely, and within budget.
- Leading day‑to‑day contractor and stakeholder relationships, acting as the key interface for project delivery.
- Overseeing civils‑biased elements of major distribution projects, including substations, cable routes, and enabling works.
- Developing, monitoring, and reporting on project and construction programmes.
- Ensuring projects comply with SPEN engineering, technical and safety standards, including CDM regulations.
- Coordinating outage planning and ensuring impacts to the network are minimised.
- Supporting robust communication with landowners, local authorities, customers, and internal teams.
- Promoting exemplary safety behaviours and ensuring full compliance with legislation and SPEN safety rules.
- Driving continual improvement through analysis of project outcomes and contractor performance.
Requirements
- Strong project/programme management experience — ideally gained within civils biased engineering projects, preferably on electrical networks or utilities.
- Experience coordinating internal engineering teams and external contractors.
- Ability to manage competing priorities across a busy, multi‑project portfolio.
- Knowledge of construction, civils works, safety legislation, CDM regulations and associated compliance requirements.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to develop project plans, risk assessments and deliver against challenging timelines.
- Commercial and contract awareness with a focus on value, quality, and performance.
- Minimum Criteria HNC/D or Degree in Electrical Engineering or Civil Engineering (or equivalent).
- Proven experience in the construction or delivery of electricity network or utility infrastructure projects.
- Civils experience on network‑related projects (e.g., substations, cable routes, enabling works) is highly desirable.
- Computer literacy and ability to use project management and reporting tools effectively.
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementprogramme managementrisk assessmentsconstruction planningcivils engineeringelectrical engineeringnetwork infrastructuresafety complianceCDM regulationscontract management
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder managementleadershiporganizational skillsproblem-solvinganalytical skillsteam coordinationtime managementrelationship managementcontinuous improvement
Certifications
HNC/D in Electrical EngineeringHNC/D in Civil Engineeringdegree in Electrical Engineeringdegree in Civil Engineering