Associate Director Overhead Lines (OHL)
Apply for the Associate Director Overhead Lines (OHL) role at Jacobs.
At Jacobs, we are challenging today’s problems to reinvent tomorrow by solving critical challenges for cities, environments, and essential infrastructure. Our UK and Continental Europe team leads in powering the global energy transition.
Your Impact
As a key member, you will support high‑profile projects across our Power & Energy portfolio, including high‑voltage AIS and GIS substations, transmission system assets, HV overhead lines, HVDC interconnectors, and energy storage systems.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop detailed engineering drawings, specifications, and design documentation using software tools such as PLS‑CADD, AutoCAD, and MicroStation.
* Oversee technical activities: line routing, sag‑tension calculations, structure analysis, conductor selection, clearance reports, and design documentation.
* Prepare and review proposals and reports detailing project scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.
* Regularly engage in client‑facing design reviews and technical workshops.
* Lead and mentor a team of specialist design engineers working on overhead transmission line solutions.
* Identify and manage project risks to ensure successful delivery.
* Promote a strong safety culture.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, stakeholders, and clients to drive project success.
* Ensure all designs are appropriately reviewed and approved in line with best practice and by a qualified individual.
* Collaborate with the resource manager to expand the team and improve design processes.
* Work with the wider team to ensure designs are sustainable and support environmental and planning aspects of the works.
* Address issues arising from construction teams.
* Ensure drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction.
Qualifications
* Proven experience in OHL design (132 kV–400 kV), ideally within UK transmission and distribution environments.
* Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Civil or Electrical) or equivalent.
* Chartered Engineer (IET) status or working towards chartership.
* Familiarity with National Grid and DNO standards and processes.
* Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Ability to manage competing priorities, deliver under pressure.
* Demonstrated ability to lead technical workstreams and contribute to strategic project delivery.
* Proficiency in industry‑standard software such as PLS‑CADD, PLS‑Tower, PLS‑Pole, and AutoDesk tools.
Benefits
Flexibility with hybrid working arrangements, well‑being benefits, global giving and volunteering programmes, and opportunities to grow within a leading global engineering and construction company.
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