OHL Zonal Support Engineer
About The Position
The OHL Zonal Support Engineer provides operational support across the UK, working with the wider Overhead Line leadership team to help deliver operational priorities. This is a mobile national role involving travel across the country and occasional overnight stays; a company car is provided for national travel. The role supports operational resilience, risk management, compliance and workforce readiness across Overhead Line Operations. The successful candidate will help operational teams remain prepared, informed and equipped to deliver work safely and consistently as network activity grows in volume and complexity.
Requirements
- Relevant OHL or comparable safety-critical operational, engineering, risk, compliance, resilience, planning or coordination experience.
- A minimum HNC in a relevant discipline.
- A NEBOSH General Certificate, or a commitment to work towards achieving this qualification.
- Good knowledge of OHL work, safety, equipment, authorisations, statutory inspection requirements and operational compliance.
- Excellent analytical, organisational, stakeholder and communication skills.
- Full UK driving licence.
Nice To Haves
- Membership of a relevant professional body.
- Experience coordinating operational readiness, risk and resilience activity, and producing senior stakeholder updates.
Responsibilities
- Identify, coordinate and manage operational risks, dependencies and constraints across OHL operations.
- Support statutory inspections, equipment readiness, fleet management, resilience planning and emergency response activities.
- Work with operational teams, suppliers and technical forums to support OHL services and contracts.
- Produce actions, readiness updates, trackers and senior leadership briefings based on operational information.
- Help ensure OHL operations remain supported, compliant and operationally ready as the workplan grows.
- Collaborate with training, competence, recruitment and onboarding teams to support workforce readiness.
- Provide OHL expertise and input into wider Asset Operations processes.
- Promote safe, consistent and effective ways of working across the OHL function.
Benefits
- Salary of £56,579–£65,000, dependent on experience.
- Bonus based on personal and company performance.
- Job Requirement Car.
- Competitive contributory pension scheme, with National Grid double matching contributions up to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
- Flexible benefits, including a share incentive plan and technology schemes.
- Support via employee assistance lines.
- Matched charity giving.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
