Trainee, Junior or Designer Role

82086 - Trainee, Junior or Design

This Trainee Designer, Junior Designer or Project Designer will report to the Lead Design Engineer and will work within Connections based in our St Neots office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £42,222 (Trainee), £54,166 (Junior) and £65,241 (Project Designer) and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 17/02/2026.

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Private Medical Cover / Simply Health
• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

Role Purpose:

You will work within a team of designers reporting to a Lead Design Engineer, producing designs, quotations and work packs for customer connections.

As the Project Designer you will be guided by the Design Policy and the Connection Charging Manual, so are expected to meet all Electricity Guaranteed Standards and safety standards.

Typically, quotations vary between £2k and £200k, but can be up to £1M and it would be expected that the post-holder will be competent to undertake this role autonomously.

Responsibilities include:

• Professional liaison with customers, their agents and internal stakeholders to gain the information required to complete a quotation.
• Produce designs, quotations and work packs to agreed license condition and guaranteed standard timescales. This will include network analysis, reinforcement design and Netmap drawings.
• Consistent knowledge and application of the Design and Connection Charging Policies and relevant Codes of Practice.
• Produce work packs satisfying all safety and delivery requirements.
• Together with Network Operations colleagues, to ensure delivery of projects to financial targets and support project closure through financial reconciliation.

Essential Skills

• The post-holder should demonstrate a keen awareness of the design and operation of the electricity distribution network.
• The post-holder should have the drive to give excellent service to customers to meet their needs.
• Good organisation skills including the ability to plan, manage time and other resources efficiently are a pre-requisite.
• Must be able to show initiative whilst working as a team player, taking ownership and contributing to targets and supporting team success.
• Be able to demonstrate intelligent balanced judgements in all matters
• Enthusiastic customer focus, without losing sight of safety and security of supply objectives.

Nature and Scope

The Connections Directorate designs and undertakes new and altered electricity connections within the UK Power Networks Licence area. All works are customer-driven and the design team have to manage their time to meet customer expectations and comply with Licence Conditions, Guaranteed Standards and Safety Standards.

The Project Designer is required to liaise with customers, develop new connection designs that meet the customer requirements and produce quotations and work packs.

Health & Safety Responsibilities:

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.