Design Manager

About Us

We’re National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), the owner and operator behind the electricity distribution systems for the Midlands, the Southwest of England and South Wales. Serving communities of more than 8 million people, our expert teams deliver heat, light and power for homes and businesses, working outdoors with underground cables, overhead lines and substations that operate between 230 and 132,000 volts.

National Grid employs over 29,000 people worldwide. Our vision is to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future and we are doing this in a fast-moving industry with an increasing focus on tackling climate change, exploring new energy sources which are renewable, low carbon, and improve efficiency to meet demand. If this appeals to you too, you could soon work in a supportive, rewarding and friendly environment that empowers everyone to succeed.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Our desire is to bring in more employees from diverse backgrounds to build further on our inclusive culture. We value and celebrate individual difference and we believe that an inclusive culture will help the business grow as a positive, strong and innovative company.

Job Introduction

An opportunity has become available for a Telecoms Design Manager reporting to the general manager of National Grid Telecoms with a base to be agreed within NGEDs geographical operational area.

The Telecoms Design Manager will be responsible for the specification and design of the National Grid Telecoms Network, including fibre, network equipment and SCADA systems, including policy documentation and development in a fast and evolving product space. The successful applicant will lead a team to ensure our network remains a high quality, cost effective and reliable service whilst seeking future solutions, therefore experience in Telecom infrastructure and service delivery would be highly beneficial.

As part of our hybrid working approach and in line with our policy, this role allows you to apply for a mix of office and home working. Hybrid working can only be considered once your initial training is complete and subject to business need.

*You may initially be appointed on a lower salary until the successful completion of all relevant training.

Main Responsibilities

You’ll be results driven, responsible for developing individuals within the team, whilst maintaining excellent standards of service to ensure the Communications and SCADA networks that support the Control and Visibility of the high-voltage electricity network meet the requirements of our parent company National Grid. You will:

• Be responsible for the overall performance and development of the National Grid Telecoms network, systems and products.
• Developing, proposing and setting direction to achieve set results observing new and technology opportunities.
• Managing your own working time to ensure that objectives and projects are completed in the most efficient manner.
• Maintain professional relationships with colleagues, customers, suppliers and other external organisations.
• Work safely and in accordance with approved procedures and techniques.
• Set personal and team objectives, monitoring performance.
• Act in the capacity as a company expert in regard to telecommunications to contribute towards the overall strategic development of the business and its customers.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be expected to have a detailed knowledge and understanding on a wide range of Telecoms solutions, including both mobile and fixed network assets. The role will involve travel across all National Grid Distribution regions, managing your own diary with occasional travel outside of the area including occasional overnight stays.

You should be an experienced leader in managing an inclusive high performing team, committed to providing efficient and effective customer service with excellent communication skills.

Ideally qualified to Degree level or equivalent with extensive experience in Telecommunications or Electrical Engineering, however applications are also encouraged from colleagues that consider themselves suitable to make a success of this opportunity. We’ll need to see evidence of your qualifications. The successful applicant may be required to undertake standby duties in accordance with an agreed rota.

As the post you are applying for attracts a National Security Vetting clearance there are further eligibility requirements, information can be found on the gov.uk website. To meet national security vetting requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years for Security Clearance (SC) prior to the date of application. There are exceptions to this however and examples of these include:

• you have been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
• you were studying abroad
• you were living overseas with parents

If you have any further queries relating to National Security Vetting, please email nged.recruitment@nationalgrid.co.uk

About The Company

If this is your opportunity to join us, you’ll find we offer a supportive, rewarding and friendly working environment where you’ll be empowered to build a career. Along the way, you’ll be invested in, be enabled by the latest technology and find that we’re always interested in evolving our systems and processes so that we get even better, every day.

In return, you’ll enjoy a package of benefits designed to reward your hard work and incentivise your ambition. In addition to your competitive salary, we offer a competitive contributory pension scheme where the company will double match your pension contributions up to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access, subject to eligibility criteria, to join our annual Share Save plan.

You will receive a generous annual leave entitlement, 26 days plus 8 bank holidays. In addition, you will be able to access support via our Employee Assistance Programme, including musculoskeletal and physiotherapy services.

Additional Application Information

Recruitment correspondence is usually sent by email, so please do check your email account including spam/junk folders regularly after the closing date.

To enhance your candidate experience, we recommend using Google Chrome to complete your online application. Should you have any questions regarding this or require additional support to complete your online application, please email nged.recruitment@nationalgrid.co.uk

As an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we celebrate individual difference and are actively bringing in more employees from diverse backgrounds to build on our inclusive culture. We anonymise all jobs in our recruitment system, so we can eliminate unconscious bias and be a workplace that reflects the community we serve.

Hiring managers only have access to necessary information after shortlisting has taken place and before interview so they can prepare.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient numbers of suitable applications be received. We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.