Senior Specialist Engineer - Electrical Assets Specialist
Ofgem Commonwealth House 32 Albion Street Glasgow G1 1LH, Glasgow
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£63,443 - £86,547 a year
- Play a vital role in enhancing regulatory oversight of electrical assets, ensuring their health and resilience for the energy sector.
- Ideal candidates should possess strong engineering expertise, a good understanding of risk management, and excellent decision-making skills.
- Flexible working arrangements based in Glasgow, Cardiff, or London; enjoy a civil service pension with significant employer contributions and a supportive work environment.
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Job summary
Ofgem is Great Britain?s independent energy regulator. We?re at the forefront of change across the energy sector, driving toward Net Zero whilst protecting energy consumers, especially vulnerable people.
We?re offering a permanent opportunity within our newly established Asset Health & Network Resilience team, where you will contribute to the creation of a new Asset Health Inspectorate. Providing engineering insight and oversight for licensed energy companies, you will support secure, resilient infrastructure that delivers for consumers.
Operating as a senior engineering specialist within Ofgem, you?ll support informed decision-making at senior levels, helping ensure that regulatory approaches are underpinned by strong engineering judgement and a clear understanding of risk, resilience and long-term system needs.
You?ll contribute to the development of frameworks and approaches that strengthen oversight of energy infrastructure across the sector and engage with colleagues and external stakeholders to support consistent, proportionate and future-focused assurance that helps protect consumers and support a secure transition to net zero.
Job description
We?re looking for a highly experienced specialist engineer with deep technical expertise in electrical asset health, lifecycle management and network resilience within the regulated electricity sector. You?ll be confident operating in complex organisational settings, influencing senior stakeholders and translating complex technical issues into clear, accessible advice for non-technical audiences. Strong professional judgement, credibility and a commitment to inclusive leadership will be key to your success.
In return, you?ll join a purpose-driven organisation playing a vital role in supporting a secure, affordable and sustainable energy system. You?ll discover meaningful professional development, long-term career prospects and a positive work/life balance facilitated through hybrid and flexible working.
We have a critical purpose to ensure Britain?s energy infrastructure is safe, resilient and fit for a net-zero future. Join us and help shape the engineering assurance that underpins the energy system of tomorrow.
Please see the role profile and candidate pack for more information.
Person specification
Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the criteria listed in the role profile. In the event of receiving a large number of applications, an initial sift may take place on just the lead criteria indicated in the essential criteria below.
Essential Criteria
- Extensive experience in a specialist engineering role relevant to electrical asset management and network resilience within the regulated electricity sector, with the capability to lead in these areas. (Lead)
- Deep technical expertise in electrical asset health, lifecycle and degradation, with a proven ability to assess infrastructure performance and apply effective risk-mitigation and resilience strategies. (Lead)
- Strong technical knowledge and practical experience in the design, build, maintenance and operation of electricity networks.
- Proven ability to operate effectively in complex and diverse organisational environments, acting as an internal expert who can advise, influence and constructively challenge senior leaders on strategic and operational performance matters.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, accessible information for non-technical audiences.
- Educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline (or possessing equivalent industry experience), with expertise in a related professional engineering specialism demonstrated through an appropriate qualification (e.g., Chartered Engineer status or working towards this), alongside a working knowledge of the commercial and regulatory framework governing the GB Gas and Electricity industry.
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
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When you press the ?Apply now? button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.
You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ?personal statement? evidencing how you meet the essential skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the criteria listed in the role profile. In the event of receiving a large number of applications, an initial sift may take place on just the lead criteria indicated in the essential criteria.
The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn].
At Ofgem, we expect our staff to carry out their roles with honesty, fairness and openness. They should follow the Civil Service code and be free from any influence or bias. We are committed to making sure interests are recognised, declared and managed appropriately so that we can fulfil our duties as an energy regulator. Our Conflicts of Interest policy outlines the types of interests Ofgem staff must declare before onboarding, and the rules they must follow throughout employment so that we can clearly demonstrate that our decisions are not influenced by private interests.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Rob Wilkins
- Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
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In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website.