Design Lead

Reference: 82793 Location: Bidder Street, London (near Canning Town) Contract: Permanent Salary: 99,127 plus Inner London Allowance and 3% bonus Closing date: 11 August 2026As the Design Lead you will undertake the technical lead on designs that underpin major connections and capital investment projects across London. Reporting to the LPN Design Manager, you will lead a multidisciplinary team and influence programmes that support the safe, efficient and successful delivery of strategically important electricity network infrastructure. Following the six-month probationary period, blended working is available with three days in the office and two days remotely.You will provide technical leadership from the initial design brief and conceptual phase through detailed design, assurance of as-built records and delivery of the health and safety file. You will manage civil and electrical designers, CAD technicians and design coordinators, alongside external designers and specialists, while collaborating with other Design Leads, Design Managers and the Protection team at Newington House. The role includes responsibility for approximately 12 employees and 10 external designers, supporting around 30 million of annual works, a 2 million departmental budget and 1.2 million in payroll costs.You will work across UK Power Networks directorates and with customers and stakeholders including National Grid, TfL, Network Rail, connection customers and major developers. You will agree deliverables ..... full job details .....