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HV Commissioning Engineer

Coburg Banks Limited
Birmingham
money-bag £75000 - £80000/annum
Posted: 01 October 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 31 October 2026
Ref: 225671036

HV Commissioning Engineer - 11kV-132kV

-70,00080,000 + Overtime + Door-to-Door Pay + Vehicle + Excellent Benefits

Home Based / UK Wide

Realistic total package -120,000+

If you''re an experienced HV Commissioning Engineer and don''t mind spending time away from home, this is a package worth looking at.

We''re recruiting for a growing specialist HV engineering business delivering major power infrastructure projects across the UK, with a particularly strong pipeline within renewable energy and data centre environments.

You''ll be home based and travel directly to project sites across the UK. Staying away during the week will be a regular part of the job.

In return, the earning potential is excellent.



The package

  • Basic salary circa -80,000

  • Paid door-to-door, including travel between your hotel and site

  • Regular overtime opportunities, including double-time payments

  • Additional payment simply for staying away

  • Generous subsistence allowance

  • Company van and fuel card

  • Private healthcare

  • Dental cover

  • Excellent wider benefits package

  • Realistic overall package worth -100,000+



The job

You''ll carry out testing and commissioning of HV electrical infrastructure from 11kV through to 132kV.

Projects include major grid connections, substations and complex power infrastructure, with much of the current workload supporting renewable energy and data centre developments.

You''ll be involved in:

  • Primary and secondary testing

  • Protection relay testing and configuration

  • Secondary injection testing

  • Transformers and switchgear

  • CTs and VTs

  • SCADA and control systems

  • G99/G59 testing

  • Fault finding and diagnostics

  • Commissioning documentation and reports

  • Energisation and handover



About you

We''re looking for an experienced HV commissioning professional rather than somebody whose experience is predominantly installation or maintenance.

You''ll ideally have:

  • Strong hands-on HV commissioning experience

  • Experience across 11kV, 33kV and ideally higher voltages

  • Protection and secondary injection experience

  • Experience with equipment such as Omicron and/or Megger

  • DNO, ICP, IDNO or private HV network experience

  • Ability to read schematics, SLDs and protection drawings

  • SAP status or good experience working under an SAP

You don''t necessarily need to have commissioned at 132kV already if you''ve got strong HV commissioning experience and the capability to progress.

You can live anywhere in the UK.

What you must be comfortable with is travelling nationwide and regularly staying away Monday to Friday.

For somebody who enjoys site work, wants technically interesting HV projects and is happy travelling, the combination of basic salary, overtime, paid travel and stay-away payments makes this a seriously strong permanent package.

Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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