JOB SUMMARY

Join Ofgem as a Senior Engineer - Electricity Transmission & Distribution and help shape the future of the UK’s electricity networks. As the energy sector transitions to Net Zero, this is an excellent opportunity to apply your engineering expertise to projects that deliver real impact for consumers, industry, and the environment.
Based in the Engineering and Technology Directorate, you will be part of a team that provides high-quality, independent technical advice across Ofgem. Your work will support the regulation of electricity transmission and distribution networks, ensuring they are safe, secure, innovative, and deliver value for money.
You will lead engineering analysis and provide expert input into a wide range of policy and regulatory areas. This includes supporting the delivery of electricity price controls such as reopeners and RIIO3, assessing innovation projects, and advising on technical aspects of network codes and derogations. You will also contribute to the development of transmission and distribution policy, helping to ensure that Ofgem’s decisions are grounded in robust engineering principles.
We are looking for someone with relevant experience in electricity transmission or distribution, network or system operations, system design and planning, or related areas such as smart grids, asset management, and network innovation.
You will have a strong track record of delivering complex projects to tight deadlines and be confident in both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Familiarity with the principles of economic regulation and the ability to apply engineering judgement in a regulatory context are essential.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills are key, including the ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-technical audiences. You will also be comfortable working across teams and engaging with external stakeholders such as network companies, government departments and industry bodies.
This is an excellent opportunity to apply your engineering skills to some of the most important challenges facing the UK energy system, and to help shape a smarter, greener, and more resilient future.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

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

Further information on nationality requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for high quality and timely engineering analysis of options and recommendations to policy teams.
• Lead on policy areas directly managed by the Engineering & Technology Directorate, such as technical codes & derogations.