Senior Design Engineer (Multi-Utility) – Hamilton or Warrington

Step into a leading utilities company that champions innovation and service excellence. At Energetics part of the Last Mile Group, we take pride in delivering top-notch solutions across the multi-utility sector. Our dedicated team in Warrington, is expanding, and we're excited to welcome a talented Senior Design Engineer (Multi-Utility) to join us.

As a Senior Design Engineer (Multi-Utility) at Energetics, you will play a vital role in designing multi-utility networks for new housing, industrial, commercial, or multi-occupancy projects. You’ll manage the process from quote acceptance through to securing timely design approval for adoption purposes, supporting commercial activities as needed and liaising with sales teams on technical matters.

Each design will require your expertise to secure the necessary technical approvals for construction, along with completion of bill of quantities, design variations, and costings, all in line with commercial and financial procedures.

What’s in it for you as a Senior Design Engineer (Multi-Utility)?

Here at Last Mile, we pride ourselves in providing a great range of benefits including a fantastic amount of annual leave, including a Christmas shut down.

• 25 days holiday, increasing after 2 years by 1 day each year up to 30 days, plus 9 public holidays
• Discretionary bonus
• EV and ULEV salary sacrifice scheme (subject to minimum length of service)
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution
• Life assurance (x4 annual basic salary)
• Refer a friend incentive
• Wagestream
• Employee assistance programme
• Hybrid working for eligible roles (3 days in the office, 2 from home) *
• Flexible start and finish times for eligible roles*
• Private medical insurance*
• Company sick pay*

*Some of our benefits are only applicable when you have successfully completed your probation period*

Your responsibilities as a Senior Design Engineer (Multi-Utility):

• Manage a portfolio of multi-utility design projects ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, standards and technical policies and bulletins
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the design life cycle from quotation acceptance to adoption, ensuring that time-bound milestones are achieved
• Responsible for ensuring accurate project documentation is recorded
• Liaison with Design Engineers to ensure appropriate technical input and compliance with standards is achieved.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders including Delivery Teams, Operations Team and developers
• Liaise as required with external agencies including gas / electricity network operators and water companies

Experience / Knowledge:

• Experience of designing either single or multi-utility projects in a range of domestic, commercial and multiple-occupancy settings, including large scale multi-phase projects,
• Experience of CMD regulations and ability to interpret and apply to design solutions
• Practical knowledge of relevant new roads and streetworks regulations
• Ability to effectively understand and interpret complex engineering drawings and appropriate commercial documentation
• Ability to adapt to or have experience of commercial / in-house design and costingpackaging including Gasworks, Windebut and SNAP

Qualifications:

• Minimum of HNC in an Engineering related discipline
• SHEA Power / Water / Gas
• Registered to minimum EngTech level with IET/IGEM/IOW

Have you got the drive to go to the Last Mile as a Senior Design Engineer (Multi-Utility)?Apply now!

We aim to keep candidates informed throughout the process and encourage you to apply promptly as we may close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

About us:

Last Mile is one of the largest last-mile multi-utility businesses in the UK.

We understand construction and we know utilities. We take responsibility for the ‘last mile’ of infrastructure that connects developments to wider distribution networks.

Our strong history in gas and electricity connections, deep knowledge of the industry and secure investor backing means we can provide a comprehensive multi-utility solution that includes clean (ground source) heat networks, electricity, water and wastewater.

Working through our operating companies UKPS (in South of England and Wales), Energetics (in Scotland, North Wales and the North of England) and our asset adoption business Last Mile Asset Management , we offer a ‘one-stop shop’ for new utility connections.

We’re proud to be both a Great Place to Work certified business and a Living Wage Employer, reflecting our commitment to supporting and valuing our people.

At Last Mile, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We consider all applications solely on the basis of skills and experience and actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.