Salary: Salary DOEur benefits include:

- 30 days annual leave, increasing with service up to 35 days
- Annual performance bonus scheme
- Retail and travel discounts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Access to salary sacrifice vehicle scheme (conditions apply)
- Company pension scheme
- Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
- Adaptable and hybrid working arrangements where appropriate
- Opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting utility infrastructure projects

Reporting to the General Manager, this role sits within the regional leadership team with full accountability for the technical integrity, and delivery assurance of the tendering and Design function across the North.

The Head of Tendering & Design – North will lead a high-performing team responsible for developing commercially robust, technically compliant, and fully deliverable ICP on new network connections on LV and HV networks. Utilising a combination of direct labour and specialist external delivery partners and design houses.

This role is pivotal in driving profitable growth, providing design authority, and ensuring seamless integration from early-stage opportunity and bid strategy through to detailed design approval and handover to delivery.

The successful candidate will combine strong commercial acumen with technical leadership, influencing internal stakeholders (Business Development, Operations, Finance) and external partners (DNOs, IDNOs delivery partners and clients) while embedding a culture of accountability, performance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial & Strategic Leadership

- Lead the development and approval of commercially competitive, risk-balanced tender submissions aligned to margin and growth targets
- Maintain governance over pricing strategy, cost build-ups,



and commercial risk allocation
- Drive improvements in bid conversion rates, margin performance, and tender efficiency
- Provide senior technical-commercial input into major bids, frameworks, and strategic opportunities

Technical Design Authority

- Ensure compliance with: DNO / IDNO specifications
- G81, G99 and associated standards
- BS7671 and applicable UK regulations
- Ensure all designs are adoptable, optimised, and aligned to cost, programme, and constructability requirements
- Provide leadership on complex technical and commercial design challenges

Leadership & Capability Development

- Lead, develop, and inspire a multidisciplinary team, creating a high-performance, commercially aware culture
- Own resource planning, recruitment, succession planning, and talent retention
- Build capability in both engineering excellence and commercial understanding across the team

Operational Integration

- Work closely with Business Development to ensure early engagement and solution alignment with client needs
- Collaborate with Operations to ensure designs are deliverable, efficient, and programme-alignedli>
- Ensure a seamless transition from tender through IFC design to project delivery
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, DNOs, IDNOs, and regulatory bodies
- Act as a senior point of contact for technical and commercial matters
- Represent the business within industry forums and with adopting network operators

Governance, Performance & Continuous Improvement

- Ensure outputs meet all quality, compliance, and timeliness standards (KPIs/SLAs)
- Drive continuous improvement in processes, systems, and design methodologies
- Provide clear reporting on pipeline performance, financial metrics, and risk exposure
- Champion efficiency, digitalisation, and standardisation across the function

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