Company: Tempest Jones Recruitment
Location:
Posted: April 11th, 2026
Manchester or Glasgow
Competitive salary + employee ownership, benefits and long term progression
This position sits within the growing UK power division of a major global engineering firm with deep capability in power, data centres, infrastructure and complex buildings. The organisation has a long established reputation in the American market and is now significantly expanding its UK and European presence.
The organisation operates globally across power, data centres, infrastructure and major building programmes. With operations across the United States, the United Kingdom and multiple European regions, the business brings significant global scale and technical depth. The power group is well established internationally with large teams delivering high voltage substations, transmission and distribution programmes, grid connections and power systems studies for utilities, large private clients and major developers. Much of this capability is now being replicated and scaled across the UK.
The company is employee owned, financially strong and aligned around long term engineering quality rather than short term commercial pressure. This creates a culture where technical standards, capability building and professional development are prioritised.
The Associate Power Engineer role is a key technical and delivery position within the UK power function. It is suited to engineers with strong grounding in high voltage systems such as substation design, transmission and distribution, protection and control, or grid connection studies.
Your contribution will support senior technical leaders and help strengthen the division as it grows. You will work closely with internal global power teams, UK project managers and external clients across data centre and power infrastructure programmes.
This position is suited to an Associate Engineer or experienced Senior Engineer who wants to step into a growing organisation, gain exposure to major data centre and power programmes and develop toward technical leadership.
The role sits within a power business that already has substantial work to deliver. The demand exists today, with internal clients in data centres and global power groups driving a strong flow of projects into the UK.
You will join a team that is receiving significant investment in technical capability and leadership as it expands into the wider UK and European market. There is long term opportunity as the division grows from its current size into a larger, self sustaining business unit.
You will have the backing of large global power teams, access to established technical standards and a highly collaborative culture shaped by employee ownership. The environment supports professional development, chartership and progression into senior roles as the team expands.
For the right engineer, this is a rare chance to join at a formative stage and help build a high quality power engineering capability in the UK.
If you’re looking to take the next step in your HV career, get in touch with Dean Forster at Tempest Jones on dean@tempestjones.com, or apply now with your CV.