You’ll join OCU’s Regulated Power division as part of a growing overhead lines team delivering essential network infrastructure across the SSEN New Connections framework. Covering the M4 corridor from the M25 through to Bath, you’ll play a key role in strengthening and expanding electricity networks that support homes, businesses and the wider energy transition.
This is an opportunity to take on a hands-on leadership role within a busy and safety-critical environment, where your experience and authorisations will be valued and further developed through ongoing training and exposure to a wide range of projects.
You’ll carry out a wide range of overhead line activities, including the construction of new networks, upgrading existing infrastructure and dismantling assets to support underground cabling projects. Working across LV, 11kV and 33kV systems, you’ll help ensure the safe and efficient delivery of works to the required quality and specification standards.
You’ll take responsibility for maintaining a strong safety-first approach, not only for your own work but also supporting and influencing colleagues on site. As part of your role, you’ll contribute to building a positive safety culture, ensuring all operational activities are carried out in line with company and regulatory requirements.
You’ll also be responsible for completing relevant documentation and updating digital works management systems, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of progress and activities on site.
Essential:
- Current SSEN operational authorisations
- Proven experience working on overhead lines across multiple voltage levels
- Strong understanding of safety requirements within OHL operations
- Good communication skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to manage workload and deliver work to agreed standards
- High attention to detail
Desirable:
- NRSWA accreditations
- Experience working on new connections projects
- Interest in further developing authorisations and technical skills
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
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