Site Installation Manager - Design and Interface

Site Installation Manager – Design and Interface

Join NKT’s HV Solutions Onshore Operations team to manage the installation design and interfaces on high-voltage onshore cable projects across the UK, from design through to execution on site.

Reporting to the Deputy Manager Onshore Installations, you’ll coordinate the design and interface activities needed to deliver the installation package, providing on-site support across multiple sites and projects to deliver safely, on time, within budget and to the right quality.

What you’ll do

Working across multiple concurrent projects, you will:

• Oversee the development, review and approval of detailed installation designs, ensuring compliance with specifications, standards and client requirements.


• Manage technical interfaces between engineering disciplines, project teams, clients, contractors, consultants and third parties.


• Identify and mitigate interface risks across cable routes, substation integration, utility crossings, land access and third-party assets.


• Facilitate design reviews, constructability assessments and value engineering workshops.


• Embed HSE and Design Risk Management in the design process, leading HAZID workshops and safety reviews.


• Manage your delegated budget and monitor design changes and additional work in line with the customer contract.


• Specify subcontractor requirements for installation, including quality and HSE.


• Provide technical leadership to project teams and on-site support to installation teams.

What you bring

You’ll bring:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil Engineering, or equivalent work experience.


• Experience in project or site management, or design interface roles, in onshore/offshore installation.


• Contract management and client-facing project delivery experience.


• SMSTS and CSCS accreditations.


• Solid planning skills and experience using design software, MS Office and SAP.


• Very good spoken and written English; other languages are an advantage.


• Clear communication and relationship-building skills with clients, subcontractors, suppliers and colleagues.


• A goal-oriented, disciplined and service-minded approach, with a modern, motivating leadership style.

Location and travel

Based in the UK, you’ll travel routinely between our project offices in Perth and Inverness and project sites across the UK, with around 30–60 international travel days per year depending on project set-up and contract conditions.

Why join us

Help deliver sustainable energy infrastructure within an international team, with a company car and a competitive benefits package.

NKT welcomes different backgrounds and is committed to inclusion. We encourage applications even if you don’t meet every requirement.

We review applications continuously and encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Personality and cognitive assessments may form part of the recruitment process. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact [email protected].

Please note that, due to GDPR requirements, we cannot accept applications by email.

Join us and help deliver the cable infrastructure that powers a more sustainable future.

About NKT
NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and takes centre stage as the world moves towards green energy. NKT designs, manufactures and installs low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling sustainable energy transmission. Since 1891, NKT has innovated the power cable technology building the infrastructure for the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today. NKT is headquartered in Denmark and employs 6,500 people. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 3.6 billion in 2025. We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com