Deputy Director - Engineering, Strategy and Resilience

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Job Summary

Lead the charge in shaping the future of Britain’s energy networks. Ofgem is looking for a Deputy Director – Engineering Strategy & Resilience to join us and drive the strategic transformation of our national infrastructure through expert engineering oversight, bold leadership, and a focus on resilience.

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. We’re at the forefront of change across the energy sector, driving toward Net Zero whilst protecting energy consumers – especially vulnerable people.

We’re offering a permanent leadership role that places you at the heart of Britain’s response to climate change and energy transition. In this highly strategic position, you’ll be responsible for building our new asset health inspection capability and leading the scrutiny of strategic network development plans that underpin the future reliability, security, and sustainability of our gas, electricity and hydrogen systems.

This is a rare opportunity to shape a function from the ground up, designing inspection standards, building a team of inspectors, embedding frameworks for accountability, and overseeing the long-term resilience of critical energy infrastructure. At the same time, you’ll ensure that network planning processes, led by NESO and operators, are robust, forward-looking and deliver value for consumers, communities and the environment.

You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams across policy and engineering, influence code reform and steer the development of standards for a decarbonised future. Your work will help ensure our regulatory frameworks are underpinned by cutting-edge technical understanding and a commitment to both reliability and innovation.

We’re looking for someone with deep engineering and asset management expertise, gained from senior roles in energy systems. You’ll need a strategic mindset, a strong grasp of how GB commercial and regulatory frameworks operate, and proven experience of leading large, complex programmes and teams. Chartered status is essential, and so is the ability to communicate complex technical information with clarity to senior, non-technical audiences.

This is your chance to join an inclusive, mission-driven regulator with a pivotal role in the UK’s energy future. We offer hybrid working, excellent leave and pension benefits, and the opportunity to contribute directly to Net Zero through engineering leadership at national scale.

We have a critical purpose to create a safer, more resilient energy system by building an asset health inspectorate and ensuring network development planning is strategic, anticipatory, and aligned with the UK’s decarbonisation goals. This is a role that combines high-level strategic impact with deep technical responsibility.

Job Description

This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team of engineering and policy experts to support Ofgem’s wide-ranging activities. A key focus is the development and operation of a new Asset Health and Resilience function, including an Asset Health Inspectorate, to ensure the reliability of critical energy infrastructure in the face of climate change. The postholder will oversee the technical scrutiny of strategic network development plans across gas, electricity, and hydrogen networks, ensuring climate resilience is embedded in planning and asset management.

The role also includes leading the review and development of technical codes and standards, supporting Ofgem’s strategic role in energy code reform and decarbonisation. The successful candidate will provide expert advice across Ofgem and to government, manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders—including network operators, trade bodies, and innovators—and ensure high-quality project delivery through effective leadership and inclusive management.

This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team of engineering and policy experts to support Ofgem’s wide-ranging activities. A key focus is the development and operation of a new Asset Health and Resilience function, including an Asset Health Inspectorate, to ensure the reliability of critical energy infrastructure in the face of climate change. The postholder will oversee the technical scrutiny of strategic network development plans across gas, electricity, and hydrogen networks, ensuring climate resilience is embedded in planning and asset management.

The role also includes leading the review and development of technical codes and standards, supporting Ofgem’s strategic role in energy code reform and decarbonisation. The successful candidate will provide expert advice across Ofgem and to government, manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders—including network operators, trade bodies, and innovators—and ensure high-quality project delivery through effective leadership and inclusive management.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

More information about the role and application process can be found in the attached candidate pack and role profile.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Alongside your salary of £100,000, OFGEM contributes £28,970 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; SCS1 holiday entitlement; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but this is kept under review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus, lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential skills and capabilities.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview, including your CV and any statements or examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Ofgem takes any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn].

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Location:
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Salary:
£150,000 - £200,000
Category:
Engineering

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