Technical Sales Engineer

eSmart Networks is a leading UK Independent Connections Provider (ICP) with its own IDNO, at an exciting point in its journey. A business with real momentum, strong pipeline, and ambitious plans to grow its footprint across industrial and commercial electrical infrastructure. We specialise in grid connections and capacity upgrades, enabling business to secure and optimise their power supply, achieve sustainability goals, and future-proof their energy infrastructure.

We are looking for a Technical Sales Engineer / Tendering Engineer / Customer Solutions Engineer to sit at the heart of our pre‑contract and commercial activity, supporting the development and winning of complex grid connection projects across industrial, commercial, EV charging and other types of developments.

This is a customer-facing technical role, working closely with our Business Development Managers, estimating and design teams to shape robust, deliverable and competitive grid connection solutions. You will engage directly with developers, consultants, contractors and utilities, providing technical assurance and confidence in our capability as an ICP and IDNO partner.

The role is ideal for someone with an ICP, IDNO or DNO background who enjoys influencing outcomes early, shaping solutions, and bridging the gap between engineering, commercial and client-facing teams.

We can recruit at both senior and junior levels subject to candidate experience and career aspirations; we will discuss this with you as part of the recruitment process.

This is a fully remote role, with the option to work from our regional office in Essex or Belfast if preferred.

What you will be doing

Customer-facing technical support

• Support Business Development Managers by engaging directly with clients, consultants and contractors
• Understand customer objectives, constraints and delivery drivers (cost, programme, risk, adoption)
• Act as a trusted technical interface during early engagement, tenders and negotiations
• Provide confidence in our technical capability, delivery approach and commercial offer

Best-in-class technical solutions

• Develop solutions-led grid connection options aligned to client needs and project drivers
• Optimise solutions across cost, programme, constructability and risk
• Evaluate contestable vs non-contestable scopes and identify areas for value engineering or optimisation
• Utilise our sister company IDNO adoption capability to enhance client value

Technical expertise & tender support

• Provide technical advice and oversight to estimating and business development teams
• Develop tender-level technical designs, scopes and technical narratives
• Support configuration of quotations, challenging assumptions and exclusions
• Carry out technical reviews of tender designs, ensuring alignment with standards, capability and delivery risk
• Clearly articulate and review technical inclusions, exclusions and assumptions to avoid downstream commercial risk

How we will support you:

• Our Business Development Managers will manage the customer engagement- they will recognise and appreciate your technical support, you won’t be on your own
• Our industry leading Grid Solutions team is full of ex DNO and ex Transmission engineers- you will have a best-in-class technical team to bounce ideas, support on specific projects and support with your professional development
• We strongly encourage and support progression towards chartership for professionally qualified engineers, or progression to being a professionally qualified engineer for those with industry experience
• This role will have development opportunities and options to join at both senior and junior levels subject to candidate experience and career aspirations- we will discuss this with you as part of the recruitment process

About You

• This role would be a great fit for candidates from an electrical design background or other client-facing ICP, IDNO, Consultancy or DNO roles such as project engineering, project management, pre-construction management or tender engineering.

What we are looking for

Essential:

• Strong technical understanding of UK electricity networks (LV & HV Essential, EHV beneficial)
• Understanding of DNO/IDNO interfaces and adoption models
• Ability to communicate technical solutions to non-technical audiences
• Confident communicator with clients, consultants and internal stakeholders
• Ability to provide dynamic technical support to external and internal stakeholders.
• Pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset.

Desirable:

• Experience working within an ICP
• Experience supporting bids, tenders or pre‑contract technical development
• Familiarity with UK network standards (ENA, DNO specifications, G99, G81, etc.)
• Exposure to industrial & commercial projects
• 11kV and/or LV Experience in electrical design or other client-facing ICP, IDNO, Consultancy or DNO roles such as project engineering, project management, pre-construction management or tender engineering.
• Degree or HND in Electrical Engineering is desirable but not a pre-requisite.

Our benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Attractive Bonus Scheme
• Car Allowance
• Life Cover
• Attractive Holiday Allowance
• Buy Additional Holiday
• Wellbeing Service
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Long Service Award
• Volunteering Scheme

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