Title:  Strategy Engineer - NESO

About The Role

National Energy System Operator (NESO) sits at the heart of the UK’s energy transition, aiming to produce first of their kinds strategic energy plans across generation, transmission and distribution. NESO’s vision is to provide a future where everyone has access to reliable, clean and affordable energy; our work will be a catalyst for change across the global community. 

The Electricity Network Strategy Development & Implementation teams sit within the Strategic Energy Planning directorate, aiming to produce GB’s first Centralised Strategic Network Plan, setting out the future of GB’s energy networks. In these high-profile teams, we currently have roles for Strategy Engineers to lead the development of the new strategic network planning policies and processes. 

This could include aspects such as interactions with future seabed leasing rounds, translation of government ambitions, collaboration with European counterparts, and alignment to domestic planning processes and reforms. 

The successful candidate will work in collaboration with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, to set the direction by developing the strategies needed to deliver co-ordinated network design recommendations, embedding these into business-as-usual processes. 

This role will be based from our Warwick HQ, and we continue to offer hybrid working between office and home.

We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements. 

About Us

The creation of National Energy System Operator (NESO) is driven by an urgent need to unify and optimise our approach to energy. A more integrated and coordinated strategy is needed to meet the unprecedented challenges of climate change, ensuring secure energy supply, and keeping costs manageable for consumers.

Join us and empower your potential, energise our team, and be part of something bigger.

Your energy, our future, together.

About The National Energy System Operator

In Autumn of 2024, the ESO transitioned to National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator is the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain’s electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.  

The ESO, including all of its existing roles, are now at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users’ need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.

The organisation is set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest. As was the ESO, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.

The time to deliver is now. As part of our team, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

Key Accountabilities

Across the teams, key accountabilities are shown below, we are looking for experience or preference in either:

Strategy Development

• Strategic Planning & Horizon Scanning: Develop the vision and high-level strategic plans to advance GBs network planning, including engaging in horizon scanning work to identify risks and opportunities.

• European Planning & Engagement: Engage with TSOs across Europe to understand how domestic plans could align with the EU vision. Deliver insights into domestic planning teams, such as strategy implementation. 

• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with internal (such as wider Strategic Energy Planning, Markets, and Connections) and external bodies (such as the TOs, Ofgem, and DESNZ) to explore strategic opportunities, policy changes, and relevance to network planning.

Strategy Implementation

• Future Methodology Development: Develop the strategy teams’ vision into more detailed activities, including providing the required changes to the future CSNP methodology. 

• European Engagement & Implementation: Work with the Network Strategy team to liaise with Europe and utilise insights to develop and assess options for Cross-Border / European Network plans.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with internal (such as wider Strategic Energy Planning, Markets, and Connections) and external bodies (such as the TOs, Ofgem, and DESNZ) to develop and implement new thinking for future strategic network plans.

About You

We’re forging the path, and we know we can’t do it alone. That’s why we need visionary minds like yours to join us on this transformative journey: 

The Strategy Engineer roles require a variety of skillsets across personnel contributing in teams to deliver to time and quality. Hence, across both teams, the following attributes are desirable, although a candidate is not required to have all of the following to be successful: 

• Baseline Understanding of an area of the Energy System: Due to the breadth and depth of the energy system, it is not expected for the candidate to have a wide range of experience across the entire energy system. However, experience across an area such as power system engineering, electricity transmission and distribution, connections, energy innovation, or energy policy is desired so that a base level of knowledge can be built upon. A desire to learn is preferred with experience of quickly engaging and understanding topics beneficial.

• Multi-Disciplinary Teamworking: Ability to work with technical experts across multiple subject areas (including policy, economics, power systems, and data science) to quickly gain insights across strategy areas, from which to understand and define problems.

• Excellent Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in creating and presenting material that clearly “tells the story” to the audience (such as using the SCQA method). Ability to share key strategic insights through clear, concise, short reports and slide packs, ensuring that the key messages are relevant and pitched appropriately for the audience (from executive level to non-technical audiences).

• Strategic Thinking: Strategic thinker and curious mindset, being able to “see the bigger picture”, and connect multiple themes and activities, with a full “end-to-end” approach. Ability to present information in a novel format which allows a variety of audiences to engage with problems and provide solutions. 

• Process Development: Ability to take a high-level concept and turn it into a pragmatic set of steps which can be followed by SMEs.

• Problem Solving: Experience working in uncertain and adaptable projects where the “answer” is subject to a number of unknowns which may change the course of the project during its development.  Comfortable dealing with uncertainty and working within teams to help guide SMEs through this.

• Stakeholder (or Client) Relationship Experience: Ability to build high quality relationships both internally and externally and using those to achieve the required outcomes.

• Project Management Experience: Experience manging teams using tools such as work package breakdowns, Gantt charts, risk management, or similar and delivering projects to time, quality and cost.

About What You'll Get

A competitive salary between £54,000 - £62,000 per annum, dependent on experience and capability. As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on company performance, 26 days annual leave as standard and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.

As we work towards creating a cleaner, greener, and more affordable future for all, we also work towards creating a place for our teammates to belong, with professional and personal growth and positive well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximise your potential along your career journey
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table
• Generous Total Rewards Plan – comprising of health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

More Information

This role closes on 28th October 2025 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. 

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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