Network Engineer - EV Charging & Renewables - United kingdom - £60k + Bonus
22 hours ago
Southampton
Network Engineer - EV Charging & Renewables - United kingdom - £60k + Bonus Role: Network Engineer Sector: EV Charging & Renewables Location: North Yorkshire or North Lanarkshire Working Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week on site) Salary & Package: £50,000 – £60,000 base + annual bonus Role Overview This organisation is a growing engineering and infrastructure provider operating across EV charging, renewables, and smart energy systems in the UK. It delivers end-to-end solutions covering the design, build, operation, and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure, supporting the transition to a low-carbon future. Due to continued growth, they are seeking a Network Engineer to take ownership of the EV Charging Point Management System (CPMS) and wider EV infrastructure estate. This is a key role within a scaling business, offering autonomy to shape systems, processes, and future team capability. The role is primarily back-office and remote-first, focused on system optimisation, intelligent fault diagnosis, automation, and maintaining high levels of uptime across a multi-vendor charging network. Key Responsibilities • Take full ownership of the CPMS platform and associated EV charging infrastructure, • Monitor, manage, and optimise network performance to ensure maximum uptime and reliability, • Diagnose and resolve the majority of faults remotely through CPMS, automation, and system intelligence, • Act as the technical escalation point for complex network and platform issues, • Design, build, and maintain APIs and system integrations between platforms, • Support and guide field engineers during reactive call-outs, providing root cause analysis, • Work directly with OEM partners to manage interoperability, firmware, configuration, and integrations, • Analyse charger and network performance data to proactively prevent faults, • Support onboarding of new charging sites and clients into the CPMS environment, • Develop, document, and continuously improve operational processes and workflows, • Maintain strong communication with internal teams, partners, and stakeholders, • Contribute to future team structure, training, and capability development as the estate grows Key Requirements • Demonstrable experience as a Network Engineer, Systems Engineer, Platform Engineer, or similar, • Proven experience managing and supporting cloud-based or IoT-connected platforms, • Strong background in remote fault diagnosis and resolution, • Confident working with networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, VPNs, firewalls, routing, switching, • Experience working in service-critical, operational environments with uptime responsibility, • Experience designing, building, or maintaining APIs or system integrations, • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, • Degree in Network Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience, • ITIL Foundation or service management awareness (beneficial), • Comfortable working autonomously and making technical decisions, • Valid UK driving licence, • Flexible and pragmatic approach to working hours when required Desirable Experience • Experience working directly with OEMs or hardware manufacturers, • Experience managing firmware, configuration, or interoperability across multiple vendors, • Experience with CPMS platforms, OCPP, OCPI, or similar protocols, • Background in EV charging, energy, utilities, grid, or smart infrastructure, • Experience with automation, scripting, or platform optimisation Ideal Background • Network Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer / Systems Engineer, • Experience within EV charging, renewables, utilities, telecoms, or IoT environments, • Thrives in a scaling, operational, and fast-paced organisation, • Proactive, ownership-driven, and naturally focused on continuous improvement If this is of interest please apply on LinkedIn or email