Network Engineer - EV Charging & Renewables - United kingdom - £60k + Bonus
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 george.taylor@everec.co.uk