Freedom Tech Stack

UK electricity infrastructure engineering and asset management services

Utilities Leeds, West Yorkshire 1,001–5,000 employees Privately Held

Freedom designs, builds, and maintains high-voltage electrical infrastructure across the UK, operating a deeply technical stack anchored in industrial control systems (SCADA, Ignition, WinCC, IEC 61850) and engineering software (AutoCAD, Revit, DIgSILENT PowerFactory). The hiring mix is heavily weighted toward senior engineers (104) and mid-level technicians (72), with active recruitment across 271 roles—reflecting the labor intensity of concurrent capital projects, asset replacement cycles, and net-zero infrastructure transitions now underway.

Tech Stack 39 technologies

Core StackAutoCAD SAP Revit Teams SCADA IEC 61850 PTP NTP Modbus OPC Profibus VPN Ignition Siemens WinCC GE iFIX Excel Navisworks QGIS Plaxis GeoStudio PRINCE2 DIgSILENT PowerFactory Microsoft Office Word Outlook PowerPoint GPS BIM CAD DigSILENT PowerFactory+9 more

What Freedom Is Building

◆Challenges

Meet net zero targets
Ensuring safety compliance
Cost control
Compliance with environmental legislation
Managing multiple concurrent projects
Asset replacement
Resource allocation
Early warning identification
Cash flow management
Safe efficient delivery of new connections

▲Active Projects

Asset replacement works
Pv/wind farm connections and distribution substations up to 132kv
Low voltage private network projects
Green recovery substation construction
Electricity substation design across the uk
Design frameworks for dnos
Overhead line projects
New electrical connection projects
Ohl new build and refurbishment projects
Procurement projects

Hiring Activity

Steady270 roles · 90 in 30d

Department

Engineering

194

Construction

Ops

Design

Operations

Procurement

Finance

Commercial

Seniority

Senior

104

Mid

Junior

Manager

Intern

Principal

Lead

Notable leadership hires: Head of Substation

Company intelligence

Find more companies like Freedom by tech stack, pain points and active projects

Get started free

About Freedom

Freedom provides facilities and power engineering services to UK electricity networks and customers. The company advises on, designs, builds, maintains, and renews electricity infrastructure across overhead lines, cable systems, substations, and LV/HV networks up to 132kV. Work spans recurring maintenance, replacement programs, and end-to-end new-build capital delivery. The active project portfolio includes substation construction, overhead line refurbishment, renewable connections (PV/wind), green recovery infrastructure, and private network projects. The business operates from Leeds with 1,001–5,000 employees and is hiring primarily in engineering, construction, and design roles across the UK.

HeadquartersLeeds, West Yorkshire

Company Size1,001–5,000 employees

Hiring MarketsUnited Kingdom

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does Freedom use?

Industrial control (SCADA, Ignition, Siemens WinCC, GE iFIX); design (AutoCAD, Revit, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, QGIS); standards (IEC 61850, Modbus, OPC, Profibus); enterprise (SAP, Teams, Microsoft Office). BIM and CAD are standard across projects.

What projects is Freedom working on?

Asset replacement works, PV/wind farm connections, substations up to 132kV, low-voltage private networks, overhead line new build and refurbishment, electrical design frameworks for distribution networks, and green recovery infrastructure.