Electrical Engineer (Water)

Sweco

Peterborough

Hybrid

GBP 45,000 - 65,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

Competitive pension contribution

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme

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Job summary

Sweco seeks an Electrical Engineer to provide electrical engineering input for Anglian Water region projects. You will design LV installations and assemblies, review designs, and liaise with construction, operations and utilities.

The role requires a collaborative approach, site visits, and a full UK driving licence. Sweco supports flexible and hybrid working and offers progression opportunities across our sustainability-focused teams.

Qualifications

Demonstrable experience as an Electrical Design Engineer.
Strong Electrical Engineering background.
Willingness to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to solve complex problems.
Experience in the Water Industry is an advantage.
Site visits will be required; a full UK driving licence is needed.

Responsibilities

Design and specify LV electrical installations and distribution systems (specifications, schedules, data sheets, drawings).
Design and specify LV Assemblies (MCC, LV switchboards, control panels) with related data sheets and drawings.
Review LV electrical designs produced by framework contractors (schematics, cable calculations, termination diagrams).
Liaise with technical teams, construction, operations, suppliers and utilities.
Specify and select instrumentation based on the process design.

Skills

Electrical Design Engineer

Electrical Engineering

Team collaboration

Water industry experience

UK driving licence

Job description

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

As an Electrical Engineer, you’ll provide Electrical Engineering technical input to projects in the Anglian Water region.

What You’ll Be Doing

Design and specify LV electrical installations and distribution systems particular specifications schedules, data sheets and drawings.
Design and specify LV Assemblies particular specifications schedules, data sheets and drawings (i.e. MCC, LV Switchboards and Control Panels)
Review LV electrical designs produced by framework contractors (i.e. electrical schematics, cable calculations and termination diagrams)
Liaise with others on technical issues, the construction team, operations, suppliers, and utility companies.
Specify and select instrumentation based on the process design.

About You

You will ideally have:

Demonstrable experience as an Electrical Design Engineer
Strong Electrical Engineering background
Willingness to be collaborative and work with a multi disciplined team, working together to solve complex problems
Experience in the Water Industry is an advantage
As site visits will be required, you will need a full UK driving licence.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Employee Benefits

Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
Competitive pension contribution
Life Assurance
Private Medical Insurance
Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
Cycle2Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
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@OneAlliance vision

A Collaborative Alliance, Driving Change. Empowering Us To Set Global Benchmarks And Building a Better Environment For Our Customers. We Strive To Empower our people; Delight our Customers; Embrace digital transformation; Deliver brilliance.

@OneAlliance Values

To bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop we:

Build trust; Do the right thing; Are always exploring

The Anglian Water @one Alliance. Nine partners, endless opportunities.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer which reflects our commitment to fair pay and support for all colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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If you’re an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, please contact GB_Function-HR-Resourcing@sweco.co.uk for assistance.