Electrical Project Engineer

Galliford Try Group; Dorchester; Presencial; GBP 45.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Private medical scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Save as You Earn share scheme

Holiday purchase option

Corporate discounts

Employee assistance programme

Descripción de la vacante

Galliford Try Group is seeking an Electrical Project Engineer for its Environment business in the Bournemouth/Dorchester area. The role covers full lifecycle electrical works on water projects, with site presence at pumping stations, dosing systems and chlorination plants across the Wessex Water Frameworks.

You’ll support project delivery, liaising with Project Managers and planners, and travel to regional sites to ensure safe, efficient operations while upholding company standards.

Formación

• Engineering qualification in your chosen discipline.
• Water industry experience is desirable but not essential.

Responsabilidades

• Providing regular programme updates in collaboration with Planners
• Reviewing and supporting the development of engineering designs
• Conducting on-site inspections
• Managing the procurement of materials
• Coordinating with commercial teams and attending client meetings
• Supporting consistent delivery and quality across all aspects of the project

Educación

Engineering qualification

Herramientas

ECS

SSSTS

SMSTS

City & Guilds Confined Space Training

EUSR (Clean Water Hygiene)

Appointed Persons for craneage

Descripción del empleo

Electrical Project Engineer – Environment

Dorchester / Poole

What you will be doing:

An exciting opportunity has become available for an Electrical Project Engineer to join our expanding team at Galliford Try, based in Bournemouth or Dorchester. You’ll be working within our Environment Business, supporting the delivery of a wide range of water industry projects, covering both wastewater and clean water treatment schemes, as part of our Wessex Water Frameworks.

Ideally, you’ll be located in or near the Bournemouth / Dorchester area and willing to travel to various sites and projects across the region.

Role Overview:
As an Electrical Project Engineer, you will oversee the full lifecycle of electrical engineering works, from concept through to completion. Projects may include pumping stations, dosing systems, chlorination plants, and related civil engineering works. Reporting to the Project or Delivery Manager, you’ll be instrumental in the daily management of projects. Working closely with the Project Manager and the wider project team, you’ll help ensure site operations run safely and efficiently. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing regular programme updates in collaboration with Planners
• Reviewing and supporting the development of engineering designs
• Conducting on-site inspections
• Managing the procurement of materials
• Coordinating with commercial teams and attending client meetings
• Supporting consistent delivery and quality across all aspects of the project

About You:

As well as a passion for your engineering discipline and logical and critical thinking skills, we are seeking individuals with a relevant engineering qualification in your chosen discipline. Experience in a national and multi-site business or Water Industry experience is desirable, but not essential.

Working on site, we’d like you to have ECS, SSSTS, SMSTS, City & Guilds Confined Space Training, City and Guilds Top Man Confined space training, EUSR (Clean Water Hygiene), Appointed Persons for craneage. However, we will support you in covering any training needs.

You will also be able to demonstrate the following key attributes;

• Desire to understand and promote the Company purpose, vision, values and culture
• Organised, structured and professional, with a passion for excellence, striving to delivering the best.
• Flexibility, resilience and the ability to influence and build relationships with key stakeholders. Demonstrating strong ethical standards with openness and honest.
• Commitment to the provision of excellent customer service, passionate, committed and enthusiastic in all that you do.
• A self-starter with a can-do attitude and a desire to pick up new challenges. Dedicated to working together to achieve results.

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged. Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:
Named Contractor of the Year by the Water Industry Awards, Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people‑orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long‑term value.

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

About the Team

Our Environment Business provides ‘source to sea’ asset delivery capability across the UK and Scotland working on both Frameworks and Standalone projects. Since AMP3 we have delivered in excess of £2bn assets for clients such such as Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Welsh Water and Scottish Water. As an established player in the market this a great opportunity to join the team at a time of transformation as we shape ourselves to be fit for delivery in a future digital world. We have recently secured a plethora of places on the AMP7 Frameworks for Yorkshire Water, Southern Water and Thames Water for both Infrastructure and Non-Infrastructure projects ranging from £1-40m over the next five years.

Job Info

• Job Identification 3425
• Job Category Construction
• Posting Date 10/22/2026, 10:27 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day
• Locations General Site Location - England, Uxbridge, UB8 2AD, GB Galliford Try c/o Wessex Water, Poole, BH17 7BX, GB