Electrical Project Engineer

Wessex Water; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Wessex Water seeks an Electrical Project Engineer to manage capital maintenance projects across the North division. This role involves overseeing diverse projects, ensuring compliance with regulations, and collaborating with contractors. The position offers career growth, a strong pension contribution, and various employee benefits including enhanced family leave and a healthcare package.

Benefits

Pension contribution of up to 20%

25 days' holiday, increasing to 28 with service

Healthcare package to claim back healthcare costs

Life assurance up to eight times your salary

One paid volunteering day annually

Qualifications

• Experience in construction or water industry project management.
• Safety-first approach with good negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for reactive and planned maintenance projects across various sites.
• Involves optioneering, tendering, project delivery, and closeouts.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Project management

Negotiation skills

Customer-focused

Education

Technical level 4 (HNC) qualification in engineering

Job description

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Would you enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary project delivery team? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our small schemes team based in our North division as an Electrical Project Engineer.

What you'll do

As an Electrical Project Engineer, you will be responsible for reactive and planned capital maintenance projects across various sites, including water recycling, water production, sewerage, and water distribution.

The project values range from £15,000 to £500,000. You will be based in the north area covering Mendip, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire, and Bristol.

Projects may include pumping station upgrades, inlet screen replacements, emergency wastewater treatment side streams, and water treatment process upgrades, covering a range of sites including Bio-Resource sites.

Your role will involve:

• Optioneering, tendering, spend forecasting, project delivery, commissioning, authoring payments, and project closeouts
• Working closely with contractors and supply chain
• Ensuring health and safety and statutory regulations are followed
• Meeting company and departmental targets
• Assisting in establishing budgets and approvals

What you'll need

Ideally, you will have a background in construction or water industry with experience in project management and working with external contractors.

It is essential that you have a safety-first approach and good negotiation and influencing skills.

Additionally, you will need to:

• Have a positive, proactive attitude
• Be well-organized, customer-focused, and a team player
• Hold a technical level 4 (HNC) qualification in engineering
• Be a registered engineer (EngTech/IEng) or working towards registration, with support available
• Have knowledge of CDM 2015
• Possess a valid driving license (a company car will be provided if you cannot use your own vehicle)

Mechanical or electrical experience is beneficial but not essential.

What you'll receive

• A pension contribution of up to 20%
• Opportunities for career progression and professional development
• 25 days' holiday, increasing to 28 with service
• Option to buy up to 10 days' holiday and sell up to five
• A healthcare package to claim back healthcare costs
• Life assurance up to eight times your salary
• An electric car in exchange for part of your salary
• Cashback and discounts from over 3,000 retailers
• One paid volunteering day annually
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements
• An interactive health and wellbeing platform
• Support from mental health first aiders
• A £1,000 referral bonus for successful candidate recommendations

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. Our UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – a leading water and sewerage company serving 2.9 million people in the South West
• YTL Developments – redeveloping a 350-acre former airfield into a sustainable community
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor in infrastructure, residential, commercial, and energy sectors
• YTL Arena – developing and operating a 19,000-capacity entertainment arena
• Other retail, environmental, and specialist businesses

Our staff describe YTL UK as a great place to work, offering diverse career development opportunities. We value diversity and inclusion, are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments during recruitment, please inform our Recruitment team.