Engineering Manager

Kier Group; Gerrards Cross; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking an Electrical Lead to join the Thames AMP8/AMP9 Portfolio team, delivering electrical design authority across a £150M+ capital programme for Thames Water. The role covers HV/LV design, governance, and mentoring within the Engineering Leadership Team.

Based across the Thames Water Region, you will sign off complex electrical designs, manage external electrical supply chain partners, contribute to CDM duties, and help develop in-house electrical engineering capability while

Qualifications

• HV/LV electrical design authority in the water/utilities sector.
• Strong working knowledge of BS 7671 (IET Wiring Regulations, 18th Edition).
• Experience of CDM 2015 designer obligations (Regulation 9).
• Knowledge of Motor Control Centre, Remote Terminal Unit design and PLC/SCADA interface systems.
• Hold a Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical sign-off for all electrical design across active schemes and maintaining HV/LV electrical design standards.
• Managing electrical supply chain partners' technical output and coordinating with the ICA Lead.
• Discharging CDM duties and contributing to the Safer by Design programme.
• Mentoring electrical engineers and developing the electrical engineer competency framework across the portfolio.
• Supporting DfMA initiatives and attending monthly Design Functional Update governance meetings.

Skills

HV/LV design authority

BS 7671 knowledge

CDM 2015 designer obligations

MCC design

RTU design

PLC/SCADA interfaces

Full driving licence

Job description

We're looking for an Electrical Lead to join our Kier Thames AMP8/AMP9 Portfolio team based across the Thames Water Region.

Location: across the Thames Water Region

Hours: 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Join us as an Electrical Lead and provide discipline authority for all electrical design across the Kier Thames AMP8 portfolio. You'll be delivering a £150M+ capital portfolio for Thames Water, including major treatment works upgrades. This is an exciting opportunity to develop in-house electrical engineering capability whilst working within our Engineering Leadership Team, providing electrical design authority across every active scheme.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Electrical Lead, you'll be working within the Engineering Leadership Team, supporting them in delivering electrical design excellence across the Thames Water portfolio. Your day to day will include:

• Providing technical sign-off for all electrical design across active schemes and maintaining HV/LV electrical design standards
• Managing electrical supply chain partners' technical output and coordinating with the Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA) Lead
• Discharging Construction Design and Management (CDM) duties and contributing to the Safer by Design programme
• Mentoring electrical engineers and developing the electrical engineer competency framework across the portfolio
• Supporting Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) initiatives and attending monthly Design Functional Update governance meetings

What are we looking for?

This role of Electrical Lead is great for you if:

• You have demonstrable High and Low Voltage electrical design authority in the water and utilities sector
• You possess strong working knowledge of BS 7671 (IET Wiring Regulations, 18th Edition)
• You have experience of Construction Design and Management (CDM) 2015 designer obligations (Regulation 9)
• You bring knowledge of Motor Control Centre, Remote Terminal Unit design and PLC/SCADA interface systems
• You hold a Full driving licence

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-CH1.

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