Lead Electrical Engineer - Water Recycling

Barhale Holdings; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the water industry seeks a Lead Electrical Engineer to provide strategic leadership and ensure compliance with quality standards. The role involves mentoring teams and driving innovation in project delivery, focusing on sustainability principles. The company offers a supportive environment with various benefits and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Profit share scheme

25 days of annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working arrangements

Annual salary review

Qualifications

• Strong background in Electrical Engineering within the Water industry.
• Proven leadership experience with a focus on innovation.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent advice on quality and compliance issues.
• Support project delivery and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Mentor and develop the electrical engineering team.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Stakeholder Engagement

Innovation

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Here within the @one Alliance, we are a totally collaborative organisation made up of our seven partner companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO) and our 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, which 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 customers’ expectations will come under greater scrutiny. And with a continued expectation to provide the highest standards of project design whilst ensuring we use innovation and creativity to deliver more with less, we are looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Water Recycling team.

What will you be doing as our new Lead Electrical Engineer?

As our Lead Electrical Engineer, you will be the Electrical Engineering authority, responsible for providing independent advice and arbitration for quality and compliance-related issues. You’ll support the Design Managers and Electrical Lead Engineers to assess the complexity of design, identify suitable methods, and assign suitably competent resources and specialists.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Leadership: Foster innovative ways of working to achieve sustainable outcomes rather than outputs. Represent the @one Alliance as the electrical engineering authority, providing expert guidance on quality and compliance issues.
2. Discipline Management: Develop procedures, standards, and guidance to achieve a "right-first time" philosophy. Collaborate with suppliers to ensure competency and performance and manage supplier frameworks. As part of the asset standards governance process, identify, support, implement, and approve standard products for delivery efficiency and consistency in projects.
3. Project Delivery: Support the identification of value-driven solutions at Stage 1 of projects. Conduct audits (internal and external) to ensure compliance with quality standards and specifications. Lead the resolution of non-compliance issues, competency gaps, and procedural improvements. Offer expert direction for complex design challenges and stakeholder engagement.
4. Health & Safety: Drive excellence in compliance with CDM regulations, ensuring safe and compliant designs. Conduct audits on electrical safety standards (e.g., HAZOP, DSEAR) and lead improvements.
5. People & Team Development: Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and career guidance to the electrical engineering team. Champion professional development and qualifications while fostering an inclusive, respectful, and diverse environment.
6. Transformation & Innovation: Inspire a culture of experimentation, safe failure, and continuous improvement. Lead the introduction of new technologies and techniques to advance performance and sustainability.

About you:

To thrive in this role, you’ll need a strong background in Electrical engineering within the Water industry, be electrically qualified (degree – preferably Chartered), and be comfortable demonstrating your knowledge of all relevant regulations, standards, and codes of practice. Proven leadership experience, with the ability to inspire teams and drive innovation, is essential. A deep understanding of sustainability principles, including reducing carbon and protecting natural capital, is also required. Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills, along with a passion for mentoring, professional development, and fostering a positive workplace culture, are key.

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and guide how we care for and invest in people. As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to creating a supportive working environment where people can enjoy security, grow their careers, and feel valued.

From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported through:

• Competitive salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical
• Profit share scheme
• 25 days of annual leave plus 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours leave of absence for volunteering
• Employee Assistance Programme for mental, physiological, and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Regular engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• Development supported by internal and external training
• Flexible working arrangements
• Annual salary review
• Continuous service awards