Senior Electrical Engineer

Kier Group; Hexton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior Electrical Project Engineer to join the Thames Water Major Projects team, working on the Maple Lodge site in Rickmansworth. The role focuses on LV and HV electrical engineering for water industry projects, including MH/RTU delivery.

You will review diagrams, lead MCC/RTU activities, coordinate with Thames Water Operations, and ensure quality, health and safety standards while driving progress meetings and supplier engagement.

Qualifications

• HNC qualification in Electrical/Electronic or Instrumentation engineering or similar.
• Experience in low voltage electrical installations on large-scale water treatment works.
• Knowledge of large motor control centres and associated ICA sections.
• Understanding of Profibus, DeviceNet and Ethernet IP protocols.

Responsibilities

• Review electrical documentation including block cable diagrams, load schedules, cable schedules, and MCC/RTU electrical schematics.
• Represent Kier at electrical installation and MCC progress meetings, coordinating with Thames Water Operations on live process plants.
• Review electrical installation and commissioning works on site, ensuring compliance with quality and asset standards.
• Conduct factory acceptance tests for MCC/RTU builds, ensuring the final product meets all design criteria and process requirements.
• Engage with the supply chain to provide accurate proposals and ensuring health & safety, environmental and quality standards are met.

Skills

HV/LV electrical engineering

MCC/RTU knowledge

Electrical project coordination

Stakeholder communication

Education

HNC Electrical/Electronic or Instrumentation engineering

Tools

Profibus

DeviceNet

Ethernet IP

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Electrical Project Engineer to join our Thames Water Major Projects team based working on our Maple Lodge site, Rickmansworth.

Location: Maple Lodge site, Rickmansworth
Hours: Full time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Project Engineer to work within our Thames Water Major Projects team. As a Kier Senior Electrical Engineer, you will provide LV and HV electrical engineering expertise for industrial projects with particular emphasis on the water industry. The ideal candidate will be someone who is quality-focused with a demonstrable history of managing Low and High Voltage Electrical works, HV switchgear and LV Motor Control Centre delivery within major projects. Kier is a strategic partner to Thames Water on Major Projects and Capital Frameworks across the Thames Water supply and treatment regions.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Electrical Project Engineer, you'll be working within the Thames Water Major Projects team, supporting them in delivering design and build services for new and existing infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets. Your day to day will include:

• Reviewing and providing constructive feedback on electrical documentation including block cable diagrams, load schedules, cable schedules, and MCC/RTU electrical schematics
• Representing Kier at electrical installation and MCC progress meetings, and coordinating with Thames Water Operations team on live process plants
• Reviewing electrical installation and commissioning works on site, ensuring compliance with quality and asset standards
• Conducting factory acceptance tests for MCC/RTU builds, ensuring the final product meets all design criteria and process requirements
• Engaging with the supply chain to provide accurate proposals and ensuring health & safety, environmental and quality standards are met

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Electrical Project Engineer is great for you if:

• You hold an HNC qualification in Electrical/Electronic or Instrumentation engineering or similar discipline
• You have experience in low voltage electrical installations on large-scale water treatment works
• You have a working knowledge of large motor control centres and associated ICA sections
• You demonstrate a good understanding of various communications protocols including Profibus, DeviceNet and Ethernet IP
• You have strong interpersonal skills and can work effectively as part of a multi-discipline team

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box.

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.