Senior Electrical Engineer

Sweco; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Sweco as a Senior Electrical Engineer in Peterborough to oversee electrical design for innovative infrastructure projects. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and mentor junior engineers while contributing to groundbreaking solutions in water management and sustainability. Be part of a leading alliance, driving change and making a real impact in local communities.

Benefits

Career progression and development

Support for work-life balance

Collaborative environment

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent level through relevant experience.
• Experience in water-sector assets and capital projects.
• Familiarity with regulations and electrical standards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to manage electrical design review process.
• Ensure all electrical deliverables meet standards and specifications.
• Mentor junior staff and lead innovation in design practices.

Skills

Electrical Design

Mentoring

Project Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Innovation in Sustainable Practices

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Sweco Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

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About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an 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, this 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 customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

As we prepare for AMP8, our most ambitious period yet, we’ll be delivering an even broader range of innovative and environmentally-driven infrastructure projects – from urban drainage to nature-based solutions like constructed wetlands.

Why join us?

Join the award-winning @one Alliance, a leading and progressive organisation known for delivering impactful capital projects. In this role, you’ll play a key part in reviewing and ensuring electrical design deliverables meet high standards and project goals, while providing vital support and leadership to senior electrical engineers. You’ll have the opportunity to shape the development of junior engineers and lead innovation in sustainable practices—helping to reduce carbon footprints, protect natural capital, and tackle climate change. Collaborate with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team across a wide range of water infrastructure projects and national programmes and expand your professional network through our strong partnerships. This is your chance to grow your expertise while contributing to cutting-edge, outcome-focused solutions that make a real difference.

What You’ll Be Doing

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What You’ll Bring

An engineering, or equivalent, degree, or be able to demonstrate a degree level of ability through relevant experience.

Experience of water-sector assets and capital projects.

Knowledge of all relevant regulations, standards and codes of practice.

Experience of mentoring and coaching of junior engineers.

Previous experience in a Design & Build environment is highly advantageous, but not essential.

@OneAlliance vision

A Collaborative Alliance, Driving Change. Empowering Us To Set Global Benchmarks And Building a Better Environment For Our Customers. We Strive To

Empower our people; Delight our Customers; Embrace digital transformation; Deliver brilliance.

@OneAlliance Values

To bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop we:

Build trust; Do the right thing; Are always exploring

The Anglian Water @one Alliance. Nine partners, endless opportunities.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK .

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If I have a disability, can I get help (e.g. “reasonable adjustments”) with the application process?

If you’re an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, please contact [e-mail] for assistance.

In order to address your request the following information is needed:

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Upon receipt of this information, we’ll respond to you promptly to obtain more information about your request.

Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.

Sweco UK&I have an internal resourcing team who are responsible for all recruiting activity. We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted agencies who we work with on those “hard to fill” roles.

We have defined processes for recruitment applications and it is company policy not to accept speculative CVs. Any speculative CVs received into the business (whether to a manager or member of the resourcing team) will become the property of Sweco and the agency will not be eligible for an introductory fee.

Our Preferred Supplier List was reviewed in November 2024 and we are not looking to add any additional agencies. We’ll be reviewing the PSL again at the end of 2025 and non-compliance with the above statements could be detrimental to you having the opportunity to be included.

Our Talent Community for experienced professionals is a great way to keep up to date with our latest news, insights, future vacancies, as well as gaining access to exclusive events hosted by our experts.

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