Utilities Engineer

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

270 hours annual leave

Pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Professional career development

Employee assistance programme

Life Assurance 4x

Discounts

Job summary

AWE is recruiting for a Utilities Engineer - Electrical to support a variety of projects, upgrades and support tasks across the AWE estate. This role focuses on electrical distribution systems and requires delivering professional engineering services on site.

The candidate should have a technical apprenticeship or HNC/HND and experience leading utilities projects, with strong stakeholder and regulatory management. Onsite work with potential flexible patterns is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Utilities projects/works.
• Strong understanding of electrical distribution systems and building services.
• Experience in stakeholder management across projects.
• Construction/CDM experience.
• Understanding of finance management in project delivery.
• Ability to identify and deliver to technical and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver professional engineering services to AWE projects.
• Support a variety of Utilities projects, upgrades and tasks across the AWE estate.
• Manage workload and priorities in a dynamic environment.

Skills

Electrical distribution systems

Stakeholder management

Project delivery leadership

CDM experience

Finance management understanding

Regulatory requirements understanding

Education

Technical Apprenticeship or HNC/HND

Tools

APM/PRINCE2 project management

Job description

Utilities Engineer - Electrical

Location

RG7 4PR located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package

49,480- 65,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern

AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. For this role, employees are required to work fully onsite. We support flexible working arrangements where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, while maintaining an onsite presence. Please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working pattern as part of your application

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for a Utilities Engineer - Electrical to support a variety of projects, upgrades and support tasks across the AWE estate.

This role is ideally suited to someone with a strong understanding of Electrical distribution systems. As a Utilities Engineer, you will deliver professional engineering services to AWE projects.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to demonstrate experience in the following:

• Technical Apprenticeship or HNC/HND with suitable additional experience
• Leading delivery of Utilities projects/works
• Effective Stakeholder Management
• Construction / CDM experience
• Finance management understanding
• Identifying and delivering to technical and regulatory requirements

We'd like you to have experience in or an understanding of some of the following:

• Primary Electrical Bias with experience across multiple disciplines.
• Experience in Utility / building service delivery over a large portfolio.
• Project Management qualification i.e. APMF/Q / Prince 2
• An understanding of Formal Risk Management process

You will need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Important things you need to know

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.