Senior Electrical Project Engineer

Reporting into Project Engineering Manager, you will have overall responsibility for working with our designer (Arcadis) and suppliers to successfully deliver all electrical requirements across a project portfolio whilst working with commercial team to procure all off and on site manufactured electrical requirements.

• Supply Chain: Fully integrate and engage with the supply chain to assess and develop their capabilities so that they positively contribute to our delivery capability and capacity.
• Directly supervise electrical suppliers throughout delivery.
• Customer Focus: Establish and maintain trusting and effective relationships with Thames Water Operations and other stakeholders, delivering excellent customer service throughout project delivery.
• Reporting: Report on electrical works programme and cost performance and attend project production meetings.
• Design Collaboration: Use the BIM model to ensure that electrical designs and installations are fully integrated with the civils and mechanical designs.
• Commissioning: Assisting Commissioning Engineers for loop testing and pre-commissioning electrical checks.
• Handover Plans and Soft Landings: Contribute to the production of operating and maintenance manuals. Provide Thames Water personnel with operating and maintenance training.
• Supervision: Supervise electrical installation works ensuring health and safety, technical and quality compliance.
• Responsible for undertaking factory inspections and quality audits and ensuring the highest level of quality and customer satisfaction for all electrical installations.
• Effective planning: Develop logical and accurate electrical works programmes and integrate with overall project plan.
• Safety, Health and Wellbeing: Positively contribute to delivering Thames Water and our “Zero Incidents, Zero Harm, Zero Compromise” goals. Ensure that all electrical equipment and components are installed in compliance with BS7671. Carry out NICEIC Qualified Supervisor duties
• Quality assurance: Develop quality assurance plans and maintain quality assurance records in accordance with the Company's and Thames Water’s documented requirement.
• Outage Management: Work with Thames Water Operations and other stakeholders to meticulously plan and successfully deliver outages.
• To work as part of the Production Delivery Team.
• Digital Engineering: Work with our designer (Arcadis) and the supply chain to optimise the benefits of using digital tools and expertise to integrate our off and on site delivery approach.
• Productivity: Work with others to achieve a step change in productivity which will include implementing robust electrical design, manufacture and installation quality management to achieve “right first time”. Closely monitor the progress of off and onsite activities to ensure delivery against agreed programmes and budgets.

This role is within our Infrastructure business unit which is a civil engineering business focusing on small and medium scale works across the UK with expertise in Water, Environmental and Highways collaborative frameworks.

Please note that this role is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance which includes identity, employment history, and criminal record checks.

• BIM/digital experience
• Display a high degree of technical knowledge and have relevant electrical project engineering experience within a manufacturing or construction organisation.
• Programme focused with an ability to plan and organise resources both off and on site to deliver on time and in full.
• ICA skills
• Has an appreciation of MMC, Lean Construction, Agile Programme Management, Production Thinking and other techniques that assure programme, cost and quality performance.
• Experience of both pre-production and production electrical project engineering
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with a range of people.
• Minimum HNC qualified in an electrical engineering subject
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills who can multi-task and consistently meet challenging deadlines.
• Must have an excellent knowledge of control panel design, cable sizing/calculations and instrumentation.
• Develop Sustainable Solutions: Display a sound knowledge of sustainable construction solutions and manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development.
• IT literacy
• Engineering Proposals and Design: Technical expertise in the placement and administration of sub-contracts and material orders relating to Electrical equipment. Preparation for, vetting and approval of supplier's proposals and designs in accordance with specified requirements.

• Perks at Work Employee discount scheme offering discounts on a range of categories such as electronics, home appliances, food & groceries, car buying, travel, fitness and more
• 3 additional long service days achieved after 3, 7 and 10 years
• Retail vouchers/payroll giving/activity pass for top leisure attractions
• Competitive salary
• Professional membership fees
• Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)
• Life Assurance
• Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%
• Dental Insurance
• Critical illness insurance (with option to purchase for your partner)
• 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase benefits such as:
• Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)
• Car Allowance
• 2 days volunteering opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional qualification
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave
• Travel insurance