Electrical and Senior Electrical Engineer – Water Sector

Overview

In this role you will deliver electrical and ICA designs for wastewater treatment works, pumping stations, and ancillary plant within AMP8/AMP9 programs. You will lead technical design, ensure compliance with industry standards, and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to produce construction-ready documentation. The position involves client liaison, site surveys, and mentoring junior staff, with a focus on scalable control systems and power distribution for water projects. This is a client-facing, leadership-driven role in a UK-wide water consultancy.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• permanent role

Responsibilities

• Produce and verify electrical and ICA designs, calculations, and specifications
• Develop ICA and SCADA architectures and control philosophies
• Size LV/MV distribution, perform load assessments, and prepare SLDs and cable schedules
• Coordinate across electrical, process, mechanical, civil, and instrumentation disciplines; support CDM
• Lead design teams, provide technical governance, and engage with clients and supply-chain partners
• Deliver construction-ready documentation for multi-discipline design packages
• Conduct site surveys and technical reviews to ensure regulatory compliance
• Mentor junior staff and support project delivery and risk assessments

Key requirements

• Degree or similar in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• Substantial water industry experience
• Chartered status or working towards chartership (IET or equivalent)
• Postgraduate qualification and proven AMP programme delivery experience (preferred)

• leadership
• client engagement
• multidisciplinary collaboration
• Electrical and ICA design
• load assessments
• LV/MV distribution

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