Senior Project Engineer - Electrical

Overview

Electrical Senior Project Engineer – Birmingham
• Permanent
• Competitive Salary + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits:
Competitive, DOE

We have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Senior Project Engineer to join our Midlands team and help deliver a significant project as part of the infrastructure / rail division. This role plays a pivotal part in delivering this key project that forms part of a wider national programme and will help us to deliver on specific packages. You’ll be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered to specification, on time, and within budget.

You will work closely with various teams from design stage through to delivery to drive excellence and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.

• Responsibility for the Electrical packages of the project and their successful delivery.
• Leading Health & Safety practices across all project activities, ensuring our “Safety first and foremost” culture is upheld.
• Supporting pre-commencement procedures to minimise risk and ensure compliance with company governance.
• Identifying and managing project risks and opportunities, taking ownership of mitigation strategies.
• Re-engineering installations to meet customer requirements while optimising profitability.
• Providing accurate and timely progress updates for both site and financial reporting.
• Ensuring all activities comply with internal procedures and external legislation.
• Leading and engaging project teams, setting clear expectations and managing performance.
• Building strong relationships with customers to support efficient delivery and future opportunities.
• Managing successful project closure, ensuring quality, commercial targets, and compliance are met.

• Has a background of delivering on major projects from an electrical bias.
• Demonstrates strong leadership and team engagement skills.
• Has a solid understanding of project engineering within a construction environment or, ideally, from a rail background.
• Is confident in managing risk, compliance, and customer relationships.
• Is committed to continuous improvement and high-quality delivery.
• Brings a solutions-focused mindset and a drive for innovation.

• Car/Car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax-Free Bikes
• Personal development programme

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation. We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training. Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.