Electrical Lead
Listed on 2026-10-16
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Engineering Design & Technologists, Systems Engineer
Location:
across the Thames Water Region
Hours:
45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Join us as an Electrical Lead and provide discipline authority for all electrical design across the Kier Thames AMP8 portfolio. You'll be delivering a £150M+ capital portfolio for Thames Water, including major treatment works upgrades. This is an exciting opportunity to develop in-house electrical engineering capability whilst working within our Engineering Leadership Team, providing electrical design authority across every active scheme.
Whatwill you be responsible for?
As an Electrical Lead, you'll be working within the Engineering Leadership Team, supporting them in delivering electrical design excellence across the Thames Water portfolio. Your day to day will include:
- Providing technical sign-off for all electrical design across active schemes and maintaining HV/LV electrical design standards
- Managing electrical supply chain partners' technical output and coordinating with the Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA) Lead
- Discharging Construction Design and Management (CDM) duties and contributing to the Safer by Design programme
- Mentoring electrical engineers and developing the electrical engineer competency framework across the portfolio
- Supporting Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) initiatives and attending monthly Design Functional Update governance meetings
You have demonstrable High and Low Voltage electrical design authority in the water and utilities sector
- You possess strong working knowledge of BS 7671 (IET Wiring Regulations, 18th Edition)
- You have experience of Construction Design and Management (CDM) 2015 designer obligations (Regulation
9) - You bring knowledge of Motor Control Centre, Remote Terminal Unit design and PLC/SCADA interface systems
- You hold a Full driving licence
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