Senior Electrical Project Lead – Remote- MEP; Scotland

Position: Senior Electrical Project Lead – Remote-Ready MEP (Scotland)

About

The Role

About

The Role

Job Title:
Senior Electrical Project Manager

Location: Projects across Scotland – Edinburgh, St Andrews, Forres, Fort William, Inverness, Nairn and wider regions

Company: Regional Scotland – Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (Building Services)

Project: Varied

Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award‑winning team. Join our Regional Scotland BBK business as a Senior Electrical Project Manager, delivering complex Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP) building projects that connect communities and enhance daily life.

About

The Role

You’ll play a major role across our pipeline of significant MEP projects delivered throughout Scotland. Some of these include:

• Nairn Academy – Passivhaus New‑Build Secondary School
• Edinburgh (public‑sector & education estate programmes)
• St Andrews (major institutional/education works)
• Forres & Fort William (regional construction and building‑services programmes)
• Other large‑scale BBK building services projects delivered across Scotland

What you'll be doing



Key Responsibilities

You will lead electrical project management on major MEP projects, ensuring high‑quality execution and programme delivery.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing all electrical aspects of project scope, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Developing and maintaining project schedules, submittal logs and coordination drawings.
• Overseeing quality control, sustainability actions and loss‑prevention measures.
• Coordinating material delivery, procurement and technical compliance.
• Leading pre‑construction, progress and technical meetings.
• Ensuring accurate as‑built documentation and supporting commissioning/handovers.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following
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• Strong background in Electrical or MEP Project Management in building‑services environments.
• Experience in delivering complex projects (education desirable).
• Ability to lead multi‑discipline teams and drive programme performance.
• Strong stakeholder and client‑facing communication skills.
• Commitment to quality, safety and technical excellence.

Flexibility & Travel

Our projects span the length and breadth of Scotland, so you must be comfortable travelling to multiple sites including Edinburgh, St Andrews, Forres, Fort William, Inverness and Nairn.

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10
* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

• 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland please go to  - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave,…