At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead electrical projects in water infrastructure from start to finish, ensuring safety and quality.
- Company: Join a top UK company dedicated to environmental performance and community impact.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, flexible working, health perks, and generous leave.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with opportunities for growth and support for veterans.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in water management while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in the water industry and strong management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 Β£ per year.
Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
As our Electrical Site Team Leader within the Construction Team, you'll supervise projects from inception through to completion on the Anglian Water contract based in Colchester. Reporting to the Site Manager, you'll manage day-to-day activities of delivery teams and subcontractors, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget while meeting required quality and performance standards.
You'll take full accountability for on-site SHEQ performance, including completing inspections, toolbox talks, risk assessments, method statements, and recording near misses. You'll also ensure appropriate welfare facilities, valid training and qualifications for site personnel, and accurate completion of all SHEQ and corporate documentation.
The role requires strong coordination with suppliers, subcontractors, and internal teams, attendance at progress and review meetings, and oversight of multiple concurrent projects. You'll actively work to minimise physical and non-physical waste, support efficient delivery, and maintain high standards of personal health and safety across all site operations.
What you'll bring:
- Knowledge and experience in the water industry.
- Certificate in Site Safety Management (or attended a 5-day course).
- Trained and experienced in Electrical Installations in the construction industry.
- Effective manager of sub-contractors, able to influence client judgement.
- Basic Management training, skills & experience, with a good understanding of legislative and corporate SHEQ / Industry / Legal requirements.
- Comprehensive IT abilities including MS Suite, alongside good Project and programme management skills.
- Good communicator, able to communicate detailed data to a non-data literate audience and pass on skills.
The role will be site-based, requiring regular communication together with other members of the construction and delivery team based in our local office.
Benefits:
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Employee assistance programme.
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts.
- Life assurance.
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
- Reward and recognition scheme.
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
- Private health care single cover.
- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Discretionary bonus scheme.
We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. We'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
Electrical Team Leaders in Boxted employer: M Group
As an employer, we pride ourselves on fostering a supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee growth and development. With a strong commitment to environmental sustainability and community engagement, our team members enjoy a range of benefits including a contributory pension scheme, private healthcare, and access to extensive training programmes. Located in Colchester, our Electrical Team Leaders play a crucial role in delivering impactful water infrastructure projects while being part of a company that values responsibility and innovation.