Senior Associate Electrical and Control Engineer - UK in Manchester

The Division is entering a period of significant growth aligned with AMP8 (2025–2030). We are seeking Senior Electrical & Control Engineers to join our multidisciplinary water utilities team.

Responsibilities

• Electrical power distribution design (LV and HV)
• Control system design
• Design and specification of communications networks and SCADA
• Specifying renewable and back‑up generation systems
• Developing plant layouts
• Cabling and installation design
• Instrumentation selection
• Writing system control strategies
• Factory and site acceptance tests of equipment
• Providing mentoring to other electrical engineers, developing and checking designs and providing technical direction to projects
• Ensuring designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards
• Ensuring integration of the electrical & control design with that of other disciplines

Candidate Specification

Essential:

• Qualified to HND level or higher in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
• Chartered status with the Institution of Engineering and Technology or an equivalent body
• Experience in electrical and/or control engineering design/consultancy
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues
• Experience of working in the water and/or wastewater industry
• Good understanding of pipeline hydraulics and/or water and wastewater treatment processes

Desirable:

• Master’s degree in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
• Interest in digital innovation in design processes

Benefits

• Financial wellbeing: We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes

Employee Ownership:

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one

Health and wellbeing:

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too

Lifestyle:

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers

Enhanced family and carers leave:

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid

Learning and development:

• Primary annual professional institution subscription
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options

Networks, communities, and social outcomes:

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes

Contract and Locations

• Contract Type: Permanent
• Locations: Edinburgh, Inverness, Birmingham, Cardiff, Brighton, London, Manchester, Leeds, Reading, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Glasgow, Cambridge, Bristol