Electrical Designer

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? BGEN is one of the UK's largest multidisciplinary design and build contractors with over 100 years of industry experience. We support clients in the Water, Power & Energy, Pharmaceutical, Nuclear and Food and Beverage industries to deliver next generation, value-added engineering solutions.

What will you be doing? As a key part of our projects team, you’ll provide technical assistance and expertise, adding your contribution to a wide range of projects across various industries. Day to day, you’ll deliver accurate, efficient, and high-quality Electrical and Instrumentation design services. Generating electrical installation deliverables that meet both BS7671 IEE Wiring Regulations and the specific needs of our clients. You’ll help keep projects running smoothly—on time, on budget, and to the highest standards—while managing multiple priorities with confidence. Producing clear, well-structured documentation will be a key part of your role, in line with quality and compliance standards.

Working closely with design and equipment subcontractors, building strong working relationships and always looking for ways to improve how we do things. Are you someone who enjoys finding smarter, more efficient solutions? If so, you’ll feel right at home here. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary team, working alongside experts in Mechanical, Process, HVAC, and Civil engineering to ensure our electrical designs are seamlessly integrated into complex, high-impact projects.

What you’ll bring: You’ve got an HNC or Degree in a technical engineering subject, and practical experience delivering electrical installation designs in the water utility sector. Thorough knowledge of IEE Wiring Regulations (BS7671 - 18th Edition). Understanding of E&I design best practices and project lifecycle management and experience of creating detailed design deliverables, including: 2D and 3D electrical layouts, containment routing diagrams. You’re familiar with CDM Regulations 2015, including experience as a ‘Designer’. Ability to conduct site surveys and provide construction assistance. Hazardous area design knowledge, including intrinsically safe calculations and hazardous area inspection schedules. Experience of Instrumentation loop diagrams, cable calculations, and communication network diagrams.

Software Proficiency: AutoCAD LT, Relux/Dialux, Trimble (Amtech) Pro Design Suite, Microsoft Office suite, Aveva, Navisworks and Revit.

What’s in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include; Company Pension Scheme, Death in Service Benefit, Hybrid working is available following initial probationary period, Opportunity to purchase additional holidays per year (up to 5 days for full time employees), My Rewards – offering discounts on high street and online shopping, Employee assistance programme, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re 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 recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life. Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.