Electrical Authorising Engineer - Senior Engineer

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Electrical Authorising Engineer - Senior Engineer - Environment (Water)
Location: Solihull / Grangemouth (Scotland) / Nottingham (Annesley) / Warrington / Bristol / Plymouth
Other locations may be considered

What you will be doing:

As an Electrical Authorising Engineer, you will be an important member of the Engineering Team and will be required to work with the Electrical Designated Individual, Project Leads, Delivery Management and other Electrical Authorising Engineers.

You will be responsible for the assessment, appointment and auditing of Electrical Authorised Persons within the Environment Division as well as ongoing monitoring of electrical safety operations to ensure compliance with the overall Electrical Safety Standard and subsequent Electrical Safety Rules and procedures.

You will support each framework leadership team in identifying and ensuring that suitable controls are in place for electrical safety management on projects. You will provide advice and support from an electrical safety standpoint for the procurement of suitable contractors as well as providing advice, support and mentoring to both potential and existing Electrical Authorised Persons.

You will be required to act as a Subject Matter Expert with respect to Electrical Safety and Electrical Safety Management and support the Health and Safety team with incident investigations taking the lead from an Electrical Safety Perspective.

In support of the Electrical Designated Individual, you'll ensure that electrical engineering activities, safe systems of work and assets created comply with relevant legislation and regulations as well as providing professional engineering support to Galliford Try’s operational teams.

In this role you will:
Point of Contact for Electrical Safety within the Environment Division

• Provide advice and support to all stakeholders relating to electrical safety.
• Ensure activities relating to electrical safety are aligned with statutory regulation and legislation.
• High level of technical knowledge surrounding electrical safety.
• Experience of improving policies and procedures within your field of expertise.
• Setting, managing, and assessing standards for competence of Engineering Safety Appointed people such as Authorised Persons and Nominated Persons.
• Reviewing suitability of safe systems of work for delivery by Galliford Try Environment Division and contract personnel for compliance with relevant regulations.
• Controlling and review legislative records pertaining to engineering safety.
• Providing advice on the safe and effective implementation of engineering safety.
• Providing oversight of supply chain delivery of engineering safety.
• Making judgement on the safe and effective implementation of engineering safety within area of authority.
• Approving live working.
• Maintaining and promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player
• Ability to coach and mentor others.

• Assist the Project delivery teams where necessary in ensuring CDM regulations compliance.

• Assist with pre-contract activities to ensure that relevant key personnel are appointed to the project for matters relating to electrical safety.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties.

Specific Requirements
A good understanding of relevant legislation.

• Demonstrable high level of knowledge of maintaining LV and/or HV Electrical, Control & Instrumentation equipment.

• Previous experience of working in an Authorising Engineer / Authorised Person role.

• Experience of delivering electrical engineering works within the Municipal Water and Wastewater industries.

• Experience of identifying, managing and reporting on engineering safety risks to senior management.

• HV experience desirable.

• DSEAR experience desirable.

• Knowledge of C&G - BS th Edition Wiring Regulations & NICEIC Electrical Installation Certificates.

• Educated to Degree level in Engineering or other equivalent qualification preferable.

• Demonstrable experience of + years working within the Municipal Water and Wastewater industries, working with a variety of clients.

• Preference for Chartered Member of a recognised professional Engineering body.

• Competent in a contracting / consulting environment.

• Formal demonstratable appointment as an Electrical Authorised Person.

• Formal demonstratable appointment as an Electrical Authorising Engineer - preferable but not essential

• ISO Lead Auditor - preferable but not essential.

• NEBOSH - preferable but not essential.

• Competent with strong experience in reviewing subcontractors’ documentation.

• Knowledge of current H&S legislation and British Standards.

• Ability to coach and mentor others

Other Requirements:

• Excellent Communication and Stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent IT skills – with experience of using Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Cost / Performance management systems.
• Provide leadership, direction and encouragement to the design team.
• Focus to drive and deliver results.
• Attention to detail.
• Alignment with the Galliford Try values - Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Collaboration.
• A flexible attitude to work.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Willingness and commitment to embrace innovations to assist the business.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload to ensure that timescales are met.
• Take responsibility for personal development and enable and support the learning of others.
• Good negotiation and persuading skills.
• Able to work collaboratively with others to form strong positive working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Able to recognise own impact on others and adapt approach where appropriate.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrate pride in work, leading by example.

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £ billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free / support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact

Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

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