About the role
Job title - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)
Location: @One sites
Balfour Beatty play a key role as part of the {(6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance: Overview | LinkedIn} @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. And together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we're taking on nature-based, sustainable solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We’re setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.
As Site Electrical Supervisor, you will lead the safe supervision and delivery of electrical works across multiple projects. Working closely with the Lead Construction Manager and delivery teams, you will oversee electrical supervisors, electricians and subcontractors to ensure works are completed safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards.
You will also act as an Electrical Appointed Person (AP), taking responsibility for permits, isolations and compliance with electrical safety rules.
What you'll be doing
- Lead, allocate and supervise electrical works across site teams, including supervisors, electricians and apprentices
- Ensure full compliance with @one Alliance electrical safety rules, statutory regulations and approved method statements
- Issue and manage permits for electrical works and isolations, ensuring safe systems of work are maintained at all times
- Carry out site inspections, toolbox talks and pre‑start briefings, promoting a strong and proactive safety culture
- Monitor progress, track daily outputs and resolve issues that may impact programme or cost
- Oversee subcontractors and commissioning engineers during testing and commissioning activities
- Ensure inspection and test plans, as‑built documentation and NICEIC certification are completed to the required standard
- Manage plant, equipment and material requirements to support efficient delivery
- Support the development and mentoring of electrical supervisors, apprentices and self‑delivery teams
- Promote innovation and the use of digital tools to improve safety, quality and delivery efficiency
Who we're looking for
You will ideally have:
- A CSCS‑affiliated Electrical Supervisor card with proven supervisory experience
- Mechanical & Electrical experience within the water or construction industry
- BS7671 18th Edition and C&G 2391 / 2394 / 2395 Inspection & Testing qualifications
- CITB SMSTS, First Aid and EUSR National Water Hygiene certification
- Experience acting as an Electrical Appointed Person, including issuing permits and managing isolations
- Strong knowledge of Electricity at Work Regulations, WIMES and hazardous area compliance (DSEAR / ATEX)
- Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, SLDs and panel schematics
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and mentor teams
- Good IT skills and an openness to adopting digital ways of working
This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering safe, high‑quality electrical works across a major water infrastructure programme. If you’re ready to make an impact during AMP8, we’d love to hear from you.
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?
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, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK16599
