Electrical Engineer

About the role

Electrical Engineer - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location:
Peterborough

Balfour Beatty play a key role as part of the 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 an Electrical Engineer within one of our four business units, you’ll provide Electrical Engineering technical input to projects in the Anglian Water region.

• Design and specify LV electrical installations and distribution systems particular specifications schedules, data sheets and drawings.
• Design and specify LV Assemblies particular specifications schedules, data sheets and drawings (i.e. MCC, LV Switchboards and Control Panels).
• Review LV electrical designs produced by framework contractors (i.e. electrical schematics, cable calculations and termination diagrams).
• Liaise with others on technical issues, the construction team, operations, suppliers, and utility companies.
• Specify and select instrumentation based on the process design.

• Demonstrable experience as an Electrical Design Engineer.
• Strong Electrical Engineering background.
• Willingness to be collaborative and work with a multi‑disciplined team, working together to solve complex problems.
• Experience in the Water Industry is an advantage.
• As site visits will be required, you will need a full UK driving licence.

Place Based Thinking

The Place Based Thinking team delivers some of the largest and most complex projects across the @one Alliance. Made up of six Senior Project Manager teams, we oversee 19 catchments, covering key sites such as Whitlingham, Flag Fen, Great Billing, Cotton Valley, Bedford, Colchester, and Ipswich Cliff Quays. These projects involve managing all parts of the network from rising and gravity mains, pumping stations, high spilling overflows, and water recycling centres.

Water

The Water Business Unit provides strategic support across the clean water network, covering both system performance and infrastructure planning. We assess the future hydraulic state of the network in response to population growth and increased demand, support the design and delivery of capital and infrastructure schemes to ensure hydraulic resilience, and work with optimisation teams to enhance overall network efficiency.

Water Recycling (East and West)

Our Water Recycling Business Unit, split into East and West regions, is responsible for the collection, conveyance, and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network. We operate over 76,000 km of sewerage infrastructure and 1,163 treatment centres, ensuring safe and sustainable discharge to the environment while driving innovation and environmental performance.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK’s most successful capital delivery alliances. You’ll have the chance to contribute to cutting‑edge projects that shape the future of water infrastructure, working alongside a team of experts across various disciplines. We offer a culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth, with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions that make a positive environmental impact.

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.

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…