Project Engineer – Electrical

Yorkshire Water

Project Engineer Electrical ensuring safe and compliant delivery of critical electrical services for Yorkshire Water's 5.4 million customers. Collaborating with engineers, project managers, and technicians in project lifecycle.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeYorkshire Region • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £45,861 - £57,326 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, deploy and test business critical Electrical services in one or more of the following areas; Instrumentation PLC & HMI/LOI systems (Programmable Logic Controllers & Human Machine Interfaces / Local Operator Interfaces) SCADA systems (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) applications Site data networks
Take a technical and financial lead role on projects, responsible for the delivery of best value & ensuring technical outcomes are aligned to business requirements.
Ensure projects are developed and delivered to the appropriate quality, standards and specifications.
Ensure projects are compliant with all necessary statutory legislation including Health and Safety and Construction Design and management. (CDM) requirements as appropriate, acting as Principal Contractor.
Ensure all projects follow a formal customer handover process against the agreed scope.
Ensure the creation and modification of assets results in safe, compliant, reliable, affordable assets that are aligned with operational risk.
Provide technical input into developing short and long term strategic plans.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent
Engineering Apprenticeship & ONC/HNC/BTEC in Electrical Engineering.
To have a broad experience with electrical and ICA equipment and can use this experience to produce engineered solutions to resolve business risks and other issues.
Qualifications and experience to facilitate YW Electrical Authorisation (LV).
To make suggestions to or challenges the use of PLC, HMI, SCADA, Telemetry and the various instruments commonly found on YW sites
To make changes to and diagnose issues with PLC, HMI, SCADA, Instrumentation and understand the need for change control
Is able to highlight complex technical issues and supports and contributes to resolution.
Understands the principles of Construction Design Management (CDM)
Current valid driving licence and flexibility to travel across the Yorkshire region

Benefits

Comp & perks

A company car benefit
Annual incentive related bonus - £1000 maximum Bonus
Opportunity for the Performance Year
Attractive pension scheme ( 12% maximum employer contribution )
Development opportunities in line with the Project Engineer Electrical progression plan
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus two extra wellness days!
Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
Retail savings scheme
Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

InstrumentationTechnical Project ManagementRisk AssessmentChange ControlEngineering Solutions

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingCommunicationLeadership

Certifications

YW Electrical Authorisation (LV)ONC/HNC/BTEC in Electrical Engineering