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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 local projects team, you'll provide expert Electrical & Instrument Design and Consulting Services.
Our current portfolio features a variety of exciting and impactful projects such as:

Extensive flow and pressure monitoring project
Upgrade of effluent plant to PLC control
Upgrade of process plant to DCSYou'll be part of the Multi-Discipline Design Team, working closely with the Project Manager, ensuring the smooth and effective delivery of pharmaceutical projects. This involves understanding customer needs, estimating resources, producing reports and designs, and ensuring projects meet time, quality, and cost goals. Liaising with subcontractors, coordinating with other disciplines like Mechanical, Process, HVAC, and Civil, and overseeing essential design deliverables.

Are you someone with extensive experience in electrical installation design? Ideally within the pharmaceutical sector, along with strong knowledge of industry best practices and relevant regulations. Qualifications such as an HNC or Degree in engineering are valuable, and professional memberships are a plus. Skills in ATEX Hazardous Area design, Functional Safety (IEC 61508/61511), and CDM Regulations 2015 are particularly useful.

Proficiency in tools like AutoCAD LT and the Microsoft suite is important, and experience working in multi-discipline teams is a key advantage. Whether working independently or collaborating with colleagues and clients, strong communication and organizational skills will be essential to success in this role.

This position offers you the chance to work on innovative projects, contribute expertise, and make a real impact within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

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 holidaysWe 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.

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