Job Description

General information

City/town:

Peterborough

Job field:

Construction

External closing date:

Friday, November 28, 2025

Type of contract:

Permanent

ID:

5637

Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.


We are looking for a Lead Electrical Design Manager to join our infrastructure Water team in Peterborough.

What you'll do:

Be part of the @one alliance - one of the most successful, award-winning and progressive water sector capital delivery organisations. Work on a diverse programme of water recycling, infrastructure and water supply projects. Lead, coach and develop junior and less experienced engineers. Ensure compliance with all Construction Design Management (CDM), Electricity at Works, BS7671, WIMES, DSEAR and other appropriate legislation for all work undertaken. Grow your professional internal and external networks with a multitude of partners that form the @one Alliance. Broaden your skills by working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary project teams, Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Procurement, Enabling and Construction Managers. Check specifications, schedules, datasheets, drawings and 3D models to ensure quality, safety, and technical standards are adhered to. You will be required to coach and mentor junior and less experienced members of the electrical team. Review construction site and supply chain design queries and change requests to ensure quick but accurate responses and/or the design remains suitable. Input into Construction Design management (CDM) and commissioning strategy meetings. Update and collaborate with the Principal Engineer and Design Managers where potential improvements can be implemented. Liaise with other departments and project teams with respect to design requirements. Manage quality through the design workflow review in line with the project timeline. Support other leads and discipline engineers to deliver their engineering outputs to time and quality standards. Drive sustainability and low carbon designs. Drive offsite build, modular construction and repeatable solutions.

What you'll bring to the role:

An engineering, or equivalent, degree or be able to demonstrate a degree level of knowledge through relevant experience. Preferably chartered, or working towards, chartered status. Experience of water-sector assets and capital projects. Knowledge of all relevent regulations, standards and codes of practice Experience of mentoring and coaching of junior engineers. Ideally, but not essential, experience of a Design & Build environment.

Equalopportunities

We thrivethrough embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity,disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientationand any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a richpotential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful andhigh-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexibleworking

We welcomeyou to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we willexplore what is possible for the role.

Reasonableadjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

Moreinformation about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closingdate

The closingdate for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretionof the business.

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