Project Engineer - Electrical

Equans Services Limited; Newport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A strategic data center partner is seeking a Project Engineer – Electrical to join their Newport team. The role involves managing construction aspects of large projects ensuring quality and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have experience with main contractors, technical skills in electrical services, and the desire to grow their expertise. Full-time positions offer competitive benefits including 25 days leave, private medical insurance, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)

Life Cover equivalent to 4 times annual salary

Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Corporate social responsibility days

Learning opportunities

Employee Referral Rewards Scheme

24/7 Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Experience in the data centres sector is desirable.
• Be self-motivated with proven organisational ability.
• A keen desire to continually develop knowledge further.

Responsibilities

• Assist in ensuring work conformance with quality and safety standards.
• Record keeping for various site documentation.
• Liaise with authorities for Building Regulation cards.

Skills

Experience working with a main contractor or large subcontractor

Proven technical knowledge of Electrical Services

Knowledge and skills to effectively problem solve

Customer focused with ability to communicate effectively

Attention to Health and Safety matters

Commercially astute

Education

Degree or equivalent in an Electrical discipline

Job description

Overview

Equans Data Centers are seeking to appoint Project Engineer – Electrical, to support our growing Data Centre business. We are committed to providing cutting edge solutions for our clients data centre facilities and are recruitment a Project Engineer – Electrical to join our innovative team in projects based in Newport and in other project in the UK. The Project Engineer – Electrical will be part of the team responsible for managing the construction aspects of large projects from inception to completion, within set timescales, to high quality standards and within health and safety guidelines.

What you will deliver

• Assist in ensuring that work is carried out in full conformance with quality, environmental and safety standards
• Assist with co-ordinate and control the on-site construction process ensuring the site build progresses in line with plan
• Liaise with Statutory Authorities and Local Authorities as directed by the Site Manager in the submission of all Building Regulation cards as required to allow the progress of the project
• Attend site meetings, effectively communicate and provide information for Progress Reports
• Chair and minute the subcontractor meetings in the absence of the Site or Project Manager
• Assist the Site Manager in the management of materials
• Record keeping (diary, drawing register, H&S, COSHH Assessments, As built drawings, Levels & Foundations records, site H&S file)
• Assist in ensuring that work is carried out in full conformance with quality environmental and safety requirements

What we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave(+ public holidays)
• Life Cover equivalent to 4 times annual salary
• Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility, Encompass, RISE, WOMEN TOGETHER, Working Parents, and Young Professionals
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

Who we are looking for

• Experience working with a main contractor or large subcontractor
• Proven technical knowledge of Electrical Services
• Knowledge and skills to effectively problem solve
• A keen desire to continually develop knowledge further
• Be self-motivated, with proven organisational ability and the drive to meet deadlines
• Customer focused with the ability to communicate effectively with clients
• Attention to Health and Safety matters
• Commercially astute
• Experience in the data centres sector is desirable
• Degree or equivalent in an Electrical discipline is desirable

Who we are

We are a strategic data center partner delivering every aspect of general contractor design, build, and commissioning for major data centers across Europe to provide new build, fit-out, complex retrofit, and upgrade through one point of contact. We are part of Bouygues Energies & Services and Equans in data centers, delivering client needs through sustainability, health and safety, and wider engineering considerations. We bring clients complete in‑house expertise across consulting, architecture, construction, and engineering. We operate with global standardisation and local on‑the‑ground expertise in key European countries, maintaining robust supply chains behind us. Our teams focus on client success above all.

This enables us to deliver data centers with quality, speed to delivery, and high repeatability and scalability to realise client needs for cost transparency, low risk, continual availability, innovation, and planning certainty. With more than 1,200 employees across 8 European countries, Equans has delivered significant data center space for major providers.

What’s next?

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress. A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch. For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. We are not able to offer a relocation package for this job role. Some roles may require a Disclosure check as noted in the role requirements. The Equans Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team, not to Equans managers.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK.