Electrician jobs in Widnes

Job Title: Approved Electrician

Location: Warrington

Company: Balfour Beatty

About the Role:

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced Electrical Appointed Person (AP) to join our team delivering temporary site services packages across a variety of projects throughout the UK. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified electrical professional who is passionate about safety, quality, and delivering high standards of workmanship in complex construction environments.

Working closely with Electrical Supervisors and project teams, you will play a key role in ensuring electrical installations are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with company procedures, industry standards, and client expectations. This role involves travel to project sites nationwide and offers the opportunity to contribute to some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake and support Appointed Person (AP) duties in accordance with Balfour Beatty Electrical Safe Systems of Work.
• Promote and uphold Balfour Beatty's values and Zero Harm culture across all activities.
• Ensure compliance with work package plans, risk assessments, task briefings and toolbox talks.
• Identify hazards and implement appropriate controls to maintain safe working environments.
• Provide practical, sustainable and cost-effective recommendations for electrical installations.
• Support the Electrical Supervisor in monitoring workmanship, quality standards and project delivery.
• Assist with quality assurance processes, inspections and digital reporting tools such as BIM 360 Field.
• Monitor tools, plant and equipment to ensure they are suitable, maintained and safe for use.
• Contribute to environmental compliance and promote sustainable working practices.
• Report and assist in resolving non-conformances and project variations.
• Support the delivery of projects to programme milestones while maintaining a Right First Time approach.
• Work collaboratively with project teams, subcontractors and stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.

Essential

• Fully qualified electrician with strong knowledge of electrical installation practices.
• Current ECS Card, SMSTS qualification and full UK driving licence.
• Strong understanding of current Health & Safety legislation and BS7671 requirements.
• Experience working on temporary electrical installations within construction environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
• Flexible approach to working hours, including nights and weekends when required.
• Strong focus on safety, quality and continuous improvement.
• Ability to travel extensively across the UK using a company vehicle.

Desirable

• Previous experience carrying out Appointed Person responsibilities.
• Experience delivering electrical installations on major infrastructure or construction projects.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing project scope changes and supporting project delivery from start to finish.
• Desire to further develop professionally within electrical management and leadership roles.

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 freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

• 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Jobs please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

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At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/