Lead Construction Engineer – Electrical
On-siteRedcar, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Oversee all electrical construction activities for EPC and PCC contractors, including equipment installation, cable erection, and system testing. Manage health and safety, quality, and industrial relations while ensuring compliance with client and project specifications. Coordinate with engineering teams, equipment leads, and commissioning groups to drive turnover, mechanical completion, and client handover. Maintain site cleanliness and readiness for commissioning through strict adherence to "build it tight" and "build it clean" standards. This full-time on-site role on the Teesside project requires Mon-Fri attendance with limited regular overtime. Travel to Paris and UK/overseas contractor facilities may be required. Wood's Projects business unit delivers predictable results across high-complexity capital projects globally.
Required Qualifications
- Electrical Lead (Discipline Construction Lead)
- 12 contract basis
- Teesside
- Redcar
- Occasional travel to EPC contractor's design offices in Paris
- Potential EPC Contractor facilities in the UK and overseas
- Full-time site-based role
- Mon-Fri site working pattern
- Overseeing all construction areas on the project
- Limited but regular overtime
- Overseeing all electrical construction activities executed by the EPC and PCC Contractors
- Health and Safety
- Industrial Relations
- Quality
- Constructability
- Readiness
- Installation of electrical equipment
- Erection of containment
- Pulling and securing of cables
- Punching, testing and energisation of electrical systems
- Turnover
- Mechanical Completion
- Client Handover
- Cleanliness, preservation, and readiness for commissioning
- Leadership of client standards for 'build it tight' and 'build it clean'
- Coordination with EPC Discipline Electrical Leads
- Coordination with Equipment Leads
- Coordination with SIP Lead
- Coordination with Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Leads
- Coordinating with HSE Leads
- Ensuring compliance with client specifications
- Ensuring compliance with project specifications
- Ensuring compliance with safety standards
- Ensuring compliance with quality requirements
- Ensuring EPC reporting is compliant
- Close coordination with EPC engineering teams
- Close coordination with site contractors
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