Civil Project Engineer
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?
At M Group Energy we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.
We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.
This role will be within our Transmission and Renewables team in Wales and South West England.
We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
Are you ready for the next stage in your career? If so, we’d love you to join us as a Civil Project Engineer, where you'll support the Civil Construction Manager in coordinating all on-site activities, including:
- Delivering capital electrical transmission projects for clients like National Grid, SSE, and private enterprises.
- Coordinate full project lifecycle: design, build, commercial, and programme management.
- Lead design assurance processes to meet key contractual milestones.
- Support Temporary Works coordination and assist TWC/TWS throughout project phases.
- Use client systems to manage project correspondence (e.g., EWNs, Compensation Events).
- Collaborate with planners and site managers to maintain and update project programmes.
- Prepare and submit handover documentation, including H&S files and test plans.
- Resolve on-site design issues and advise on constructability.
- Liaise with commercial teams on subcontractor packages and resource planning.
- Attend site visits and meetings to support project delivery and planning.
What you’ll bring
- Minimum 3 years’ experience delivering capital projects in electrical transmission
- Qualification in construction or project management
- CSCS card (or equivalent) and full UK driving licence
- Knowledge of National Grid procedures and technical specifications
- Understanding of Temporary Works and BS5975 classifications
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Confident relationship builder with clients and teams
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and project databases
- Civil engineering or project management qualifications are a plus
- Proactive and solution-focused approach
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;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- Private health care and health care cash plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
About us
We 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, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to 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 our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.
