Commissioning Engineer - Peterborough

About the role

Commissioning Engineer - Balfour Beatty Alliance)

Location: Peterborough/Hybrid

Alliance a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme.

With AMP8 ahead, we're gearing up for our biggest challenge yet-delivering an ambitious programme of projects that will shape the future of water infrastructure.

To join us on our question for engineering excellence we're looking for a driven and experienced Commissioning Engineer.

What you'll be doing

• Write up or actively involve in drafting a Commissioning Plan
for each capital project. Review and update the plan as
necessary to reflect changes during implementation of the
project.

• Seek Operations approval to the commissioning plan including
specific hand-over testing requirements.

• Ensure the Commissioning Plan is consistent with the Alliance
SPEP and/or Special Projects scope of works; it sets out
scheme deliverables in a clear way and identifies how hand-
over testing will be carried out.

• Manage / supervise implementation of the commissioning plan
in accordance with H&S procedures, CDM procedures and all
relevant AWS operational procedures including POSWSH,
POSWASTE, HACCP and POSTEL.

• Close liaison with M&E and process engineers during initial
design stage to ensure scheme deliverables can be achieved
by the proposed solution

• Close liaison with Operations to maintain feed-back to
designers on operability and maintainability

Who we're looking for

• Degree or appropriate higher technical qualification plus proven ability.


• Extensive site experience preferably in water / wastewater commissioning.


• Knowledge of water and wastewater operations.


• Extensive experience in preferably mechanical and/or electrical engineering
  disciplines.


• Detailed technical knowledge.


• Proven ability to liase with Contractors on site.

Why work for us

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.

Why join us?

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

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

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. For more info, visit:

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