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 Water we help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will join BGEN - one of the UK's largest multidisciplinary design and build contractors with over 100 years of industry experience. We support clients in the water, power & energy, pharmaceutical, nuclear and food and beverage industries to deliver next generation, value-added engineering solutions.
We have the exciting opportunity for a Graduate Electrical Estimator to join BGEN’s Technology Team in Penketh (Warrington). This team designs control panels for clients worldwide in industries such as Utilities, Electrical Transmission and Distribution, Renewable Generation, Petrochemical, Nuclear etc.
As a Graduate Electrical Estimator, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Participate in a structured development programme with placements across key departments (production, hardware, and software engineering teams).
- Assist in preparing basic cost estimates and proposal documents under supervision.
- Familiarise and observe bid strategy discussions to build commercial awareness.
- Identify missing information or potential scope gaps in tender documents.
- Shadow Engineers and Senior staff in live tender activities and client interactions.
- Engage in technical training and mentoring to understand control systems, software, and LV assemblies.
- Support simple document formatting, supplier quote requests, or template reviews as part of bid activity.
- Support review of tender documents to identify scope, technical requirements, and risks.
- Participate in site visits and factory tours to understand BGEN’s delivery and production capabilities.
- Contribute to team initiatives such as lessons learned or process improvement exercises.
- Gradually build responsibility and autonomy as knowledge and confidence grow.
- Help compare client specs to internal scope assumptions to develop awareness of scope gaps and alignment.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- A degree Construction Management / Electrical Engineering / Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- A proactive attitude and willingness to learn
- Organised, reliable, and collaborative approach to work.
- An UK/EU Driving License
M Group’s Graduate Programme
Our 2 year structured graduate programme is all about helping you grow into one of our future leaders. We’ll give you challenges that stretch you, chances to learn new skills, and all the support you need along the way
Evolve & Thrive
A structured development programme designed to help graduate and degree apprentices to build the skills, experience and confidence needed to become one of M Group's future leaders. Throughout your journey, you'll broaden your knowledge, develop your professional capabilities and benefit from a supportive network that empowers you to achieve your full potential.
As an M Group Graduate or Degree Apprentice, you can look forward to:
- Tailored development opportunities including face-to-face development events, virtual workshops and team-building experiences. These opportunities are designed to strengthen your leadership, communication and collaboration skills while helping you build connections across the business.
- A structured learning journey covering a range of topics including leadership, communication, commercial awareness, sustainability, project management and AI, helping you develop the skills needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving industry.
- Networking opportunities with graduates, degree apprentices, business leaders and colleagues from across M Group, enabling you to build meaningful relationships and expand your professional network.
- Professional development support, with access to guidance, resources and support to help you work towards relevant professional qualifications and achieve your long-term career ambitions.
- A strong support network from our Early Careers Team, business leaders and peers across the organisation, providing encouragement, insight and practical support throughout your development journey.
At M Group, we're committed to helping you grow and succeed, providing the experiences, connections and opportunities you need to thrive in your career and make a lasting impact.
What in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
• Company pension scheme
• Death in service benefit
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays per year (up to 5 days for full time employees)
• My rewards- offering documents on high street and online shopping
• Employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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 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, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do 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 the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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