Graduate Electrical Engineer

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Location:

Permanent

Contract:

Full Time

Hours:

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits

Salary:

30 October 2026

Closing Date:

Role Overview

Lagan MEICA is seeking a motivated and ambitious Graduate Electrical Engineer to join our growing team. This is an excellent opportunity to begin your engineering career within a dynamic Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control & Automation (MEICA) environment, primarily supporting projects in the water and wastewater sector.

What you’ll do

At Lagan MEICA we’ll support you to develop your full potential for an exciting and rewarding career with us. You’ll be working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will gain hands-on experience across the full project lifecycle—including design, procurement, installation, and commissioning—while working towards professional accreditation. You’ll spend time working on essential infrastructure projects across water and wastewater sectors and gain valuable hands-on experience across design, site delivery, and commissioning. As you’d expect from a market leader, we will support you through a clear graduate development pathway. 

What you’ll bring

Essential:

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent qualification) 

  • Strong communication and teamwork skills. 

  • Proactive, organised, and eager to learn. 

  • Willingness to travel to project sites across the UK & Ireland. 

  • Full, valid driving license.

 Desirable:

  • Knowledge of Health & Safety and CDM regulations. 

  • Experience or placement within engineering or construction environments. 

  • Exposure to water or wastewater projects. 

  • Familiarity with CAD/BIM tools. 

  • CSCS/CSR card (or willingness to obtain) 

How we’ll reward you

Of course, we ensure that our benefits package is competitive and allows you to enjoy your downtime. As well as a competitive salary we’ll provide a wide selection of lifestyle offers, development and learning programmes, services and support designed to help you manage and balance your work/life priorities.

Our benefits include:

  • 25 days annual leave (with the option to purchase more)

  • Company vehicle and fuel card or car allowance (role dependent)

  • Private health care (role dependent)

  • Paid subscription to relevant professional body/institution

  • Life assurance

  • Health cash plans for dental and optician expenses

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Volunteering days

  • Gym membership (subsidised)

  • Childcare vouchers

  • Employer pension contribution

Your application

At Lagan MEICA, we want everyone to feel welcome. That’s why we want you to know that we'll work with you to make the application process as smooth as possible. So please just let us know if you need any adjustments or support – we'll do whatever we can to help.

Applicants must be authorised to work in the United Kingdom as we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

Geographic mobility is essential - you’ll be expected to work across UK project sites giving you plenty of opportunity to experience our varied projects.

Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens, we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. Good luck!

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