Job Description
Electrical Chargehand (Workshop-Based)
Location: Falmouth, UK
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Are you a hands-on electrical professional ready to lead from the front? Join Fugro and play a key role in delivering high-quality electrical work that supports innovative geotechnical and offshore projects worldwide. As an Electrical Chargehand, you’ll be at the heart of our workshop operations to lead our team, ensuring exceptional standards, and helping keep critical equipment running safely and efficiently. Working closely with the Electrical Supervisor, you’ll influence daily operations while mentoring others and shaping a high-performing team. This is a fully onsite role in a collaborative workshop environment, where your expertise will directly support Fugro’s mission to create a safe and liveable world.
Your role and responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate day-to-day electrical workshop activities, ensuring work is completed safely, on time, and to the highest quality standards.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentoring to electricians and apprentices, supporting their development and performance.
- Carry out and oversee electrical installation, maintenance, testing, and fault-finding across workshop assets.
- Ensure compliance with electrical regulations (e.g. BS 7671), safe systems of work, and Fugro’s QHSSE standards.
- Inspect, verify, and sign off completed work, including panels, cabling, and installations, ensuring all meet required specifications.
- Monitor progress, identify issues, and communicate effectively with the Electrical Supervisor and wider team on timelines, resources, and risks.
- Maintain clear and accurate documentation, including test results, defect reports, and as-built electrical schematics.
What you’ll need to thrive in this role
- NVQ Level 3 in Electrotechnical Technology (or equivalent), including AM2, or a time-served apprenticeship.
- Strong hands-on experience in low voltage single and three-phase electrical systems, including installation and fault finding.
- Proven ability to read, interpret, and update electrical schematics.
- Experience working with PLC installations (hardware-focused, not software programming).
- Confident communicator with a collaborative approach and the ability to support and guide others in a team environment.
- CSCS card, 18th Edition Qualification, First Aid certification are desirable.
About Us
Who we are
Do you want to join our Geo-data revolution? Fugro’s global reach and unique know-how will put the world at your fingertips. Our love of exploration and technical expertise help us to provide our clients with invaluable insights. We source and make sense of the most relevant Geo-data for their needs, so they can design, build and operate their assets more safely, sustainably and efficiently. But we’re always looking for new talent to take the next step with us. For bright minds who enjoy meaningful work and want to push our pioneering spirit further. For individuals who can take the initiative but work well within a team.
What we offer
Fugro provides a positive work environment as well as projects that will satisfy the most curious minds. We also offer great opportunities to stretch and develop yourself. By giving you the freedom to grow faster, we think you’ll be able to do what you do best, better. Which should help us to find fresh ways to get to know the earth better. We encourage you to be yourself at Fugro. So bring your energy and enthusiasm, your keen eye and can-do attitude. But bring your questions and opinions too. Because to be the world’s leading Geo-data specialist, we need the strength in depth that comes from a diverse, driven team.
Our view on diversity, equity and inclusion
At Fugro, our people are our superpower. Their variety of viewpoints, experiences, knowledge and talents give us collective strength. Distinctive beliefs and diverse backgrounds are therefore welcome, but discrimination, harassment, inappropriate behaviour and unfair treatment are not. Everybody is to be well-supported and treated fairly. And everyone must be valued and have their voice heard. Crucially, we believe that getting this right brings a sense of belonging, of safety and acceptance, that makes us feel more connected to Fugro’s purpose ‘together we create a safe and liveable world’ – and to each other.
Benefits of joining our team
- Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally.
- Competitive salary
- Contributory pension scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Group life assurance
- Group income protection
- Discounted gym membership
- Discounts platform
- The Fugro Card (pre-paid virtual visa card, which earns cash back automatically when money is spent at any participating retailers)
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Long service awards
- Fugro values awards
- Employee referral bonus scheme
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Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:
Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.
