Belcan Workforce Solutions are currently looking for two Electrical Authorised Persons (AP)

for a Defence establishment in Reading. The posts are estimated 7 month contracts and are paying competitively on a daily basis.

Successful applicants will be required to be Security Cleared prior to appointment and must meet eligibility requirements to obtain UK Security Clearance.

An IR35 assessment for tax purposes is required for this engagement. In order to determine the Limited Company’s correct IR35 status, an individual Limited Company assessment will be required.

The Role

Our client is seeking two experienced Electrical Authorised Persons (AP) to support a major, highly regulated project based in Reading. This is a short-term contract opportunity where you will play a critical role in managing and coordinating electrical safety in line with approved project procedures, nuclear licence conditions, and quality management systems.

You will provide day-to-day leadership and governance across electrical activities, ensuring safe delivery through construction, commissioning, and energisation phases.

Key Responsibilities

General Responsibilities

• Support your Manager and the teams under your control
• Maintain strong working relationships with contractors, the client team, and site personnel
• Manage and control your scope of works in line with agreed programmes
• Be fully conversant with drawings, specifications, and technical documentation

Specific Duties

• Assist in the safe execution of works to meet the project completion schedule
• Act as the key electrical safety interface between Engineering, Construction, Quality, Commissioning, and the Client
• Provide guidance and oversight to M&E subcontractors and vendors
• Ensure all documentation and testing activities comply with approved project procedures
• Audit contractor APs, carry out site inspections, and maintain registers and schedules
• Coordinate, witness, record, and authorise cross-boundary isolations and energisations
• Support the management of the M&E Permit Office and control live works
• Coordinate HV and external utility energisations and shutdowns
• Ensure smooth transition from construction through commissioning and start-up
• Review and approve Safe Systems of Work, energisation and isolation requests
• Train, appoint, assess, and audit Electrical Authorised Persons (AP(E))
• Deliver electrical safety training to project teams

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Time-served Electrical Technician or Electrical Engineer with on-site experience
• 17th / 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations
• Electrical testing qualifications (2391 or 2394 & 2395)
• Formal AP(E) training
• SMSTS (or equivalent CDM qualification)
• Full First Aid (including resuscitation)
• Proven experience as an Electrical Authorised Person
• Experience on large-scale construction and commissioning projects
• Strong understanding of HSAWA, EAWR, CDM, risk assessments, and Safe Systems of Work
• Experience managing contractors and permit-to-work systems
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

If this sounds like the right next step for your career and you’d like to learn more—or simply have an initial, no-obligation conversation—please feel free to contact me on 07732 694 243. Alternatively, you can apply directly using the Easy Apply link.