Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer
Senior Electrical Building Services Engineers, Salary up to £55K
Your new company
Our client is one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies in the world, and a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide.
They combine the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 400 locations around the world. They are leading with Science to provide sustainable and resilient solutions for their clients.
Our client provides a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity, and offers competitive compensation and benefits.
They are currently seeking a qualified and enthusiastic Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer to support and develop the project delivery capabilities of their busy and successful building services team.
Candidates will successfully lead and deliver multiple, low complexity projects without supervision, or packages of medium complexity projects under the direction of more experienced staff. You will provide advice to clients and will take responsibility for managing and cultivating client relationships and securing new work. You should be able to lead, or demonstrate the competency to lead, a team of less experienced staff as you may have line management responsibility.
Project work will vary, and you will have experience across a range of sectors including life sciences, defence, education, commercial, residential, renewable energy, industrial, retail, healthcare and leisure within both public and private domains.
Your new role
In this role you will be responsible for all aspects of design in the delivery of electrical engineering consultancy services for a portfolio of projects. You will be responsible for; undertaking calculations, production of drawings, producing specifications and reports, conducting site surveys, conducting construction stage duties, providing client liaison, consulting with members of design/construction teams and any other relevant duties required to comply with project briefs.
Producing and reviewing electrical design drawings will be key to your role. Experience of using Autodesk Revit MEP would be beneficial. If required, further training in Revit and other systems will be provided.
You will have the passion and drive to deliver and manage projects in accordance with the client’s brief and programme, and to help develop good client relationships. You should be capable of managing your own workload and the workload of others, updating forward plans of workload regularly & working to time allocations.
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Production and review of detailed design calculations for all aspects of electrical design.
- Production of specifications and plant schedules.
- Production of design notes, basis of design and RIBA stage reports showing compliance with standards and best practice.
- Production of design drawings from conception through to detailed design.
- Conducting detailed site surveys and inspection of installations.
- Mentoring and guidance of junior to intermediate engineers.
- Input into fee estimates and bid process.
- Support associates and director with resource planning and managing team workload.
What you’ll need to succeed
- You will have an accredited Building Services /Electrical Engineering degree or higher educational qualification.
- Chartered engineer or working towards membership.
- The skill set and passion for engineering with the ability to manage and deliver electrical building services engineering designs across a range of sectors.
- Experienced in project lead and delivery of electrical services across multiple projects, as part of a multidisciplinary design team.
- Conducting any or all stages of electrical design from concept to completion as required by the project.
- Take design lead on projects promoting design excellence at all times.
- Experience in a range of digital tools, including AutoCAD, Revit, Dialux, Relux, Amtech, NBS and Microsoft packages.
- Proven ability to develop designs conscious of energy conservation, sustainability and with a knowledge basis of renewable technologies.
- Fully conversant with technical and legislation requirements for electrical services equipment and installation design and management.
- Able to take charge of project deliverables, make decisions on developing the discipline design elements, act on your own initiative and operate in a proactive way.
- Strong communication and people skills, particularly the ability to influence and negotiate both internally and externally with an open and inclusive style.
- Consulting closely with other professionals, including structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors of in-house and external project teams.
- Strong report writing skills.
- Experience of producing and supporting fee estimates and bid writing would be beneficial.
- Able to generate a programme and produce progress reports against this.
- Experience in managing and mentoring junior to intermediate engineers.
- Holds (or meet the criteria to hold) security clearance to MOD SC level.
What you’ll get in return
- £48,000 to £55,000 annual salary (doe)
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual salary reviews
- Car allowance or company car
- 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays
- Option to buy/sell extra holidays
- Private Healthcare
- Hybrid working
- Flexible working
- Early finish options
- Enhanced Pension scheme
- Equipment provided for remote work
What you need to do now
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