Senior/Principal Electrical Design Engineer

Job Title:  Senior/Principal Electrical Design Engineer

Location:  Birmingham

Salary:      £50k - £60k dep on exp. plus great benefits package

Join a dynamic M&E consultancy based in Birmingham, who are passionate about MEP Engineering, sustainability, digital engineering and acoustics. 

Due to continued growth, my client is recruiting for a Senior/Principal Electrical Building Services Engineer to work from their office in Birmingham. 

This role will see you technically and creatively challenged on exciting developments in the UK with their projects thriving on teamwork and collaboration, making your excellent communication abilities and enthusiasm for achieving success with others invaluable in this role.

About the Role

Within this role as a Senior Engineer Electrical Services, you will be a key part of the team and have a high degree of self-government. You should have strong technical expertise, good leadership, and problem-solving skills, and be a forward planner with the ability to deliver high-standard work to project programmes. You should also be able to take on the management of more junior team members, along with client relationship management.

You should have a strong track record in multiple sectors in which my client operates. Ideally, be a Chartered Engineer, or progressing to, educated to a degree level with experience working on a variety of medium-sized projects. 

You'll be part of an enthusiastic and committed team of Engineers and Technicians delivering high-quality output on projects.

Client care and repeat business are crucial to my clients' success, so you'll need to be able to develop and nurture relationships with clients.

The Role

As the successful Senior/Principal Engineer, you will have:

- Substantial experience - at least 7 years working within the building services engineering area.

- Produce design deliverables (including drawings, specifications, and reports), site surveys, construction stage duties, client liaison with members of design/construction teams, project management, costing, and ensure progress against the project brief.

- Check calculations and production of detailed drawings to ensure engineering designs meet appropriate quality and compliance controls, project brief and customer requirements.

- Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary members of the design team to deliver safe, efficient and buildable solutions.

- Contribute to the preparation of enquiry plans, tender reviews, fee estimate sheets, scopes of work and change controls as required.

- Management of Engineers and Technicians in the production of calculations, design deliverables (including drawings, specifications, and reports), site surveys, construction stage duties, client liaison, liaison with members of design/construction teams, project management, costing and any other relevant duty.

- Making client presentations on selected projects.

- Helping to generate repeat business through building relationships with clients.

- Be client-facing and involved in all stages of the projects from inception to completion.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

My client is looking for:

- A Degree in Building Services Engineering

- A CIBSE professional registration (CEng or progressing towards)

- Substantial experience at least 7 years working within the building services engineering area.

- Demonstrable experience in delivering projects in multiple sectors such as education, healthcare, residential, commercial etc.

- Experience in Software design including - Microsoft, Dialux, Amtech, Revit

- Knowledge of British Standards, Building Regulations, HTMs etc.

- An understanding of incorporating various renewable technologies.

- Experience in managing Engineers, Apprentices, and Graduates.

- Excellent communication and project management skills.

- Understanding of commercial elements of projects.

- Confident communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex ideas.

- Essential technical experience: Design of Electrical Building Services

- Able to travel to the office in Birmingham and clients across the region.

What's on offer

My client is invested in their people and offer a competitive package to all team members which includes:

• Bonus Scheme
• A companywide annual bonus scheme. This is dependent on the company's financial performance for the year.
• Flexible Working
• We have a working from home policy which enables employees to work from home for part of the week with agreement and subject to business needs. Flexible working hours may also be an option
• Holidays
• 25-day annual holiday allowance plus national holidays
• Flexible Pay Scheme - The flexible pay scheme lets our employees buy additional benefits deducted from their salary over 12 months. The benefits include additional holidays, private health insurance, and the cycle-to-work scheme.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• My client offers a companywide enhanced contributory pension scheme based on total earnings. Employees are auto-enrolled into the scheme, and the company will make a 7% contribution, and staff make a 4% contribution from their basic salary.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• This benefit helps us work towards our zero carbon goals, save employees tax, and provide an opportunity to lease a new car. The scheme is available to staff subject to terms and conditions.
• Annual Parking Permit
• We provide employees with a parking permit to have free parking within the car park adjacent to the office whilst at work.
• Professional Membership
• Employee's professional memberships funded.
• Improving Diversity - My client acknowledges our industry is underrepresented in terms of diversity and are working hard to help improve this.
• My client wants all team members to feel valued and listened to. They aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone is helped to reach their full potential.

If you are looking for a new challenge, with an established, busy consultancy, APPLY NOW.