Job Description
Client:
Full-service engineering, architecture, construction, environmental, and consulting firm. Founded in 1898, headquartered in the USA with a global presence of 75 offices worldwide and employing c10,000 staff.
Specialising in providing comprehensive solutions for a variety of industries, including energy, aerospace, water, transportation, environmental, and industrial sectors. The firm is committed to delivering high-quality, innovative, and sustainable solutions and offer a wide range of services, from conceptual design and detailed engineering to construction management and ongoing operations support.
With a reputation for excellence they are renowned for their client focused approach and have a proven track record of delivering complex projects worldwide.
As a 100% employee-owned company, it emphasizes a strong culture of collaboration, professional growth, and community involvement, creating an environment where employees are empowered to lead and make a lasting impact on the projects they work on.
Role:
You will be working as part of our multidiscipline team of Project Managers, Architects and Engineers in our London Office delivering Data Centre projects across RIBA Work Stages 1-5 for projects in UK and Europe. You will work under the direction of the Technical Director/Principal Engineers responsible for the projects but be capable of working independently and supervising Assistant Engineers to deliver designs / compliance reviews in accordance with the Client’s requirements / Project Basis of Design and related National Standards, according to mutually agreed time allocations.
Duties:
- Lead electrical design of projects from the conceptual phase through design completion for project needs and requirements that are set forth by the project managers.
- Management of the delivery of design, 2D or 3D modelling work undertaken by remote design offices.
- Prepare electrical equipment: packaged equipment specifications and data sheets.
- Review electrical equipment vendor drawings, data interface with suppliers, clients other engineering disciplines, detailers, designers.
- Participate in development of project schedule, scope, budget staffing planning and construction planning.
- Participate in the development of project schedule, scope, budget, staffing planning and construction planning. Responsible for the effective management of change orders.
- Apply expert knowledge of commonly used electrical concepts, practices, codes and procedures within the electrical engineering services industry.
- Applies knowledge and experience to complex projects, find non-standard design solutions.
- Quality review production drawings and project related data as required by the project managers to verify corrections are made within multiple CAD related software.
- Quality review the construction administration including coordination with field personnel to resolve design related installation issues, calculations, field inspections and testing of electrical systems.
- Leads field inspections, installation, measurements or calculations.
- Prepare and present technical reports for clients.
- Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.
- Mentor and guide less experienced engineers.
- Responsible for QA/QC process adherence (review and checking of their own and work undertaken by engineers under their supervision prior to this being offered for final review).
- Responsible for effective communication with other engineering disciplines.
- Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science/Engineering in Electrical Engineering or related degree/international qualification.
- Chartered Status preferred.
- CSCS Card holder preferred.
Skills:
Appropriate candidates shall have the following relevant experience and skills:
- A minimum of 8 years’ post graduate electrical services design experience including 2 years’ experience delivering the MV/LV electrical services designs for Data Centre projects.
- Performed the role of Compliance Monitoring/Technical Advisor on Contractor Design and Build projects with an understanding of application of The Employer’s Requirements. Including but not limited to:
- Reviewing Contractor’s design proposals
- Technical Submittals
- Working / Installation drawings
- Equipment manufacturers shop drawings
- Experience of undertaking site inspections of electrical services installations for compliance with the design / Specification materials and workmanship and Statutory Requirements.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the design of resilient MV/LV electrical distribution systems to provide concurrently maintainable and fault tolerant systems.
- Competent in the design of LV distribution systems with a working knowledge of BS7671 and IEC 60364 and in the use of Trimble Electrical Designer 2D.
- Competent to undertake internal lighting designs and in the use of DIALux.
- Competent in the use of Revit to produce 2D SLDs and 3D models.
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail, collaboration, time management and problem-solving skills.
- Critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving team environment.
Preferred:
- Experience of electrical design on projects in Finland, Germany, Iceland or Italy.
- Knowledge of MV/LV power system analysis and competent in the use of Etap.
