Job Description
Role:
This is an exciting opportunity for a Building Services Electrical Engineer with a leading International multi-disciplinary design consultancy in Central London. They are one of the UKs Top Employers for 5 years in a row according to Top Employer Institute. Their multi-disciplined team includes MEP (30 strong), Environmental Design & Sustainability, VT, and Architectural Design Lighting. They are involved in high profile and prestigious projects all over the world across a variety of sectors so the role may involve some travel.
Responsibilities:
- Represent the company in professional and diligent manner at all times.
- Establish and maintain strong working relationship with internal and external stakeholders, design team, authorities, utilities and associated organisations.
- Attend all meetings with client, project team, contractors etc.
- Undertake and deliver high quality detailed engineering design for electrical building services and power distribution systems, including calculations, analysis, schematics, drawings, diagrams, models, specifications and other documents required.
- Review and management of project from inception to post construction duties.
- Good Knowledge of relevant legislations, standards, regulations, guides and good practise.
- Seek, complete and record evidence of, continuing professional development (CPD) in accordance with the requirements of the relevant professional Institution.
- To have thorough knowledge of and compliance with procedures and standards.
- Contribute, or otherwise assist, as required.
- Equity, diversity & inclusion (EDI) is a core priority. To support and champion the embedding of this focus as a collective workforce responsibility, EDI should be integrated, where relevant, into all workstreams.
Qualities and Skills:
Required:
- Chartered Engineer or Professional Registered working toward CEng in 6 months. With Electrical engineering or Building Services Degree with electrical bias, 2,1 or higher.
- At least 5 years’ experience in a building design engineering capacity within the UK and internationally.
- Proven ability to design electrical Building Services systems and demonstrate rationale behind proposals.
- Experience of being Lead Electrical Engineering for more than one project (construction value >£30M).
- Required involvement from Concept to Construction.
- Involved in Construction Administration (snagging, Testing &Commissioning).
- Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of low carbon design.
- Mentoring and management of junior engineers, sharing technical knowledge and experience.
- Able to demonstrate ability to undertake the above responsibilities.
- Legally able to work in the country in which the position is based.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Able to manage sensitive and sometimes confidential information.
- Self motivated and able to take responsibility.
- Able to demonstrate initiative and a proactive approach to daily tasks.
- Good interpersonal skills and able to work independently and as part of an effective team.
- Flexible attitude.
- Able to build good relationships at all levels, internally and externally.
- Resilient to cope with conflicting demands, able to prioritise duties and work effectively under pressure.
- Able to work as part of an effective team assisting and supporting team members.
Desirable:
- Project Management with good financial acumen.
- Experience in Education, Hospital, Retail, Airport, Stadia, High-rise Mixed Used Commercial projects delivery.
- Second Language.
- Specialism in one or more of the following: – Lighting and Daylighting – Vertical Transportation – IT and Communications Infrastructure – Security – Acoustic – High / Medium Voltage – Earthing, Bonding and EMC – Lightning Protection – UPS and Generator – Fire Protection – Building Information Modelling.
- Proficient in some of the following: – Revit – Navisworks – AutoCad – Microstation – Rhino – AGI32 – Dialux – Relux – Radiance – Elevate – Amtech – Hevacomp – InDesign – NBS Create / NES Spec – Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Project.
