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• Principal/Associate Electrical Engineer

  London - NC1 - Kings Cross

  to £69,000 per annum + CA + benefits

  Permanent

  We have an opportunity for a Principal/Associate Electrical Engineer to join an award-winning engineering consultancy.  To become part of a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists providing innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings. Working alongside the Team Leader, you will be facing clients, responding to clients’ needs, developing, and producing reports, specifications and guidance or overseeing testing and commissioning activities. Providing a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look. What You’ll Be Doing:

  • You will be working on a varied portfolio of projects both in the UK and Internationally.
  • Providing technical advice to clients on the operation of electrical/mechanical engineering services in existing buildings
  • Preparing Fee Proposals
  • Delivering refurbishment and upgrade projects from inception to completion
  • Undertaking condition surveys of electrical/mechanical installations and producing written reports and recommendations
  • Developing and producing electrical/mechanical designs and specifications, ensuring quality and technical quality standards are met
  • Production of Feasibility Studies for electrical/mechanical infrastructure replacement or upgrade
  • Technical Due Diligence Reporting
  • Ensuring that all work under their control is undertaken to relevant and applicable UK and EU regulations, design guides etc.
  • Review of development and fit-out proposals and advising client on the implications in relation to the electrical/mechanical services
  • You will have the opportunity to lead electrical services design on large projects, and lead overall MEP on small to medium sized projects within the office,
  • Responsible for dealing successfully with Clients and other professionals
  • Awareness of consultant appointment conditions
  • Define and agree brief with Client
  • Manage and prioritise the workload of a project team including specialist groups.
  • Host and chair internal project team meetings
  • Contribute to the professional development of individual team members.
  • Actively leads self and identifies opportunities and providing support for career development of others
  • Ensure quality standards and technical accuracy is delivered.
  • Reporting cost and resource requirements to the team leader on a regular basis.

  What We Are Looking For:

  • Excellent technical knowledge in Electrical Design Engineering thorough understanding of Building Services Engineering and interdisciplinary design through all stages of the design process
  • Good experience in use of standards and codes applied in building services
  • Wiring Regulations; Fire Detection Systems; General and Emergency Lighting design knowledge.
  • Ability to undertake MEP building services surveys with minimal supervision
  • Ability to peer review in detail with good level of background knowledge of regulatory / standards documentation.
  • Acquainted with, and can deliver, parallel projects of all types, sizes and through various RIBA stages
  • Can undertake essential calculations, maximum demands, typical Wm2 and apply electrical theory.
  • Good understanding of 3 phase LV systems with reasonable to good understanding of HV systems.
  • At least some experience working on projects in existing buildings.
  • Ability to develop good relationships with Clients, Project Managers, Managing Agents, and Contractors
  • Previous consultancy experience: you will appreciate the importance of complementary specialisms such as acoustics, fire engineering and computer modelling in the design of buildings
  • Autonomous approach: able to lead small to medium sized projects and able to take a brief from the project lead on large projects and deliver & control the tasks required
  • Responsible for the quality of our outputs
  • Appreciation of client needs, with ability to face clients
  • Ability to identity when outsourcing is required e.g., design & CAD work
  • Understand and identify resource needs
  • Mentor and supervise junior members of staff
  • Chartered engineer or close to

  Core benefits:

  • Car Allowance
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Income protection
  • Travel allowance
  • Electrical car scheme
  • 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with length of service
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave
  • Season Ticket Loans
  • Professional membership subscription
  • Flexitime

  Flexible benefits:

  • 9-day fortnight – the firm offers all employees the option to work a 9-day fortnight
  • Hybrid Working – activity-based approach
  • Employee stock purchase plan – a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase common stock at a 15% discount

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• Senior Mechanical Engineer – Critical Systems

  London Hybrid - City, EC1

  to £70,000 per annum + benefits

  Permanent

  Our client is a multi-disciplinary consultancy, offering a wide variety of engineering and sustainability services, together with complementary specialisms, from locations across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and North Africa. With more than 1,200 experts across 29 global locations, all demonstrating a passion for designing innovative, sustainable engineering solutions that have a positive impact on people and the planet. They are now looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join their Critical Systems team, leading design and delivery of high-quality mechanical systems in an efficient and sustainable way on technically challenging projects across data centres, commercial buildings, and other complex infrastructure environments. What You’ll Do

  • Manage projects and coordinate engineering activities to meet deadlines and budgets.
  • Produce and review designs, technical specifications, calculations, and reports.
  • Work closely with multidisciplinary teams and external partners to achieve integrated design solutions.
  • Attend client and site meetings, providing technical insight and proactive communication.
  • Support, mentor, and develop junior engineers and technicians.
  • Promote best practice in health, safety, quality, and environmental performance.

  About You

  • Technically capable and collaborative engineer with a passion for delivering sustainable, forward-thinking mechanical design.
  • A degree in Mechanical or Building Services Engineering (Chartered or working towards).
  • Strong experience in mechanical building services design consultancy.
  • Proven ability to manage projects and guide junior team members.
  • A proactive, solutions-driven mindset with great communication skills.
  • An interest in high-performance buildings and critical environments (data centre experience a plus, but not essential—training provided).

  Why Join You’ll be part of a business that values:

  • Creativity – thinking differently and designing better solutions.
  • Collaboration – sharing ideas and building lasting relationships.
  • Excellence – striving to exceed expectations on every project.
  • Integrity – being honest, reliable, and kind in everything we do.

  You’ll also enjoy:

  • Flexible and hybrid working options.
  • Structured development and mentoring.
  • Opportunities for chartership and continued learning.
  • A genuinely supportive global workplace culture.

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• Electrical Engineer – Critical Systems

  London - City, EC4

  to £55 per hour (Outside ir35)

  Contract

  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.

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