Our client is looking for a Senior Project Electrical Engineer with design experience within the Building Services industry to join them on a permanent basis, at their Peterborough office. The candidate will have the ability to take projects from conception through to completion and will be qualified with an Electrical discipline.The successful candidate must have a minimum of 3-5 years building services experience in a design-related environment. This experience should be post-qualification construction or related industry experience.

The candidate will provide engineering proficiency to the Building Services section at the office, and support to all their other offices will be required from time to time.

The candidate will create, develop and finalise Electrical Building Services / Electrical Services advice and designs as well as monitoring site installation works. They will join our Building Services teams to provide engineering support on single and multi-disciplinary projects including new build and refurbishment projects for the public and private sectors and energy related projects.

Experience of building services survey work is desired in order to be able to ascertain on-site conditions and coordinate with proposed design work. The chosen candidate may also be required to assist with condition survey reporting tasks, so a good knowledge and experience of site surveying is required.

Ideally, the applicant should have qualified/graduated with HNC/HND or be degree qualified with IEng/CEng potential. A good level of computer literacy in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Building Simulation/ Calculation software is required.

Out Client uses AutoCAD, Amtech Specification Expert, DIALux and EDSL Tas software to carry-out electrical building services design work, and experience of working with Revit/BIM would be an advantage.

The ability to operate as part of a project team within appropriate authority levels and to represent the company with confidence to a variety of clients and outside organisations is expected. The candidate will be well motivated, innovative and career-minded and have the ability to work on their own initiative as well as part of a team.

Experience required:-

The successful applicant will have design and project engineering experience across the breadth of Electrical Building Services such as: LV Distribution systems, Lighting/Emergency Lighting systems, Automatic Fire Detection & Alarm systems, Earthing & Bonding systems, IT/Data systems, Lightning Protection systems and access control/CCTV systems.

Main responsibilities:-

• Survey work and inspections
• Carrying out design calculations
• Preparing drawings for drafting by others, however the candidate will be expected to be able to use AutoCAD to make amendments and undertake minor AutoCAD draughting tasks
• Electrical building services engineering design to company standards
• Preparing technical specifications
• Liaising with Clients regarding Engineering Services brief and representing the client at meetings
• Maintaining records and archives to company standards
• Managing own workload