Senior / Principal Electrical Engineer – Building Services (MEP)

Exeter, Devon – Hybrid & Flexible Working Options

£50k to £62k + Benefits

Senior Electrical Engineer / Principal Electrical Engineer / Building Services / MEP

This role is to join an engineering business with worldwide projects, they play a leading role in some of the most exciting and challenging engineering projects covering sectors such as energy, rail, defence and aviation.

This opportunity is for a senior or principal grade electrical engineer to take on a role within a national practice of Building Design professionals delivering engineering design solutions to clients across the UK. This role will encompass a multi-sector experience, but expertise from working within the Commercial, Residential, Education or Transportation sectors would be a benefit.

Responsibilities - Senior / Principal Electrical Engineer

• Design and specification of all Electrical Building Services systems - power, earthing, lighting, life safety, telecoms, security, access control, lifts, lightning protection etc.
• Carry out (and managing of others), in the production of detailed calculations using industry standard software tools including Excel, Trimble, Dialux/Relux, in-house developed tools, etc.
• Collaborate with BIM team to prepare models and drawings, with a working understanding of Autodesk Revit.
• Act as representative in meetings with clients and contractors.
• Site surveys, inspections and monitor site works.
• Managing own workload, updating forward plan of workload regularly and working to time allocations.
• Managing elements of project delivery and an understanding of budget costings.
• Assist with technical development of junior staff.

Experience Required

• Appropriate qualification in Building Services or Electrical Engineering.
• Good level of computer literacy in a range of software tools including Trimble/Prodesign, Dialux/Relux, NBS and Microsoft packages. Any HV tools will also be beneficial.
• Familiar with energy reduction methods and approaches to decarbonising new and existing buildings.
• Understanding of energy and carbon related data capture and analytics.
• Awareness of the principles of building physics such as passive design solutions and fabric first approaches.
• Competent in designing for measurement and verification, including experience of commissioning and post installation evaluation of performance.
• Working towards becoming professionally qualified (CEng, MCIBSE, or equivalent qualification) or already chartered with CIBSE or IET.