Senior Electrical Engineer – Building Services

Location: Southampton, Hampshire

Salary: £50,000 – £65,000 (depending on experience)

Job Type: Permanent | Full-Time

An Exciting Opportunity with an Established Multidisciplinary Engineering Consultancy

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to join the Southampton office of an established and highly regarded multidisciplinary building services engineering consultancy.

This is an opportunity for an ambitious Electrical Design Engineer who enjoys delivering technically interesting projects and is looking to further develop their career within a supportive, professional and collaborative engineering environment.

With an excellent portfolio of clients and a diverse range of projects, the consultancy offers the opportunity to work across multiple sectors, from traditional building services developments through to complex, high-value and technically challenging schemes.

For an experienced Electrical Engineer ready to step into a Senior position, or an established Senior Electrical Engineer looking for a fresh challenge, this represents an excellent long-term career opportunity.

The Senior Electrical Engineer Opportunity

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will play a key role in the design and delivery of electrical building services projects, working closely with clients, architects, contractors and other engineering disciplines.

You will be involved throughout the project lifecycle, from initial concept and feasibility through to detailed design, construction and completion.

The consultancy works across an impressive variety of sectors, including:

• Commercial offices and workplace developments
• Residential and high-rise developments
• Healthcare facilities
• Defence and secure environments
• Theatres, auditoriums and leisure facilities
• Retail and commercial fit-outs
• High-value and technically complex developments

This varied project portfolio provides an excellent opportunity to broaden your technical experience, develop specialist knowledge and take on greater project responsibility.

You will be joining an established engineering team where technical excellence, collaboration and professional development are actively encouraged.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver electrical building services designs from concept through to completion.
• Produce electrical calculations, specifications, drawings and technical reports.
• Undertake electrical design using software including AutoCAD and Revit.
• Design electrical systems including power distribution, lighting, emergency lighting and associated building services installations.
• Attend client meetings and provide technical advice throughout the project lifecycle.
• Present electrical designs for internal and external technical reviews.
• Undertake site surveys, condition assessments and inspections.
• Review third-party designs and provide technical recommendations.
• Coordinate with architects, structural engineers, mechanical engineers and contractors.
• Support project delivery, ensuring designs meet relevant technical standards, programmes and client requirements.
• Provide guidance and support to less experienced engineers.

About You

You will be an experienced Electrical Building Services Engineers who can demonstrate:

• A degree or equivalent higher education qualification in Building Services Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in electrical building services design within a consultancy environment.
• Experience delivering electrical designs across a variety of building types and sectors.
• Good working knowledge of electrical design software, particularly, AutoCAD and Revit.
• A sound understanding of relevant electrical regulations, standards and industry best practice.
• Experience attending client meetings and coordinating with multidisciplinary project teams.
• The confidence to manage technical responsibilities and contribute to successful project delivery.
• Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.

Chartered Engineer status, or working towards chartership, would be advantageous but is not essential.

Why Consider This Senior Electrical Engineering Opportunity?

Excellent project variety: Work across multiple sectors, gaining exposure to technically challenging and high-profile developments.

Established engineering team: Join an experienced and collaborative group of engineers who share knowledge and support one another.

Genuine career progression: Develop your technical and project management skills with opportunities to progress towards Principal and Associate-level positions.

Professional development: Benefit from mentoring, technical guidance and support towards further professional qualifications.

Greater project responsibility: Take ownership of electrical design packages, develop client relationships and play an important role in project delivery.

Interesting engineering challenges: Work on projects that encourage innovative thinking, technical problem-solving and high-quality design solutions.

Long-term career opportunity: Join a consultancy that values its engineers and encourages continued professional development.

 Interested?

If you are an experienced Electrical Engineer or Senior Electrical Engineer looking for an opportunity offering interesting projects, greater technical responsibility and genuine career progression, we would welcome a confidential conversation.

Salary: £50,000 – £65,000 depending on experience.

To apply for this Senior Electrical Engineer position, or to find out more about the opportunity, please send your CV or contact Stephen on 0208 912 1730 for a confidential discussion.