Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer in Northallerton

Due to our continued steady expansion, we now have the opportunity for a Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer to bring their experience, professionalism, and enthusiasm to the Building Services team at Align Property Services.

Align Property Services is an award-winning building design consultancy and is proud to be recently named the Regional Energy Consultancy and Regional New Build Project of the year for our recent work with Darlington Borough Council at the North East Energy Efficiency Awards. We are one of the largest multi-discipline building design consultancies in the North of England, offering a broad range of services in Architecture, Sustainability, Building Surveying, Project Management, Civil & Structural, Transport Planning, Bridges, Highways & Drainage Engineering, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, CDM, Property Advisory & Estate Management.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for providing a variety of services including those relating to building pathology, design, project management, building surveys and contract administration as well as producing early design advice through to detailed electrical services design. Your previous experience in Electrical Services Engineering will have given you the ability to manage a busy and varied project workload, appreciate complex situations and communicate clearly when working closely with other disciplines to deliver engineering solutions to meet client’s budgets and programmes.

You will be able to advise on Health and Safety issues, fire safety and sustainability throughout the design and construction period of projects, considering the Construction Design and Management Regulations. As someone who is proactive, you will look for new challenges and be committed to maintaining an annual programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

To be successful in this position, you will:

• Hold a degree or HNC in Building Services/Electrical Engineering and ideally working towards MCIBSE.
• Have significant industry experience working as an Electrical engineer.
• Prepare electrical surveys and condition survey reports.
• Investigate and analyse services defects to develop solutions to system failures.
• Prepare feasibility studies and decarbonisation/sustainability reports.
• Produce RIBA stage electrical design and drawings, technical specifications, schedules of works and other documents to high standards in conjunction with internal and external design disciplines.
• Work as part of a team and support and develop other junior engineers.
• Supervise and monitor Electrical installation work on site (Clerk of Works / NEC Supervisor).
• Be IT proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite, Autodesk AutoCAD and NBS software, Revit.
• Demonstrate knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts.
• Prepare applications for utility supplies for new and existing buildings.
• Hold a full UK driving license with the ability to travel.

In return for your commitment, we offer:

• A competitive salary up to £55,000 per year, dependent on your skills and experience.
• Enrolment on to a company pension scheme which we will contribute up to 6%.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with opportunity to purchase up to 10 additional annual leave days per leave year.
• Hybrid working to support you in a healthy work-life balance.
• Professional development through varying project work.
• A benefits scheme which includes a good maternity leave package, cycle2work scheme and our online voucher portal giving access to discounts from leading retailers.
• Stability in your role - public sector security in a private sector industry.

To apply, please forward your CV and Supporting Statement to Danielle McDowell (Resourcing Specialist) at danielle.mcdowell@northyorks.gov.uk. The deadline for applications is Midnight on Tuesday 6th of January 2026. We reserve the right to remove this vacancy in the event of the position being filled before the proposed deadline. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.