Electrical Engineer – Critical Systems in London

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 offers 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 emphasises 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 the 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.
• 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:

• 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.
• 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.