Associate / Associate Director Electrical Critical Systems Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

We are an award winning global consultancy and have been named Building’s Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2024, 2022 and 2021. We are at the forefront of the industry, priding ourselves on our exemplary track record of designing innovative and sustainable projects.

Sustainability runs through everything we do at Cundall, and our people are empowered to drive change and decarbonise the built environment. By the end of this decade, we have set ourselves an ambitious goal to only work on projects that meet our zero carbon design criteria, a commitment we have called our Zero Carbon Design 2030 goal. We need engineers who share this passion for sustainability and thrive in designing energy efficient buildings and communities.

Our dedicated Critical Systems team play a key role in making mission critical buildings more energy efficient, sustainable and cost effective to operate. The team works solely in the data centre field, keeping abreast of current best practice while researching breakthrough technologies that shape future trends.

As a leader in this market, we were one of the first consultancies to design air optimised data centres. We work closely with our clients to develop, improve and deploy their standard ‘template’ designs across the world and so have the unique opportunity to influence the future of data centre design. Our team also works on many unique data centre projects.

The team are a source of world leading expertise – and offer a pro-active and collaborative approach to skill development, and professional excellence.

Join us as we move to our new city centre office and embark on a hyperscale data centre project in the North East. This expansion builds on the incredible successes and growth of our European-wide Critical Systems team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and client focused Associate or Associate Director Electrical Engineer to join our Critical Systems team in our Newcastle office, and to play a leading role in ensuring the successful delivery of innovative electrical design solutions for some of the most notable and large-scale data centre projects in the world.

You will collaborate within our critical systems team and work closely with colleagues of various disciplines to manage the delivery of technically excellent and profitable projects. The role will include managing engineers to deliver designs, keeping an eye on fee and programme, checking designs and communication with the wider project/client team. You will be expected to be involved within the design process and produce design deliverables when required.

You will develop new, and nurture existing client relationships that maximise satisfaction and ensure repeat business and will use your wealth of expertise and determination to manage, motivate and inspire less experienced engineers. You will also support, and be supported by, senior management staff within the team.

The Skills

A Chartered Engineer, educated to degree level in Electrical Engineering or Building Services Engineering (MEng, BEng, or equivalent), you have gained significant experience in an electrical engineering role within the electrical engineering design field, preferably in a data centre/critical systems context.

Ideally, you will have some experience in the data centre field including an understanding of the principles of data centre design and delivery. However, we are willing to work with the right driven and technically strong individual to develop these skills. In your most recent position, you have consistently demonstrated your ability to manage multiple medium to large-scale projects and less senior engineers to deliver to, and exceed, client expectations.

You have proven ability in producing schematic diagrams, preparing specifications and project reports, carrying out site inspections and surveys, detailed design development as well as lead project meetings. Through this experience, you can support your project teams to design and develop detailed and accurate designs.

We know that to be the best at what we do we need a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture. Creating environments where everyone can find joy doing their best work is also great for everyone. That’s why we positively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, and encourage, support, and celebrate the diverse voices of our people.