Lighting Senior Engineer in London

At Jacobs, we are challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact: As a Senior Engineer in our Electrical & Lighting Design Team, you will be at the forefront of delivering innovative infrastructure solutions across the UK and internationally. Based in one of our key offices—Birmingham, London, Manchester, or Leeds—you will benefit from flexible working while contributing to high-profile projects in aviation, rail, highways, and local authority networks. You will lead the technical delivery of electrical and lighting designs from early feasibility through to detailed design and construction support.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as technical lead on multidisciplinary projects, ensuring quality and compliance with UK standards
• Preparing lighting and electrical designs for feasibility studies, optioneering, planning applications, and detailed design packages
• Conducting daytime and night-time site surveys to inform design decisions
• Producing technical reports, specifications, and contract documentation
• Supporting Environmental Impact Assessments, Economic Assessments, and Business Case development
• Managing programme timelines and monitoring costs to ensure efficient delivery
• Collaborating with clients, electricity suppliers, contractors, sub-consultants, and internal teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Contributing to the development of sustainable infrastructure, including EV charging, airport ground lighting (AGL), rail platforms, and street lighting systems

This is a chance to make a tangible impact on the future of transportation infrastructure while growing your technical leadership and client-facing skills.

Here’s what you’ll need: To thrive in this role, you’ll bring a combination of technical expertise, communication skills, and collaborative spirit. Specifically, we’re looking for:

• Strong experience designing to British electrical and lighting standards, including BS5489, BSEN 13201, and BS7671
• Familiarity with lighting and electrical requirements for trunk roads, local roads, and transport hubs
• Proficiency in lighting design and electrical calculation software (e.g. Lighting Reality, DIALux, Amtech)
• Excellent technical report writing and documentation skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and build trust with clients, stakeholders, and local authorities
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment and managing interfaces with other design teams
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging.

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We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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