Senior / Principal Electrical Engineer (Building Services)

Senior / Principal Electrical Engineer (Building Services)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Senior / Principal Electrical Engineer responsible for leading Electrical Engineering design and technical guidance within large multidisciplinary projects across the Northern Region.

Responsibilities

• Meet the requirements of a Senior Electrical Engineer grade and have a proven track record in delivering projects for your discipline and in line with client expectations.
• Work in a joint leadership capacity within a mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) discipline team, providing design and technical advice in the capacity of a project manager on a wide range of projects.
• Review design programmes and ensure that sufficient resources are available to complete work in line with technical and commercial performance and delivery.
• Work independently with initiative and minimal supervision on all technical aspects, or bring specialist experience to the role.
• Interpret client requirements and project needs to meet full delivery objectives.
• Promote WSP's capabilities and expertise in the region.
• Supervise the completion of detailed designs and oversee the work of others in this function.
• Consider the feasibility of the project specific to the discipline and lead the overall feasibility study.
• Take responsibility for directing others in the production of detailed and performance specifications for the discipline, subject to review by colleagues prior to issue.
• Develop and line manage junior staff.

Required Experience and Skills

• Proven track record of delivering a variety of projects in terms of scale and sector; experience in the North East and client sector knowledge is beneficial.
• Ability to engage with clients, contractors and design team members in technical discussions, coordination and debates.
• Capability to sketch and communicate technical detail graphically and effectively to construction professionals and client teams.
• Detailed understanding of the regulations applicable to the discipline and the ability to demonstrate this through calculation.
• Working knowledge of latest electrical design software packages to allow the allocation/direction of work on projects.
• Experience working with Revit MEP or other 3D design software and familiarity with BIM360 collaboration review tools.
• Must be able to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC).

Qualifications & Certifications

• BEng, BSc or MEng in an applicable engineering discipline.
• CIBSE, IET or Engineering Council Chartership, or working towards it.
• RevitMEP training applied to the discipline.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria; please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments to support your application.