Principal Electrical Design Engineer – Building Services
What if your next role gave you the opportunity to lead electrical design across major building services projects, manage a talented engineering team and play a key role in shaping the future of a growing design consultancy?
I’m working with a highly regarded Tier 1 contractor with a 750+ strong design consultancy team, looking to appoint a Principal Electrical Design Engineer to join their Building Services team.
This is a senior technical and leadership position for an experienced Electrical Building Services / MEP Engineer who can combine strong technical knowledge with team leadership, client engagement and business development.
The Role:
- Lead the delivery of electrical building services engineering across complex projects
- Manage and drive the Electrical Engineering team, ensuring high-quality technical delivery
- Work closely with mechanical and wider multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated MEP solutions
- Oversee designs from concept through to construction
- Prepare and review feasibility studies, design stages, condition reports and technical advice
- Ensure designs are compliant, sustainable, cost-effective and delivered to programme
- Manage team utilisation, quality, performance and professional development
- Maintain high standards of engineering quality, document control and design procedures
- Support bids, tenders and business development opportunities
- Attend client meetings and help develop long-term client relationships
- Translate complex technical information into clear advice for clients and wider stakeholders
- Support the continued growth and development of the Building Services team
What You’ll Need:
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Building Services or a related discipline – essential
- Strong experience within Building Services / MEP electrical design
- Chartered Engineer with CIBSE or IET membership
- Proven experience leading and managing electrical engineering teams
- Strong understanding of electrical building services design and delivery
- Experience managing technical quality, design standards and document control
- Confident communicating technical information to clients and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working across multidisciplinary design teams
- Able to meet BPSS security requirements
Experience delivering MEP electrical design within complex or technically demanding environments would be highly beneficial, particularly:
- Large-scale and high-value multidisciplinary projects
- Join a highly regarded Tier 1 contractor and established design consultancy
- Work within a 750+ strong design team
- Take genuine leadership responsibility across electrical building services
- Lead and develop a talented multidisciplinary engineering team
- Work on complex, high-value projects from concept through to construction
- Opportunity to contribute to business development and client relationships
- Strong focus on technical excellence, innovation and sustainable design
- London, Liverpool or Manchester opportunities available
- Salary from £60,000, depending on experience
- Flexible working arrangements and flexibility around working hours
Please note: This role is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.
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