Senior Electrical Design Engineer- Buckinghamshire - South East

Senior Electrical Design Engineer
Buckinghamshire

Formed over 20 years ago and now based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, my clients are a successful Mechanical and Electrical building services design consultancy. They undertake projects which vary in size from £5k to £20m, with their involvement ranging from advisory roles through to contract administration. They take pride in the fact that a large proportion of their business emanates from clients returning again and again, demonstrating the high level of working relationships and customer satisfaction which the company strives to achieve.

As a professional Corporate Engineer, all aspects of your sectors of work should include:

1. A capacity to develop further, sketch designs and design briefs dictated by either clients or engineering managers.
2. A capacity for original thought, judgement and initiative.
3. An understanding of critical awareness and innovation.
4. Full responsibility for technical and financial decisions taken, including choice of system, organisation of works and development of projects, with the ability to comply with time restrictions and limits.
5. Responsibility towards technical and other staff, including trainees.

The Senior Electrical Design Engineer within the practice will be expected to report to the Principal Design Engineer. This is an important role and forms the basis for practice development.

The Senior Electrical Design Engineer will be expected to be competent at a high level, particularly in the following areas:

1. Understanding of the basic physics and design parameters associated with other disciplines.
2. Full and detailed understanding of the physics and design parameters on all aspects of electrical works, and ability to implement the designs, including energy assessment.
3. Computer literate and able to assist in the preparation of drawings on CAD and translate requirements to CAD Technicians.
4. Managerial responsibility for the engineering design function, including project management, preparation of the design (including supervision) and costing.
5. Competent in the exercise of independent technical judgement and application of engineering principles, including the application of Standards, Codes of Practice and Regulations.
6. Development and initialisation of internal standards and evaluation and assessment of projects and failures.
7. Undertake surveys of buildings and prepare reports on the electrical aspects of the building, including capability and compliance with Codes of Practice and Regulations and energy evaluation.

Other expectations of the Senior Electrical Design Engineer are as follows:

1. Knowledgeable concerning standard office procedures and required quality of output, including the development of internal standards and procedures.
2. Able to work without supervision.
3. Able to supervise staff.
4. Multi-tasking.
5. Maintain a proactive attitude to maintaining output to programme and time management.
6. Actively pursue project and general administration.
7. Maintain client liaison and client confidence.
8. Project development and administration, including cost control, programmes and maintenance of quality.
9. Continue your professional development in all technical areas and your knowledge on changes in Standards and Regulations.
10. Management of costs associated with projects both internally and externally.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please send your CV ASAP.