Associate Electrical Engineer

Calibre Search; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Car allowance

Pension

Life assurance

Income protection

Medical insurance

Private GP access

25 days holiday

Job summary

Calibre Search is seeking an Associate Electrical Engineer in Cambridge with a track record in electrical building services design and client leadership. You will drive designs for diverse projects and mentor junior staff while collaborating with a strong BIM team to deliver high-quality outcomes.

The role offers hybrid working and a clear path toward senior leadership, with opportunities to engage in fee proposals and client development across education, university, heritage and science sectors.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Electrical or Building Services Engineering.
• Chartered (CIBSE or IET), or well on the way.

Responsibilities

• Leading electrical design and delivery on multidisciplinary projects, mostly up to around £30-40m construction value.
• Being the main point of contact for clients and acting as a trusted adviser, not just the person who sends over the drawings.
• Running project meetings, workshops and technical discussions with clients, contractors and design teams.
• Providing technical leadership and QA across all electrical deliverables.
• Mentoring a small team of early-career engineers and graduates, including supporting them towards chartership.
• Working with a strong in-house BIM team who take on the modelling, so you can focus on the engineering.
• Contributing to fee proposals, project planning and financial performance across a handful of live projects at any one time.
• At Senior Associate level, joining the office's senior leadership and building repeat business with existing and new clients.

Education

Electrical or Building Services Engineering degree

Chartered or near-chartered (CIBSE or IET)

Job description

Associate Electrical Engineer

Cambridge (Hybrid)

£60,000 - £80,000 + Benefits

Not many building services teams can say they've grown from one person to a thriving M&E and digital engineering team in less than 7 years. This one has, and it's still growing. It's a Cambridge office of a well-established multidisciplinary consultancy. It has a real reputation in education and a good mix of residential, university, heritage and science work coming through. Its staff survey scores are the kind other offices quietly envy.

They're now looking for an experienced electrical engineer to lead the electrical side of the team. It can be at Associate or Senior Associate level, depending on where you are in your career and where you want to go.

The Role

• Leading electrical design and delivery on multidisciplinary projects, mostly up to around £30-40m construction value
• Being the main point of contact for clients and acting as a trusted adviser, not just the person who sends over the drawings
• Running project meetings, workshops and technical discussions with clients, contractors and design teams
• Providing technical leadership and QA across all electrical deliverables
• Mentoring a small team of early-career engineers and graduates, including supporting them towards chartership
• Working with a strong in-house BIM team who take on the modelling, so you can focus on the engineering
• Contributing to fee proposals, project planning and financial performance across a handful of live projects at any one time
• At Senior Associate level, joining the office's senior leadership and building repeat business with existing and new clients

About You

• Degree qualified in Electrical or Building Services Engineering
• Chartered (CIBSE or IET), or well on the way
• Significant electrical building services design experience in a consultancy environment, with a solid grasp of British Standards, Building Regulations and industry guidance
• Confident with clients and comfortable leading project teams
• Experience mentoring and developing engineers
• Commercially aware, with experience managing project finances
• Education sector experience would be a real plus, but isn't essential

There's room here for two types of people. If you're career-minded and want a clear route to the top, there's a defined progression path. Getting there is about winning work as well as delivering it, and that's made clear from day one. If you're an experienced engineer who simply wants to deliver great work and bring on the next generation, that's equally welcome. The expectations will be set out clearly from the start either way.

The Business

A national built environment consultancy with a Cambridge office that has grown quickly and plans to keep growing

M&E, project management and building surveying under one roof, with further disciplines being added

A friendly, supportive culture.

A younger team with a strong leadership group known for setting high standards

Hybrid working, typically three days in the office or with clients, with flexibility for things like school runs

25 days holiday (with buy, sell and carry-over options), bonus, car allowance, pension, life assurance, income protection, medical insurance and private GP access

Calibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.