Associate Engineer/ Associate Director - Electrical

Coleman James; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading MEP design consultancy is seeking an Electrical Associate or Associate Director in Manchester to manage a diverse team and oversee technically challenging projects. Ideal candidates will have CEng or equivalent, coupled with strong leadership and technical expertise in the data centre sector. This role involves financial oversight, recruitment, and developing long-term operational plans for the office. Competitive benefits are offered.

Benefits

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

7% matched pension contribution

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Critical illness coverage

Qualifications

• Experience in leading successful and dynamic teams.
• Desirable experience in managing large-scale, technical projects.
• Experience dealing with complex escalated problems.

Responsibilities

• Promote learning from successes and problems.
• Develop long-term plans for the office.
• Oversee financial performance and ensure profit.

Skills

Leadership in engineering projects

Integrity and fairness

Team recruitment and development

Financial performance oversight

Contract negotiation

Education

CEng (or equivalent)

Job description

Our client is a leading MEP design consultancy with offices worldwide, a true global consultancy with offices in Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia.

Their engineering expertise reaches across all sectors of the construction industry, providing pragmatic and practical design solutions to ensure our projects are spatially and operationally efficient. Their design process fully considers the installation and maintenance practicalities on site.

Due to the continued expansion of their team in Manchester, they are looking to recruit an Electrical Associate or Associate Director to lead a diverse and multi-disciplinary team on technically-challenging projects. They are open to speaking to candidates from principal level to existing AD.

This role will be responsible for managing projects to deliver an excellent service to clients and assisting on the ongoing development and growth of the business as a whole, whilst providing sound technical, design, and contract management support. This role will report to the Manchester office lead.

They are looking for an experienced leader to take overall accountability for the performance of the electrical function as part of the wider management team.

Responsibilities

• Promotes learning from successes and problems within the group and across the business
• Develops and implements plans for the longer-term benefit of the office
• Assists with the recruitment, appraisal, performance, work, development, morale, and motivation of the team
• Provides robust directional and honest feedback to staff
• Organises training needs for teams
• Oversees the financial performance including ensuring healthy profit and cash flow
• Procures work and negotiates significant contracts and agreements with customers and suppliers

Qualifications

• CEng (or equivalent) with an appropriate professional body
• Desirable experience in data centre or other critical environment projects
• Recognised as an expert within the industry in the region
• Experience in leading successful and dynamic teams
• Desirable experience in managing large-scale, technical projects
• Experience in dealing with complex escalated problems on behalf of multi-disciplinary teams
• Behaviours which demonstrate integrity, straight-talking, respectful, and fairness
• Experience in promoting and enforcing a culture of respect and inclusion of all in the business
• Strong critical engineering technical experience within the data centre sector is preferred

Our Values

• Accountability: Everyone is accountable.
• Integrity: We are straight-talking, respectful, and fair.
• Simplicity: Both in our approach and solutions.
• Supportive: We are approachable, inclusive, and we recognise success.
• Quality: We strive to get it right first time, every time.

Our Benefits

• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• 7% matched pension contribution
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life insurance
• Critical illness coverage

If you are interested please send your CV to Ben