Electrical and Lighting Senior Engineer

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading engineering firm as a Technical Lead in our Electrical & Lighting Design Team. This role offers the chance to work on significant projects across the UK, focusing on electrical and lighting design for transportation infrastructure. You'll lead technical efforts, prepare designs and reports, and liaise with various stakeholders. Embrace flexible working while contributing to innovative solutions that shape the future of transportation.

Qualifications

• Experience liaising with clients, stakeholders, and local authorities.
• Competent in lighting and electrical design calculations.

Responsibilities

• Technical lead on electrical & lighting projects.
• Preparation of technical reports and contract documents.
• Conducting detailed daytime and night-time surveys.

Skills

Communication

Technical report writing

Education

Experience of designing to British lighting and electrical standards

Tools

Lighting design software

Electrical design calculation software

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

You will be joining the Aviation, Rail and Technology Group within our Electrical & Lighting Design Team. With teams across the UK this role would be based in our Birmingham, London, Manchester, or Leeds offices, whilst offering flexible working.

In this role, you will be responsible for the following key duties:

• Technical lead on electrical & lighting projects; responsible for the preparation of lighting and electrical designs at feasibility, optioneering, planning and detailed design stages;
• Programme and cost monitoring;
• Preparation of technical reports, feasibility studies, designs, specifications and contract documents;
• Conducting detailed daytime and night-time surveys;
• Supporting the production of Environmental Impact Assessment reports, Economic Assessment reports and Business Cases;
• Liaison with clients, electricity suppliers, contractors, professional organisations, sub-consultants and other design teams.

About the Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Transportation business unit delivering services centred on key transportation markets to clients principally across the United Kingdom but through our networks and growth strategies supporting projects across the world.

As a part of our Electrical & Lighting team, we provide strategic, feasibility and preliminary/detail designs to a range of clients including National Highways, Network Rail, Local Authorities’ and Airports. The work includes providing design and consultancy services for electrical and lighting for different sectors of infrastructure including Highways, Rail, Aviation and local authority networks. In addition, you will be a part of the team responsible for delivering and overseeing a variety these projects involving Street Lighting, EV charging solutions, Rail platforms, AGL, EMC and Environmental impact to name a few.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

• Experience of designing to British lighting and electrical standards (including but not limited to BS5489, BSEN 13201 and BS7671)
• Experience of liaising with clients, stakeholders and local authorities
• Knowledge of requirements for trunk and local roads
• Clear communication skills and able to develop strong technical credibility with the client and foster relationships in a partnering environment
• Technical report writing skills
• Competent in lighting design and electrical design calculation software

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), contact the team ..

Your application experience is important to us and we are keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs thenplease let us know.

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