Electrical Building Services Engineer

MOTT MACDONALD; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Flexible benefits

Annual bonus schemes

Professional development support

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking an Electrical Building Services Engineer to design and deliver cost effective, sustainable solutions on local and international projects across energy, education, healthcare and more. You will work in world class teams, applying design and construction knowledge to create visually appealing, efficient environments while cutting carbon and embracing digital tools.

The role requires at least three years of post-graduate experience, a degree or equivalent, and the ability

Qualifications

• Methodical approach to problem solving and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Postgraduate experience in building services engineering (min 3 years).
• Degree or equivalent route with progression toward chartership.
• Experience on multi-disciplinary building services projects.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for all aspects of assigned project work.
• Lead electrical elements of large or small projects and mentor juniors.
• Collaborate with related engineering disciplines and clients.
• Provide consultative service and deliver first-class support.
• Attend office at least two days per week with the MEP team.

Skills

Methodical approach

Initiative

Verbal communication

Written communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Lead electrical elements

Project liaison

Education

Degree qualified or equivalent

Working towards chartership

Experience on building services projects

Tools

AutoCad

Revit

Trimble Pro Design

Relux

Dialux

Job description

Location/s: Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Cambridge, London; UK

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you're surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About thebusinessunit

The Buildings Unit (BLD) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors; Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors.

Overview of the role

As an Electrical Building Services Engineer in Mott MacDonald, you will work in world class teams to design and deliver cost effective, innovative and sustainable solutions on local and international projects in the following sectors:

• Energy
• Aviation (Airports and infrastructure)
• Elite sports Commercial
• Ministry of Justice
• Healthcare
• Local Authority
• Rail (Stations)
• Education; and Higher Education

You will be responsible for delivering functional design solutions on projects across our built environment sector, ensuring that we create a visually appealing and comfortable environment, using our ingenuity, in both our own disciplines and in integrated thinking.

You will deliver solutions that address the challenge of ever-increasing social need at a time of decreasing resources as well as the essential need to reduce carbon emissions, and as the digital revolution is applied to the provision of essential services, mechanical, electrical and building services engineering will play a central role in creating the smart infrastructure for our sustainable future.

To deliver on this, you will need to show knowledge in technology, in both design and construction processes, working collaboratively across the Group and with our project partners. The Mott MacDonald community is at the heart of this endeavour, join in and make a difference.

The successful candidate will typically:

• Have responsibility for all aspects of assigned project work
• Be competent in cable, lighting and other calculation software required to design electrical services such as Trimble Pro Design, Relux and or Dialux as a minimum
• Be competent in AutoCad and Revit both 2D and 3D. Support and mentor junior members of the team
• Work and liaise with associated engineering disciplines as part of delivering projects
• Offer consultative service to clients and delivering first class service
• Able to attend the office a minimum of two days per week, with the MEP team and able to attend additional ad-hoc days to suit project support and delivery

Candidate specification

Essential:

• Methodical approach to problem solving
• Ability to use your initiative to undertake tasks efficiently and independently
• Excellent verbal communication skills, which allow you to confidently liaise with clients and team members
• Excellent written communication and attention to detail and be able to demonstrate accurate technical drawings and good report writing
• Minimum three years post graduate (or equivalent) experience in building services engineering.
• Degree qualified or similar apprentice route with relevant experience and working towards chartership
• Experience of working on building services and multi-disciplinary projects
• Enthusiastic and ambitious with a strong teamwork ethic
• Excellent organisation skills and the ability to manage and prioritise your own workload
• Ability to lead electrical elements of a large project or smaller project

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.