Electrical Design Engineer

Vertical Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Bonus

Company pension

Professional development

Career progression

Challenging projects

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Vertical Recruitment is recruiting for a Lead Electrical Design Engineer in Cheshire with hybrid working. You will guide electrical design across projects, mentor engineers, and shape engineering standards while collaborating with mechanical and process teams.

The role emphasizes design leadership, technical excellence, and stakeholder engagement across industrial, commercial and infrastructure sectors.

Qualifications

• Experience leading electrical design teams.
• Strong knowledge of LV power distribution.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and developing teams.
• Chartered engineer status or working towards it is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the electrical design function across multiple projects.
• Mentor and develop a growing team of Electrical Engineers.
• Produce and review high-quality electrical building services designs.
• Act as technical lead for LV electrical systems and infrastructure.
• Design power distribution, lighting, emergency lighting, UPS and earthing systems.
• Coordinate with mechanical, process and controls disciplines.
• Attend client meetings and provide technical guidance throughout project delivery.
• Ensure compliance with BS 7671 and industry best practice.
• Support commissioning activities and resolve technical challenges.
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering standards and design quality.

Skills

LV power distribution

Electrical building services

Leadership

Client-facing communication

Education

Chartered engineer status

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Amtech/Trimble ProDesign

Dialux/Relux

Job description

Cheshire | Hybrid Working | Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Ready to lead major engineering projects instead of simply delivering them?

If you're an experienced Electrical Design Engineer looking for the opportunity to influence technical direction, mentor a growing team and work on complex, high-value engineering projects, this could be the move you've been waiting for.

We're recruiting on behalf of a leading M&E engineering contractor delivering complete design, installation and maintenance solutions across the industrial, manufacturing, commercial and critical infrastructure sectors.

This is a genuine leadership role where you'll have the autonomy to shape electrical design standards, support the development of engineers around you and play a key part in the continued growth of an ambitious and expanding business.

Why Apply?

This opportunity offers far more than a traditional design role. You'll work closely with project delivery teams throughout the entire project lifecycle, giving you the chance to see your designs progress from concept through to commissioning while influencing buildability, innovation and value engineering.

You'll join a collaborative engineering team delivering technically challenging projects across a wide variety of sectors, including

• Manufacturing
• Food & Beverage
• Pharmaceutical
• Commercial Buildings
• Critical Infrastructure
• Process Engineering

The Opportunity

As Lead Electrical Design Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across multiple projects while managing and mentoring a growing team of Electrical Engineers. Working alongside Mechanical Engineers, Project Managers and clients, you'll ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest engineering standards.

You'll have the freedom to influence design decisions, improve engineering processes and help shape the future direction of the electrical engineering function.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the electrical design function across multiple projects.
• Manage, mentor and develop a growing team of Electrical Engineers.
• Produce and review high-quality electrical building services designs.
• Act as the technical lead for LV electrical systems and associated infrastructure.
• Design power distribution, lighting, emergency lighting, UPS systems, standby generation and earthing systems.
• Coordinate with mechanical, process and controls disciplines
• Attend client meetings and provide technical guidance throughout project delivery.
• Ensure compliance with BS 7671, British Standards and industry best practice.
• Support commissioning activities and resolve technical challenges.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, sustainability and value engineering.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering standards and design quality

About You -

You'll be an experienced Electrical Design Engineer who enjoys leading people as much as solving technical challenges.

You'll likely have experience within Building Services, Industrial or M&E contracting and be comfortable managing design projects from concept through to completion.

You'll ideally have:

• Excellent knowledge of LV power distribution and electrical building services.
• Experience using software such as AutoCAD, Revit, Amtech/Trimble ProDesign and Dialux/Relux.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills.
• Previous experience mentoring or leading engineers.
• A collaborative approach with good commercial awareness.
• Chartered status, or working towards Chartership, would be advantageous but is not essential

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Performance-related bonus
• Company pension
• Ongoing professional development and training
• Clear progression into senior leadership
• The opportunity to shape and grow an expanding Electrical Design team
• Exposure to technically challenging, high-profile engineering projects
• A supportive, collaborative and forward-thinking working environment