Electrical Engineer

Buro Happold; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its Building Environments team. The successful candidate will design and deliver sustainable electrical systems while collaborating on high-profile projects. This role offers a blend of responsibilities, including mentorship and client engagement, within a supportive work environment that values diversity and flexibility.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Attractive salary

Discretionary bonus

25 days holiday per annum

Generous pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Enhanced parenthood leave

Commitment to continuous development

Membership to professional bodies

Wellbeing programme

Volunteer opportunities

Supportive environment

Qualifications

• Relevant building services experience or credentials for sustainable buildings.
• Experience as a Lead Electrical Engineer on projects.
• Broad design knowledge from various projects and industry codes.
• Experience using analysis software including Revit, Amtech and others.
• Digital engineering skills would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Undertake detailed electrical engineering building services design.
• Ensure projects are within deadlines and budget.
• Represent the company in meetings with stakeholders.
• Prepare technical specifications and innovative design solutions.
• Mentor junior team members.

Skills

Electrical engineering design

Revit

Amtech

Sustainability practices

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree BEng/BSc or Master's degree MEng/MSc

Chartered Member of IET, CIBSE or equivalent

Tools

IES

Job description

The role of a Senior Electrical Engineer can be very varied, duties will include but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Undertake detailed electrical engineering building services design and calculations, using Revit and Amtech software to support your knowledge of exemplar building design and performance, as well as an appreciation of embedded carbon design.
• Embrace technologies to improve performance and sustainability to meet net zero targets by 2030.
• Ensure projects are carried out to an excellent standard, within agreed deadlines and budget.
• Represent Buro Happold at meetings with clients, other professionals, and suppliers.
• Produce and review reports, presentations, models, and drawings to an excellent standard, high level of accuracy and in a timely manner.
• Prepare technical specifications and schedules, design development reports and innovative design solutions.
• Plan and manage input to Revit for production of design work.
• Actively engage with colleagues across disciplines, in group discussions and at events and seminars.
• Mentor more junior team members, potentially leading to an early line management role.
• Autonomously represent Buro Happold to clients, architects and collaborators.

Qualifications

• Relevant building services experience or credentials that will help us meet our goals for delivering highly sustainable buildings.
• Experience as a Lead Electrical Engineer on projects.
• Broad design knowledge, from working on a wide range of projects and using British, US and European codes of practice.
• Experience using common analysis software including Revit, Amtech and IES and willing to quickly learn to use new analysis packages as required.
• Digital engineering skills (e.g. coding) would be advantageous.
• Working towards, or a Chartered Member of IET, CIBSE or equivalent body.
• A Bachelor's degree BEng/BSc or Master's degree MEng/MSc in a relevant discipline.

Buro Happold is recruiting for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Building Environments team in our London office.

This role is suited to a candidate from a Buildings background looking for an opportunity to pursue industry leading designs within a vibrant multi-disciplinary practice.

What sort of projects could I work on? You will be working on some of the most technically challenging projects in our portfolio - recent examples include: Stratford Waterfront - A campus of cultural and education buildings within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with partners including the V&A, London College of Fashion, the BBC and Sadler's wells. Now on site, the project was designed in a completely multidisciplinary environment. Burlington Gardens - A great example of repurposing a heritage building. The project with Foster & Partners architects will deliver a world class retail space in the heart of central London. Rotterdam Laboratory Project - A new net zero carbon commercial research building in the Netherlands. Challenging the sector norm in terms of energy efficiency whilst delivering high-spec scientific research facilities. We also have a large portfolio of residential, high-spec' commercial office, transport hubs and mixed‑use schemes. From helping shape entire cities to adapting infrastructure to deal with the climate emergency, a career at Buro Happold presents the chance to make a difference. With a world class reputation, our creativity and our people have delivered positive change to clients, the environment, and communities. If you want to be part of something bigger, this is your chance.

Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers. Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other's differences is key, we want employees to feel they don't have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangements
• Attractive salary
• Discretionary bonus
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements
• Generous company pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies
• A strong commitment to continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities
• An opportunity to support your local community and those in society that are most in need, wherever they are located in the world through our Share Our Skills (SOS) programme
• A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won't be far from exceptional.