Electrical Project Consultant

JR United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technical consultancy based in Manchester is seeking an Electrical Project Consultant with solid experience in power generation projects. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Electrical or Energy Engineering and possess significant knowledge in industrial electrical infrastructure. The role includes responsibilities such as managing client relationships and producing technical reports. Offers include a competitive salary, a bonus scheme, and further vocational support.

Benefits

Competitive salary with leading bonus scheme

Vocational qualification support

Electric vehicle leasing scheme

Private medical & life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Company social events

Milestone scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in HV to LV, embedded generation, switchgear, and substations.
• Witnessing of both site and factory acceptance testing.
• Ability to provide site-based construction monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Deliver power generation projects including solar PV, wind, and energy from waste.
• Conduct meetings and produce high quality technical reports.
• Work as part of a wider engineering team and operate autonomously.

Skills

Project delivery knowledge of power generation projects

Significant knowledge of industrial electrical infrastructure

Excellent understanding of health, safety and welfare

Ability to assess manufactured items for faults

Dealing effectively with clients

Education

Good degree in Electrical or Energy Engineering

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manchester, United Kingdom

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Posted:

22.08.2025

Expiry Date:

06.10.2025

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Job Description:

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd is a leading technical consultancy with a reputation built on over 34 years of successful projects in the UK and Ireland. Our purpose is to facilitate the investment and delivery of energy infrastructure projects that positively influence the energy transition. Our success comes from the unique combination of skills and experience that continuously evolves. Our Engineers and Consultants support some of the most innovative energy projects across the UK and Ireland; providing design, intellectual, and engineering services to developers, investors, and owner-operators.

We have over 175 employees that we are proud to have represent us, operating from our offices in Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow. As the business grows from strength to strength, we are now looking to further extend our team by recruiting a professional electrical engineer, as a project manager, to be based out of our Stockport office with UK, Ireland and some EU travel.

We are looking for:

An electrical engineer/project manager with the following skills and experience.

• a good degree in Electrical or Energy Engineering.
• project delivery knowledge of power generation projects to include any combination of solar PV, BESS, wind, energy from waste, hydrogen, carbon capture, or gas fired generation.
• significant knowledge of industrial electrical infrastructure with experience in HV to LV, embedded generation, HV and LV switchgear, substations.
• dealing effectively and professionally with external and internal clients, attending meetings, write and deliver high quality technical reports, minutes, etc.
• excellent understanding of health, safety and welfare within engineering.
• witnessing of both site and factory acceptance testing.
• ability to assess manufactured or fabricated items for faults.
• the provision of site-based construction monitoring.
• able to work as part of a wider engineering team and also to operate autonomously as required.

What we offer

What you can expect from us:

• A competitive salary with leading bonus scheme of up to 20% of salary
• Further vocational qualification support
• Electric vehicle leasing scheme
• Private medical & life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Team and company social events
• Milestone scheme celebrating years spent as part of the Fichtner team!