Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer

MOTT MACDONALD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer for its Energy unit, Defence and Civil division. You will lead electrical design delivery for new and refurbishment projects, work within multidisciplinary teams, and ensure technically excellent, compliant solutions across UK and Europe.

You will produce design documents, perform calculations, support bids, and collaborate with Clients and specialists to meet project timelines in a highly regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Have sound engineering knowledge of electrical building services design principles.
• Be proactive, self-motivated and able to make decisions.
• Communicate effectively with Clients and team members.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable regulations and standards.
• Experience using Dialux, Relux, Trimble MEP Designer Suite and AutoCAD.
• BIM knowledge and 3D design experience is beneficial.
• Degree in Building Services (Electrical biased) or Electrical Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer registration and professional-body membership.

Responsibilities

• Lead management and delivery of electrical building services design solutions.
• Produce and review design documents, basis of design, specs, surveys.
• Develop project layout drawings, single line diagrams and calculations.
• Support bids with estimates, schedules, and cost guidance.
• Ensure compliance with CDM, Building Regulations and sustainability targets.
• Attend meetings across multi-discipline projects and liaise with Clients.

Skills

Electrical design

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Building Services degree (Electrical biased)

CEng / Chartered Engineer

Tools

Dialux

Relux

Trimble MEP Designer Suite

AutoCAD

Job description

Mott MacDonald

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

About the business unit

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation, and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension.

About the role

Join our Energy Unit's Nuclear: Defence and Civil division as a Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer and work on exciting projects within a highly regulated / secure sector. You will play a key role in managing and delivering electrical building services design solutions for single or multi‑discipline small and large scale projects, new and refurbishment projects or as part of an integrated project team, while contributing to technical excellence and collaborating with a successful team across the UK and Europe.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be an integral part of our wider engineering teams, working alongside various Clients and specialist suppliers to deliver innovative, technically excellent solutions. You will be responsible for the management and delivery of electrical building services design solutions, commensurate to the design phase through sound engineering knowledge. You will be able to work independently, be highly motivated, have demonstrable engineering experience and be confident in your own ability to deliver the electrical building services design scope for our projects.

• Incoming Supply Arrangements
• Standby Power Generation Systems
• UPS Systems
• LV Distribution Systems
• Earthing Arrangements
• Metering Arrangements
• Small Power
• General/Emergency/External Lighting
• Fire Safety
• Security Systems
• Lightning Protection Systems
• Cable Management Solutions

All our designs undergo the highest level of validation and verification before installation occurs, and health & safety management is crucial to meet our Clients requirements.

Our portfolio comprises a variety of different types of project work within a highly regulated / secure sector, including:

• Conceptual Designs
• New‑Build Facilities
• Refurbishment of existing buildings
• Asset care/renewal to extend the operational life of legacy buildings
• Design solutions to support decommissioning activities

About you

In this role, you'll work within multi‑disciplinary design teams delivering the electrical building services design solutions. You will produce and review design documents including basis of designs, technical specifications, procurement specifications, condition assessment reports, and survey reports covering all aspects of electrical building services design. You will produce and review project layout drawings, block cable diagrams, and single line schematic diagrams to present the electrical building services design solutions. You will produce and review project engineering calculations to underpin and substantiate the electrical building services design solutions. You will support production of estimates of work elements including programme/schedule development and manhour costs to help guide bids and proposals. You will manage and monitor the design phase activities to meet the programme and cost schedule. You will produce and review electrical power demand assessment reports, advise on all aspects of energy consumption and electrical utilisation, identify recommendations to improve energy performance. You will ensure compliance with Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, Building Regulations, and Environmental/Sustainability requirements/targets. You will attend engineering meetings liaising with other disciplines and Clients as necessary across multi‑discipline projects. You will participate in and advise on all design activities and initiatives, including assurance, governance and documentation review. You will carry out site surveys of electrical building services and equipment to establish status of the existing installations and gain sufficient information to recommend new/upgrade electrical building services design proposals.

Candidate Specification

• Have sound engineering knowledge, good experience and be familiar with electrical building services design principles and processes.
• Have initiative, be proactive, be self‑motivated and have the confidence to make decisions.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively with Clients and team members.
• Have up to date knowledge of current regulations and standards applicable in electrical building services design/infrastructure design environments.
• Have experience using software packages such as Dialux, Relux, Trimble MEP Designer Suite (Amtech Power) and AutoCAD.
• BIM knowledge and 3D design experience would be beneficial.
• Have a Degree in Building Services (Electrical Biased) or Electrical Engineering.
• Attained or be progressing professional registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and membership in a professional body.
• Nuclear experience is not a requirement; experience working in other highly regulated industries would be beneficial.

Why Join Us?

• Work on innovative projects in a highly regulated / secure sector.
• Collaborate with a skilled and supportive team.
• Training, development and mentoring is provided to advance your career while contributing to impactful engineering solutions.
• Strong sports and social culture with subsidised events arranged throughout each year.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

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.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with everyday 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.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6x 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.

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.