Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Kallidus Recruit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

IET/CIBSE membership

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Additional holidays

Holiday purchase/sell

Onsite gym

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Vital Energi is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our Project Development team. The role supports multiple offices in the UK, with flexibility on location and a focus on running and building projects.

You will deliver electrical designs for pre-construction and tender stages, review specs, and lead junior engineers to meet deadlines while coordinating with clients and internal teams.

Qualifications

• The successful candidates will ideally be qualified at degree level or similar (HNC/ HND).
• Experience with Trimble ProDesign (Amtech) is preferred.
• Knowledge of the latest IET Wiring Regulations is expected.
• Strong understanding of electrical building services design is required.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• Solid knowledge of health and safety issues and legislation.
• Experience chairing or facilitating meetings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical design tasks across industrial, commercial and public sector projects.
• Contribute to concept and detailed design during pre-construction and tender stages.
• Review third-party drawings/specs and contribute to proposals.
• Design electrical plant layouts, switch rooms, substations and cable sizing.
• Oversee lighting, containment systems and general building services design.
• Manage and support junior engineers, assigning tasks and reviews.
• Ensure project deliverables are met on time and within programme.
• Represent Vital Energi at technical meetings with stakeholders.
• Ensure calculations and drawings meet industry standards and regulations.
• Coordinate with external designers, customers and internal teams.
• Assist with design issues and minimise impact on projects.
• Design systems with schematics, calculations and equipment selection.

Skills

MS Office

Electrical design

Health & safety

Meeting facilitation

Workload prioritization

Education

Degree or equivalent (HNC/HND) in relevant field

Tools

Trimble ProDesign (Amtech)

Job description

Senior Electrical Design Engineer- Project Development

Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s Strategy of Growth?

If so, we are looking for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our growing Project Development team, this role could be based at our head office in Blackburn, our Glasgow office or London office we are flexible on Location, this is an excellent opportunity to run and build your own projects.

About the Role

Reporting to the Principal Engineer, you’ll carry out a wide range of electrical design tasks across industrial, commercial, and public sector projects. This includes concept and detailed design during pre‑construction and tender stages, reviewing third‑party drawings/specs, and contributing to PCSAs and investment‑grade proposals.

You’ll be part of a team of electrical engineers, responsible for designing electrical plant layouts, switch rooms, substations, cable and equipment sizing, lighting and containment systems, and general building services. HV design experience is a plus.

In addition, you’ll manage and support junior engineers, assigning tasks, reviewing work, and ensuring project deliverables are met on time and within programme.

Key Duties

• Electrical design work during pre‑construction stages and during project delivery as required by the department’s workload.
• Responsible for the timely execution of electrical design deliverables on tender /bid projects
• Day to day making choices on tenders and projects. Provides advice to internal stakeholders and clients
• Takes a holistic view in the selection and application of engineering concepts and solutions
• Represent Vital Energi at technical meetings with customers, professional teams and contractor teams
• Ensure engineering calculations and drawings meet required robust industry and legal standards
• Survey and report on existing electrical installations
• Work within multi‑disciplinary work winning teams to deliver technically compliant tenders
• oversee the coordination of engineering services
• Engage equipment vendor supply chain to ensure electrical equipment selections are valid technically, specification compliant, value for money and available within programme
• Have an awareness of cost implications within design.
• Assist with effectively dealing with design issues and minimising their impact.
• Ability to design systems in the form of calculations, equipment selection and process operation.
• Liaising with external designers, customers and Vital Energi’s in‑house project teams.
• Compliance with CDM requirements and our in in‑house design processes.
• Ability to design systems in the form of schematics, calculations, equipment selection, detailed drawings and provide inputs for control operating strategies.
• Ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice with company procedures.
• Takes a holistic view in the selection and application of engineering concepts and solutions

Skills/Experience

The Person

The successful candidates will ideally be qualified at degree level or similar (HNC/ HND), with a minimum of circa 3 to 5 years’ relevant experience working for a consultancy or a contractor. The individuals will have:

• Knowledge of MS office applications word, excel
• Experience using Trimble ProDesign (Amtech)
• Good understanding of the latest edition of the IET Wiring Regulation
• Sound knowledge of electrical building services design
• Ability to prioritize own workload and work to deadlines.
• Sound knowledge & working application of key health and safety issues and legislation.
• Chairing/facilitation of meeting skills

The Company

Vital Energi is a major provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We are supporting Hospitals, Universities, New Build developments, Towns and Cities as well as Industrial and Commercial clients to decarbonise their buildings.

We have and continue to work on ground‑breaking projects throughout the UK which are supporting the UK’s Net Zero targets, such as the recently announced £1 billion low‑carbon infrastructure project for Westminster.

With plans to double our headcount over the coming years, supported by offices opening in new locations across the country and our strong investment pipeline, coupled with our expansion into new markets such as industrial power generation with our very own Energy‑from‑Waste facility, there is no better time to join the family here at Vital Energi.

The Package

• Paid Professional engineering institutions(IET,CIBSE Etc..)
• Contributory Company Pension Scheme
• Non‑contributory death‑in‑service insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Additional holidays awarded in line with length of service
• Option to purchase/sell additional holidays
• Onsite gym/wellbeing centre at our Blackburn Head Office
• Discounted gym membership across the UK

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Applicants must havethe unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time‑limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK