Senior Electrical Design Lead – Hybrid, Bristol

Calibre Search; West of England; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Hybrid working

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Company phone

Job summary

Calibre Search are recruiting a Senior Electrical Design Engineer near Bristol to lead and grow the electrical design team. You will deliver electrical design across offices, retail and healthcare sectors, mentoring junior staff while maintaining hands-on delivery.

The role blends project delivery with business development and client liaison in a growing SME environment. The position offers hybrid working, private healthcare after probation, and a supportive culture with a close-knit team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering electrical design across office, retail, healthcare, or similar commercial sectors.
• Comfortable working in a smaller, SME-style environment where you'll wear more than one hat.
• Confident taking ownership of your own workload and, ideally, some experience managing or informally leading others.
• A strong technical "doer" who is happy getting stuck into delivery, not just overseeing it.
• Client-facing and comfortable representing the business directly, even if tendering hasn’t been a big part of your recent role.

Responsibilities

• Sit alongside the current leadership to help manage and oversee the electrical design team.
• Take on day-to-day monitoring and mentoring responsibility for the wider team as the business continues to grow.
• Deliver electrical design work directly across a varied sector portfolio, using Amtech, AutoCAD, and lighting calculation software.
• Work closely with the founder, who is looking to step back gradually from hands-on delivery to focus more on running and growing the business.
• Get involved in client-facing work, with scope to build toward tenders and business development over time.

Skills

Electrical design

Mentoring

Client-facing

Team leadership

Tools

Amtech

AutoCAD

Lighting calculation software

Job description

Calibre Search are recruiting a Senior Electrical Design Engineer near Bristol to lead and grow the electrical design team. You will deliver electrical design across offices, retail and healthcare sectors, mentoring junior staff while maintaining hands-on delivery.

The role blends project delivery with business development and client liaison in a growing SME environment. The position offers hybrid working, private healthcare after probation, and a supportive culture with a close-knit team.