Senior Electrical Engineer

Astute People; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Office meetings as needed

Competitive salary

Job summary

Astute People is recruiting a Senior Electrical Engineer to join their energy-sector team in the UK. The role supports hybrid/remote work with office presence for key meetings and site visits.

The successful candidate will provide engineering and technical expertise across full project lifecycles, design reviews, and client liaison, focusing on LV/HV industrial infrastructure and compliance with UK regulations.

Qualifications

• A Degree qualification in Electrical Engineering is a necessity.
• Ideally chartered status or happy to work towards this.

Responsibilities

• Providing engineering and technical expertise to identify, assess, and resolve project-related challenges.
• Supporting design development and undertaking technical reviews of designs prepared by others, where required.
• Producing conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design deliverables, including drawings, technical specifications, cost estimates, construction programmes, and related documentation.
• Preparing comprehensive and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, engineering calculations, and sketches.
• Attending and supporting factory and site acceptance testing activities.
• Monitoring and inspecting construction activities on site to ensure compliance with design and project requirements.
• Maintaining complete, accurate, and well-organised project records and documentation.
• Identifying potential health and safety, design, sustainability, and commercial risks, and contributing to the development and implementation of appropriate mitigation measures.
• Supporting business development activities, including establishing and maintaining client relationships, promoting the company's capabilities, preparing proposals, and managing tender submissions.

Skills

LV HV electrical infrastructure

British standards knowledge

DNO liaison

Project management

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered status (or working towards)

Job description

Astute's Power Team is partnered with a global engineering company, specialising in the energy sector, to recruit for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join their thermal team in the UK. With offices across the country, this will be a Hybrid role and can be fully remote.

The vital Senior Electrical Engineer comes with a competitive salary (depending on level you are coming in at) + excellent company benefits.

Responsibilities and duties of the Electrical Engineer

• Reporting to the Head of Department, you will be responsible for:
• Providing engineering and technical expertise to identify, assess, and resolve project-related challenges;
• Supporting design development and undertaking technical reviews of designs prepared by others, where required;
• Producing conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design deliverables, including drawings, technical specifications, cost estimates, construction programmes, and related documentation;
• Preparing comprehensive and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, engineering calculations, and sketches;
• Attending and supporting factory and site acceptance testing activities;
• Monitoring and inspecting construction activities on site to ensure compliance with design and project requirements;
• Maintaining complete, accurate, and well-organised project records and documentation;
• Identifying potential health and safety, design, sustainability, and commercial risks, and contributing to the development and implementation of appropriate mitigation measures;
• Supporting business development activities, including establishing and maintaining client relationships, promoting the company's capabilities, preparing proposals, and managing tender submissions;

Professional qualifications

• A Degree qualification in Electrical Engineering is a necessity
• Ideally chartered status or happy to work towards this

Personal Skills and prior experience

• Significant knowledge and experience with LV and HV industrial electrical infrastructure - ideally within power generation for an engineering consultancy
• Good knowledge of British standards and regulations
• Project Management training will be ideal
• Prior experience working in a multidisciplinary engineering environment
• Experience working through full project lifecycle from initial design through t operations
• Experience liaising with DNOs
• Royal/Merchant Navy Marine Engineers will also be considered for this opportunity

Salary and benefits of the Electrical Engineer role

• A competitive basic salary depending on level you are coming in at
• Other company benefits
• Flexibility of working from home most the time but office presence is needed during key meetings or when needing to visit sites
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INDPOW

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful