Senior Electrical Engineer

Calibre Search; Preston; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Parking on Site

Benefits package

Job summary

Calibre Search represents a well-established Building Services consultancy near Preston, seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer who can run projects from concept through handover with minimal input from others.

You'll work on healthcare estates, defence sector work, and up to 11kV infrastructure, leading client-side design and overseeing stages 1–4 as the overall Project Lead.

Qualifications

• Strong Electrical Building Services background.
• Experience leading projects cradle to handover.
• Degree qualified preferred; CEng/MCIBSE beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead and run own projects from cradle to grave.
• Design through Stages 1-4 and oversee handover.
• Be the overall Project Lead ahead of other disciplines; peer-check where required.

Skills

Electrical Building Services

Project Leadership

Amtech

Electrical OM

CAD

Revit

CEng/MCIBSE beneficial

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Amtech

Electrical OM

CAD

Revit

Job description

Senior Electrical Engineer - Building Services - Preston

Salary: Circa £50,000, Flexible Working, Parking on Site plus Benefits

Job Ref: 40200

This role presents a rare opportunity to join a business who only tend to recruit every five years. Their staff retention is exceptional and if you are a Senior Electrical Engineer who enjoys the engineering and running projects, supporting the clients first and foremost and can produce with minimal input from others - then this is an opportunity for you to look at. There is also the bonus of working not just on Building Services but also some Infrastructure projects too including Substations, UPS', Generators and HV Rings too.

The business is a well-established Building Services consultancy near Preston. They work on lots of local projects and go up to Cumbria and as far south as Greater Manchester. This opportunity has been presented as one of the team is relocating from the UK to another country.

This is a genuinely strong opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys running projects independently and taking schemes from concept through to handover. If you like working in a team of technical engineers who want to do an exceptional engineering job you will feel at home here.

The role:

• No need to do any business development
• But you will need to run and lead your own projects from cradle to grave
• Work Client side and be a true consultant designing through Stages 1-4 and overseeing through to handover
• In a lot of cases being the overall Project Lead ahead of all other disciplines
• Peer checking where required for others
• You need to be comfortable working on Small to Very large jobs

Projects include:

• Healthcare estates & hospital infrastructure
• Defence sector work
• Up to 11KV infrastructure projects

What they're looking for:

• Strong Electrical Building Services background
• Comfortable managing own projects independently
• Experience with Amtech or Electrical OM
• Degree qualified ideally
• CEng / MCIBSE beneficial but not essential
• CAD experience useful but Revit not required

The business offers a very grown-up and flexible culture with excellent staff retention, no micromanagement, and a collaborative technical team.

Calibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.