Senior Electrical Engineer - Building Services

PARKINSON GRAY ASSOCIATES; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national MEP Consultancy is looking for an experienced Electrical Building Services Engineer to lead projects in Leeds. The role requires strong design capabilities in cable sizing and lighting calculations, as well as project management skills to navigate commercial challenges. The ideal candidate should promote confidence and results-driven outcomes in large collaborative projects across multiple engineering disciplines.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical building services design, particularly cable sizing and lighting calculations.
• Ability to check drawings from a design perspective.
• Strong commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and provide client-facing services.
• Monitor contractors and ensure project timelines are met.
• Interface with various engineering disciplines.

Skills

Client facing service

Project management skills

Design awareness

Job description

Our client is a national MEP Consultancy who have been providing technical design and supervisory services to end users and developers for close to 25 years. The business is well known particularly across the residential and distribution sectors, with regional offices situated in both Leeds and Belfast.

Alongside traditional mechanical and electrical building services design, they offer their customer base a range of supervisory duties as the eyes and ears of the scheme once projects hit site, from monitoring contractors through to witnessing, commissioning and snagging.

With new projects due to commence in the early part of 2026, the business is looking to attract an experienced Electrical Building Services Engineer who can help lead projects and provide a confident client facing service. The appointed Electrical Engineer could be from an M&E Consultancy background and seasoned in the design of cable sizing and lighting calcs etc, or potentially from an M&E Contactor with a strong design awareness to check drawings, whilst offering strong project management skills and navigating the commercial challenges once installation commences.

The appointed Engineer will need to promote a confident demeanour, driving results and achieving deadlines. Many of the schemes are large in size, meaning many companies and engineering disciplines working together ...