Senior Electrical Engineer - Built Environment

ameygroupi; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Flexible benefits scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Amey Save discounts

Job summary

Amey is seeking a Lead Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Consulting Built Environment team. The role focuses on Building Services design, condition surveys, feasibility studies, and client brief development across UK offices.

You will lead on complex projects, supervise junior staff, and engage with senior clients to deliver high‑quality electrical solutions. Hybrid working options across multiple UK offices are available, with flexible patterns to suit your life and career development,

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Building Services electrical design.
• Experience leading design teams on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong understanding of CDM regulations and safety
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality technical reports and designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead on electrical and building services design across projects in Rail, MoJ, MoD, NHS and Education sectors.
• Manage design interfaces, reviews and documentation to meet cost and programme objectives.
• Engage with clients and suppliers at senior level and lead bids and submissions.

Skills

Electrical design leadership

Building services design

Project management

Client liaison

Engineering judgement

Education

HNC/HND or degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Amtech

Hevacomp

Relux/Dialux

TAS

IES

Revit

Job description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Title: Senior Electrical Engineer - Built Environment

Requisition ID: 10714

YourNew Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Consulting team. With shared office space in Birmingham, Telford, Manchester, Stafford, Sheffield and Bristol, we welcome applications from Lead Senior Electrical Engineers across these regions .

Thestandardhours of work are40 Hours per week.

We offer a range of flexible working practices, including hybrid, part-time and flexible working patterns. With our network of offices across the UK, we are open to discussing working options that match your needs, with the flexibility to change how you work as your life evolves.

The role

At Amey we have ambitious growth plans for our Consulting Built Environment team and are looking to recruit a Lead Senior Electrical Engineer to lead on Building Services design. Typical day-to-day duties will include undertaking condition surveys and feasibility studies, developing scope of works and design briefs with clients, advising on the technical elements of projects, site inspections during construction and technical oversight of sub-consultants.

We deliver projects to a wide range of clients, including the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Local Authorities, National Health Service (NHS), Transport, Education, Transport for Wales, Housing and Utilities sectors.

Key responsibilities:

• Acts as a technical team leader, delivering compliant, high‑quality engineering outputs while working independently and supervising junior staff.
• Consistently demonstrates behaviours aligned with a Lead Senior Engineer, actively pursuing further professional development toward promotion.
• Manages delivery of electrical and building services elements on multi‑disciplinary projects across Rail, Transportation, MoJ, MoD, and Education sectors.
• Leads the preparation, checking, and approval of designs, calculations, drawings, and documentation, ensuring quality, cost, and programme objectives are met.
• Holds responsibility for commercial performance, including budget control and cost management within their project portfolio.
• Acts as Design Team Lead, maintaining a full understanding of project scope on both minor and major projects.
• Engages with clients and suppliers at senior level, including presenting and defending technical and commercial proposals.
• Plays a significant role in work winning, leading bids and preparing technical and commercial submissions with accountability to the Delivery Director.
• Applies engineering theory to complex or ambiguous situations, managing design interfaces, CDM responsibilities, and project risks.
• Demonstrates strong technical competence, communication skills, software capability, and assumes people‑management responsibilities when required.

What you will bring to us:

• Demonstrates strong professional relationships with clients and suppliers, maintaining an effective external network that supports business development and bidding activities.
• Applies engineering theory and judgement to complex, ambiguous situations, adapting concepts to achieve robust technical solutions.
• Extensive experience in the design and specification process, acting as Design Team Leader where appropriate and checking designs to a high standard.
• Highly proficient with engineering design and analysis software, able to review, validate, and approve work produced by others.
• Excellent understanding of the supply chain, with strong knowledge of supplier capabilities and established industry contacts.
• Strong oral and written communicator, capable of presenting proposals, delivering training, and producing high ‑ quality technical reports.
• Advanced knowledge of CDM regulations, risk assessment, and hazard management, with capability to act as Lead Senior Designer when required.
• Effective at managing technical interfaces, resolving clashes, and ensuring alignment between own discipline and others.
• Proven people management and supervisory capability, able to lead a medium ‑ sized, single ‑ discipline technical team and mentor junior staff.
• Acts as a day ‑ to ‑ day engineering lead on projects, including roles such as Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) where applicable.
• Demonstrates strong accountability, planning, prioritisation, and decision ‑ making, consistently delivering on commitments and resolving issues proactively.
• Skilled in analysing complex and conflicting information, identifying root causes, and driving continuous improvement in processes and delivery.
• Experienced Electrical / Building Services Engineer, delivering technically sound designs across HV/LV, lighting, power, life ‑ safety, IT, and security systems.
• Holds relevant qualifications and professional credentials, including HNC/HND or degree, CSCS card, CIBSE (or equivalent) membership, and proficiency with tools such as AutoCAD, Amtech, Hevacomp, Relux/Dialux, TAS, IES, and Revit (advantageous).

Nuclear Sector Experience

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience of delivering projects within the nuclear sector or other highly regulated environments. Experience working on nuclear licensed sites, knowledge of nuclear safety culture, and familiarity with relevant regulatory and assurance frameworks will be highly valued.

Applicants holding, or working towards, NSQEP (Nuclear Skills Qualification and Experience Passport)recognition are encouraged to apply.

Whether your background is in project management, architecture, structural engineering, building services, surveying or multidisciplinary design, we are looking for professionals who can bring a strong understanding of safety, compliance, quality assurance and technical excellence to support the continued growth of our nuclear and complex infrastructure portfolio which will include; decommissioning and waste management, defence nuclear programmes, SMRs and working with advanced reactors and new nuclear build.

Whatwe can offer

Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life.Youwillhave the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.

Some of our benefits include:

• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition
• Competitive salary and compensation
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
• 24 days annual leave, plusbankholidays
• Flexible benefits scheme, including the option to buyadditionalannual leave and insurance benefits, Cycle2Work schemeandaccess to discountedgym membership
• OurSave with Ameyprogrammegives you access tothousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in
• Family friendly policiesfor new parents or if youprovide care for a dependant
• Membership of ourAffinityNetworkswhoconnect,supportand inspire diverse communities within Amey
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities

About Amey

Who weare
Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, andmaintaincritical assets and systems.

What we do
We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, anddefencesystems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operationalexpertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

To find out morevisitour websiteamey.co.uk/careers

Application Guidance

Diversity and Inclusion

We constantly evolvehow we work to reflect thedifferent needsand backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills,joyand energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teamsandwelcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexualorientation,or age.

We are committed to offering applicants with a disability aninterview ifthey meet theminimumrequirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonableadjustmentsoradditionalsupport thatyoumayrequireat any point during the recruitment process.