Senior Electrical Engineering Consultant

Frazer-Nash Consultancy; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday + buy 5 days

Company pension scheme

Private healthcare

Bonus scheme

Job summary

Frazer-Nash Consultancy is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineering Consultant to lead high voltage design across diverse sectors. The role combines office, client site, and home-based work within a flexible hybrid pattern.

You will deliver from concept through to acceptance, mentor engineers, and manage technical interfaces with clients and internal teams. This position offers progression into broader electrical engineering capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proven technical project delivery background.
• Experience in high voltage design and power systems.
• Knowledge of energy storage and power supply design.
• Experience producing electrical reports and drawings.
• Experience leading project teams and client-facing contracts.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects from concept to acceptance.
• Design high voltage power and distribution systems.
• Prepare specifications and detailed drawings.
• Manage project timelines and budgets.
• Engage with clients to develop requirements.

Skills

Project delivery

Client facing

Risk management

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

MEng in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PowerFactory

ETAP

Amtech

PSCAD

Simulink

Job description

Senior Electrical Engineering Consultant

Salary range: £70,000 to £80,000 per annum

Location: Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester or Burton

Working Pattern: Weoperatea flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home.

The Role

Our Electrical Engineers undertake a range of projects across all sectors from civil nuclear sites and defence facilities to renewable energy and storage systems. The projects vary from small scoping and feasibility studies for modifications or upgrades to the design of complex process plants including nuclear power stations and COMAH sites.

Our work often has a safety critical element and interfaces with other teams within Frazer-Nash to deliver a multi-disciplinary service offering, managing these interfaces and effective communication internally and to clients is an essential element of this role.

The candidate should have a proven technical project delivery background; with experience which should include several of the following:

• Delivery of innovation projects, taking new systems and technologies from concept through to acceptance.
• High voltage AC and DC electrical power and distribution system design, including power system / grid connection studies.
• Energy storage andpower supply specificationor design.
• Managing the production,verificationand approval of; electrical reports, specifications, anddetailed design drawings.
• Specialistequipment support, for example: generators, transformers,switchgear, cables.
• Managing a project team to ensure production of deliverables to agreed timelines and within budget.
• Client facing to develop requirements and negotiating contracts / agreements, and progress reporting andrisk management.

This is an exciting time to join our team and help grow our electrical engineering capability. There is a real opportunity for the role to offer progression and professional development into new sectors.

Essential Requirements

• MEng in Electrical Engineering (Or equivalent experience)

Have up to date knowledge and experience in the electrical discipline in any of the following:

• Electrical Design(FEED and Design Specification)
• Development and Verification of design/substantiation deliverables
• Transmission and Distribution
• Industrial and Energy
• Micro-Grids
• Experience with working to the requirements of ISO 9001.
• Mentoringand development of electrical engineers.

Desirable Requirements

• CEng
• Previous Technical leadershipexperience on projects

Experience Of Working With Any Of The Following

• DNO / National Grid
• MarinePower System Design
• HVDC
• Power Electronics
• Earthing Schemes
• Power Systems Asset Management ISO 55001 Certified
• Power System Modelling(PowerFactory, ETAP, Amtech, PSCAD, Simulink)
• Interfacing with Regulators (ONR, Ofgem, ORR, etc)

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates willbe requiredto undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Benefits

We provide our people with a comprehensive benefit package that comprises of:

• Competitive salarywith yearly reviews
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.
• Happy to talk flexible working
• Enhanced parental benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support inattainingprofessional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket loan
• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements