Senior Project Engineer (Electrical)

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL; Winchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Winchester is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its planned maintenance team. You will design, manage, and deliver electrical engineering projects across a diverse range of public buildings, ensuring health and safety compliance while managing client relationships and budgets. The role requires a degree in Electrical Engineering, strong networking skills, and a passion for delivering public services. This position offers an opportunity to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to meaningful public value outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing building services and maintenance.
• Ability to manage client relationships and financial budgets.
• Strong networking skills and effective relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and deliver electrical engineering projects.
• Inspect engineering works on-site from construction to completion.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and risk management.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Client relationship management

Health and safety compliance

Financial budget management

Networking skills

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Engineering professional to join the planned maintenance team within our Property Services Operations function.

The Role

As Senior Electrical Engineer, your main function will involve the design, management, and delivery of Building Services Electrical Engineering projects, working independently or collaboratively with other professional disciplines such as architects, structural engineers, interior designers, and quantity surveyors. Duties will also include inspection of engineering works on-site during construction through to completion across a range of public buildings.

You will work across a diverse portfolio of public buildings including schools, corporate offices, historic buildings, libraries, country parks, museums, highway depots, activity centres, Hillier Gardens, and farms, offering constant variety for an experienced engineer. Building occupiers range from tenants to critical services such as care homes, serving a range of internal clients.

What you’ll do

You will design, manage, and deliver Building Services Electrical Engineering projects, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and inspecting engineering works on-site from construction through to completion. Your work will span a wide variety of public buildings and environments, requiring you to manage client relationships, ensure compliance with health, safety, and risk management, and deliver projects within financial budgets. You will contribute to delivering great public value outcomes while continuing to develop your own career.

What we’re looking for

You will be suitably qualified with an electrical engineering background in building services and able to evidence recent relevant experience in the design of building services and maintenance, managing client relationships, owning and delivering against financial budgets, and ensuring compliance in respect of health, safety, and risk management. You will be passionate about delivering public services with a collaborative and empathetic approach and have the ability to inspire, particularly younger members of the team.

Financial awareness and flexibility are essential to meet changing service priorities. Highly self‑motivated, you will be able to effectively manage and prioritise a busy workload. Strong networking skills and the ability to build and maintain effective relationships across a broad span of stakeholders and clients are key. With a strong track record of delivering high-quality services within a property or construction environment, you will contribute to our purpose of delivering great public value outcomes while developing your own career.