Street Lighting Design Engineer

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited is seeking a Street Lighting Engineer to join the M25 DBFO project. You will assist in planning and overseeing design projects, manage timelines and external consultants, and ensure clear communication among team members and stakeholders.

Responsibilities include lighting and electrical designs, maintaining project documentation, and ensuring outputs meet DMRB standards. The role requires multi-project management and strong collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or related field preferred.
• ILP Exterior Lighting Diploma preferred.
• Proven experience in a Highway Lighting project.
• Strong organizational skills with multi-project management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and overseeing design projects from concept to completion.
• Undertaking lighting designs using Lighting Reality or similar software.
• Undertaking Electrical Designs using associated software.
• Prepare and maintain design documentation and timelines.
• Manage external consultants undertaking designs.
• Review design outputs for accuracy and alignment with standards.

Skills

Lighting design

Electrical design

Project management

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or related field

ILP Exterior Lighting Diploma

Tools

Lighting Reality design

Electrical design software

Job description

Job Description Overview Connect Plus services are seeking to appoint a Street Lighting Engineer to join our team on the M25 DBFO project. This position involves undertaking design projects, managing timelines and external consultants, and ensuring effective communication among team members, the supply chain and internal and external stakeholders.

Your role

• Assist in planning, organizing, and overseeing design projects from concept to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.


• Undertaking lighting designs using Lighting Reality design or similar software.


• Undertaking Electrical Designs using associated software.


• Prepare and maintain design documentation, including project briefs, timelines, and works information.


• Ensure all files are organized and accessible.


• Management of external consultants undertaking designs.


• Review design outputs for accuracy and consistency, ensuring they align with project goals, the DMRB and relevant standards liaising with internal and external engineers.


• Resolving engineering issues both on site and with design teams.


• Creating and managing of trackers/ registers for engineering/ design deliverables.


• Production /collation of O&M manuals and H&S Files.


• Collect and organize feedback from the supply chain, client, and internal teams, ensuring it is communicated effectively.


• Stay updated on the DMRB and Change in Standards and best practices, sharing insights with the team to achieve solutions.

About you

About you Bachelor’s degree in a Electrical or related field preferred. ILP Exterior Lighting Diploma preferred.

• Proven experience in a Highway Lighting project.


• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.


• A keen eye for detail.


• Familiarity with the DMRB, MCHW and British and European regulations and standards.


• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.


• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and timelines.


• Passion for design and a desire to contribute to a creative team.


• Be a member of a professional body.


• Be professionally qualified or working towards professional qualification.

Behaviour

• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Actively collects customer information and uses it to improve services and solutions. Manages the experience of customers to ensure positive relationships are established and maintained.


• Focus on Excellence: Willing to go the extra mile to exceed expectations. Continually searches for ways to add value and take performance to the next level.


• Teamwork & Collaboration: Puts aside personal agendas to work for the benefit of customers and suppliers and other stakeholders. Proactively builds knowledge through sharing knowledge, ideas, and expertise with others.


• Respect: Recognise and value our customers and people by encouraging and engaging.


• Trust: Be open and honest with all our customers and each other, reliable and predictable (no surprises) and approach everything we do with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.

Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Rewards and benefits – Careers at AtkinsRéalis About AtkinsRéalis We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Additional information Security clearance This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.