Job Description:

Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Birmingham City Centre / Jewellery Quarter
Salary: £35,000–£42,000
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Working pattern: Hybrid and flexible working

An employee-owned building services and sustainability consultancy is looking for an Electrical Design Engineer to join its growing Birmingham team.

The consultancy works across commercial, industrial, healthcare, leisure, retail, residential, extra-care and mixed-use developments, providing mechanical, electrical, energy and sustainability services.

This is an opportunity to take responsibility for electrical building services design, work directly with clients and contribute to projects from the early design stages through to completion.

The Role

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will:

• Design electrical building services across a varied project portfolio

• Produce calculations, drawings, specifications and technical reports

• Use recognised electrical calculation and design software

• Liaise directly with clients, architects and external project teams

• Coordinate electrical designs with other building services disciplines

• Support project management and general project delivery

• Review supplier information and monitor contractors where required

• Promote practical, energy-efficient and sustainable design solutions

• Work in accordance with relevant British Standards and industry guidance

About you

You will need:

• A relevant electrical or building services engineering qualification, or equivalent experience

• Previous electrical building services design experience

• A sound understanding of electrical systems and design principles

• Experience using electrical calculation software

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• The ability to manage your workload and work effectively within a team

• A genuine interest in developing technically and progressing your career

Membership of CIBSE, the IET or another relevant professional body would be beneficial, as would Engineering Council registration, sustainable design knowledge or a full UK driving licence.

What’s on offer

As an employee-owned consultancy, everyone has a genuine stake in the continued success and development of the business.

Benefits include:

• Hybrid and flexible working

• Generous annual leave

• Christmas office closure without using annual leave

• Early-finish Fridays

• Contributory pension scheme

• Support with professional qualifications and further study

• Defined career progression pathways

• Death-in-service benefit and employee assistance programme

• Paid volunteering leave

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme