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Major projects electrical design lead (principal engineer)

Birkenhead
Fawkes & Reece
Principal engineer
Posted: 8h ago
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Are you


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* A Chartered Engineer and member of CIBSE or IET?
* A Design Team Leader with strong M&E experience?
* A Design Team Leader looking to take the next step for a Main Contractor with a secured workload?
* Passionate about working for a collaborative, trusted, and delivery-focused organisation?

Do you

* Hold a Degree in Mechanical Building Services or Electrical Engineering?
* Bring experience of working across both public and private sector projects?
* Want to work for a highly regarded Main Contractor, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glass door?
* Come from a consultancy background in Electrical Design engineering?

As Major Projects Electrical Lead, you'll be working within the Building Services team, overseeing and coordinating the electrical design for large, complex construction projects, acting as the central point for technical excellence, team leadership, client liaison, and ensuring sustainable, compliant, and cost-effective design delivery from concept through to construction, bridging client needs with engineering reality. They must manage design teams, integrate different disciplines, ensure quality control, and drive innovation for high-value projects.

Your day to day will include:

* Leading on the management of all works delivered through the Electrical team, managing all aspects of building Services engineering, working together with the Major Projects Mechanical Lead to ensure coordinated solutions for all allocated works, which include all major projects new builds,
* Effectively managing team utilisation levels, identifying and implementing necessary steps in balancing team capabilities and resource levels with available workload
* Setting, monitoring and maintaining standards for quality of product delivery, aligning all aspects of delivery to standard industry practices, preparation of designs and advice including feasibility, stage, and condition reports
* Providing high level technical advice in electrical building services engineering xsngvjr
* Participating in project design meetings, establishing solutions, agreeing concepts, working closely with colleagues and other design team members

Benefits

* Life assurance
* Private Medical
* Additional holiday purchase opportunities
* Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
* Enhanced family leave and policies
* Share plan schemes
* Free health and well being services
* Green car scheme

If you are interested in this position and would like to apply, please email a copy of your CV to Sean at Fawkes & Reece, using the contact details provided or you can give my mobile a call for further details on

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