About Us
Hoare Lea is a human‑centric and planet‑conscious engineering consultancy delivering intelligent and sustainable solutions for the built environment across the UK and beyond.
About The Role
We have a brand‑new opportunity for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Operational Assets team based in our Manchester office.
Responsibilities
* Secure new projects and service existing and new clients while assisting the regional lead in effectively planning the specialist delivery of the Operational Assets group.
* Particular focus on work delivery, organisational support and team growth is required to support local and regional clients.
* Demonstrate strong leadership capabilities providing supervision and guidance to team members and other staff.
* Work cooperatively with other teams to deliver a wide variety of projects with regular team leader meetings to discuss workload and other management issues.
* Help, recruit, train and develop team members and their careers to ensure ongoing succession and growth of the Practice.
* Undertake own design, specification and site monitoring etc.
* Monitor commissioning and conduct post‑occupancy engineering services activities.
* Write technical reports i.e. feasibility, issue investigation, condition surveys etc.
* Liaise with clients (commercial and project management awareness).
What You’ll Be Doing
You will be working on a varied portfolio of frameworks and projects predominantly UK‑based with some overseas opportunities. You will take the lead and deliver on small projects up to the value of a few £million while providing technical support to end users, landlords, management agents, project managers and the like.
Key Areas
* Decarbonisation, performance improvements and energy reduction – focus on projects that reduce energy consumption of existing buildings, improve performance for the occupants and achieve client decarbonisation / net zero targets.
* Design – Specialising in challenging existing buildings across all RIBA stages, delivering high‑quality and sustainable designs.
* Property consultancy – Providing a suite of consultancy services to the property market including technical due diligence, dilapidations surveys, planned preventative maintenance reports, licence to alter, maintenance inspections, validation management, asset registers, troubleshooting, energy optimisation surveys and EPCs.
About You
* Qualified design engineer (chartered status or working towards).
* Experience working on projects in existing buildings (refurbishment and fit‑out).
* Excellent written and spoken English skills.
* Strong knowledge of data and metering.
* Experience with performance specification and detailed design work, contract administration and site duties.
* Experience in Building Services collectively (all‑rounder).
* Willingness and strong technical knowledge in primary engineering discipline and good understanding of the secondary engineering discipline.
* Comfortable with UK and applicable EU regulations, design guides, etc.
* Excellent organisational and planning skills to effectively work to timescales and deadlines.
* Able to develop effective relationships with well‑developed interpersonal and influencing skills.
* Proven track record in work winning and building successful teams.
How to Apply
To apply, simply complete a CV profile and submit your application. For further information please contact aureliacherradi@hoarelea.com.
If shortlisted, you will be in touch to arrange an introductory call (about 30 minutes) and, from there, invited to a panel interview either via Microsoft Teams or in person at one of our offices.
Adjustments and Accommodations
If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to help you participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence or anything else) please let us know.
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