Job Description
Lighting/Electrical Design Engineer
Location: York (open to candidates anywhere between Newcastle and York as hybrid working available)
Summary
Due to increased workload a leading infrastructure consultancy are looking to hire a Lighting / Electrical Design Engineer to join their Consulting Energy, Lighting & Technology Practice based in the North East
You will be working on the delivery of the South West and North East Trunk Road Network Management Contracts, and Intelligent Transport Infrastructure.
These long-term contracts involve designing some of the largest civil engineering and associated infrastructure projects in Scotland with cumulative values in-excess of £1bn.
The role
As a Lighting/Electrical Design Engineer you will be responsible for or assist with:
- Developing effective concept design solutions that are consistent with the project brief.
- Undertake a wide range of design work on all aspects of the functions design and maintenance.
- Implement effective, value for money and innovative design solutions to meet technical and project requirements.
- Progress projects through preliminary and detailed design with emphasis on client requirements and ensure innovation and best practice is highlighted and adopted where practicable.
- Drive effective health and safety practices within your team.
- Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM regulations.
- Supervise, mentor and develop team members.
- Assist with contract preparation together with project planning and programming.
- Project administration reporting to the Project Manager including monitoring programme delivery, resources and budgets inspection work, feasibility studies, cost estimating for works and fees.
- Support the preparation of bids and delivery of services on other contracts.
- Inspection work, feasibility studies, cost estimating for works and fees.
- Effective management and response of project related correspondence.
- Checks to ensure compliance with the integrated management system and assist in development.
- Prepare technical reports (e.g. Feasibility/Options Reports, Assessment Reports and other technical reports).
- Development of engineering solutions and presentation of engineering options.
- Liaise with the Client and our Community partners to ensure solutions that are developed are suitable for buildability and maintainability.
- Keep up to date with your own personal development to ensure the natural growth of the team and progression with your chosen professional institution.
Requirements for the Lighting/Electrical Design Engineer role
- Able to demonstrate experience and expertise within the relevant technical field (roads highways ideally)
- Able to produce technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working under supervision
- Experienced in following procedures associated with health, safety and welfare.
- You are able to comply with technical governance procedures within a consulting engineering environment
- You have made progress towards completion of a formal professional training programme with an appropriate professional body
Salary: Circa £40,000 - £45,000 negotiable dependant on experience