# Electrical Engineer## Join our Leeds-based Building Services team at a pivotal moment as we lead the next wave of sustainable, high-profile engineering projects.We’re delighted to be recruiting a Electrical Engineer to join our growing Building Environments team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a background in Building Services who is keen to contribute to industry leading designs within a vibrant, collaborative, multi disciplinary practice based in Leeds.In this role, you’ll have the chance to immerse yourself in a diverse portfolio of engaging and dynamic projects across the UK and internationally. You’ll play a key part in delivering innovative solutions on unique, high profile developments that shape the built environment and push the boundaries of sustainable design.Our Leeds Building Services (MEP) team is at the forefront of delivering innovative, high-impact projects across a diverse range of sectors. Joining us means contributing to work that truly shapes communities and environments. Here’s a glimpse of what we’re working on:* **Heritage Retrofits with a Modern Twist** - We’re breathing new life into historic landmarks, such as the Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens, a full retrofit of a 120-year-old Grade II\* listed glasshouse on the seafront. This project blends cutting-edge engineering with sensitive restoration, preserving heritage while meeting modern sustainability standards.* **Sports Sector Developments for Elite Performance** - From world-class training facilities to stadium expansions, we’re helping leading Premier League and Premiership rugby teams create spaces that inspire athletes and fans alike. Our recent work includes the Leeds United Stadium Expansion.* **Transformative Commercial and Residential Schemes** - We’re shaping vibrant urban environments through major developments like York Central, an ambitious masterplan featuring hotels, offices, and residential blocks. These projects redefine city living and working, with a strong focus on sustainability and community impact.* **Prestigious International Projects** - Our expertise extends beyond the UK, with landmark schemes in KSA and Dubai. These projects offer opportunities to work on globally recognised developments, pushing the boundaries of design and engineering on an international stage.**Your Next Role**Join a team where ideas matter, curiosity thrives, and sustainability drives everything we do. This is your chance to grow, collaborate, and create lasting positive change**Your Key Duties*** Deliver detailed electrical building services designs and calculations using tools such as Revit and ProDesign, supported by hand calculations to ensure robust solutions.* Manage design delivery from concept through all RIBA stages, producing coordinated models, drawings, and specifications to meet programme, quality, and budget requirements.* Design LV distribution, emergency systems, and lighting in compliance with UK codes and standards (including BS 7671), aligned with energy efficiency and carbon reduction goals.* Prepare clear technical reports, schedules, and specifications; actively contribute to design reviews and quality assurance processes.* Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, respond promptly to RFIs and design queries, and ensure seamless collaboration across teams.* Support site activities including submittals, FAT/SAT, witnessing, and technical queries to enable safe, timely installation and energisation.* Represent Buro Happold in client, supplier, and design team meetings; mentor junior engineers and promote knowledge-sharing within the team.* Embrace new technologies and approaches that enhance performance, sustainability and progress towards net zero carbon targets* Contribute to project value, including supporting aspects of financial management alongside project leads* Actively engage in team discussions, events and seminars, supporting a collaborative and knowledge sharing culture* Maintain your CPD and ongoing professional development, while mentoring and supporting junior engineers, interns and trainees, with potential for early line management responsibilities**Your Skills and Experience****Essential:*** Demonstrable experience in electrical building services engineering (consultancy or similar).* Proven design delivery across project stages with high‑quality outputs (calculations, reports, specifications and schedules).* Proficiency with ProDesign/Amtech (Trimble), Relux/Dialux, and the ability to review and amend designs in AutoCAD and Revit.* Knowledge of UK codes and standards including BS 7671 and CDM; awareness of design risk management.* Strong communication and proactive problem‑solving; collaborative, client‑facing approach.* BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc in Electrical Engineering (or related discipline).**Desirable:*** Experience with large public assembly buildings (stadia/arenas) and heritage retrofits.* Power quality and harmonics mitigation; HV interfaces, UPS and generator sizing and control.* ETAP/PowerFactory exposure; digital engineering skills and willingness to learn new analysis tools.* Working towards or holding IEng/CEng with CIBSE/IET.**What We Offer You**In return for your expertise, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive and highly competitive rewards package, along with the opportunity to grow your career within one of the world’s most respected consultancies. Our offer includes:* Attractive salary with a discretionary bonus (Salary based on experience)* Hybrid working arrangements to support work–life balance* 25 days’ annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays), plus flexible holiday options* Generous company pension scheme, life assurance and income protection* Flexible benefits, including cycle scheme, dental and optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans and a range of corporate discounts* Enhanced parenthood leave policies* 3pm finish on the last Friday of every month* Strong commitment to continuous development, with access to learning programmes and support for further qualifications* Opportunities to progress to Senior or Technical Lead roles* Funding for two professional memberships or subscriptions* Comprehensive wellbeing support, including an employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities* Opportunities to contribute to your community through our Share Our Skills (SOS) volunteering programme* A supportive and inclusive culture, with social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring networks* An international working culture, ensuring that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you’re always connected to exceptional people and opportunities**A Place for Everyone**At Buro Happold, we recognise that flexible working is an important part of achieving balance and supporting individual needs. We welcome applications from those seeking flexibility in how they work and develop their careers.Our diverse portfolio of projects is made possible by the variety of perspectives, identities, backgrounds and experiences within our teams. We value these differences and want every colleague to feel they can bring their whole self to work without masking any part of their identity.We are committed to improving representation across the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from individuals who feel underrepresented in the industry. We believe we have much to learn from one another, and that embracing difference leads to the most innovative and elegant solutions.If you require any adjustments to make the application process more accessible or comfortable, please let us know. You can contact us at recruitment@burohappold.com, and we will work with you to support you throughout your application journey. #LI-JA1 #LI-HybridThe following content displays a map of the job's location.| OpenStreetMap contributors### Electrical Engineer* **Salary** Competitive* **Frequency** Annual* #J-18808-Ljbffr