Senior Engineer - Electrical & Lighting

Job description

Senior Engineer - Electrical & Lighting This is an exciting opportunity to join our Transportation business unit delivering services centred on key transportation markets to clients principally across the United Kingdom but through our networks and growth strategies supporting projects across the world.

About the Opportunity

You will be joining the Aviation, Rail and Technology Group within our Electrical & Lighting Design Team. With teams across the UK this role would be based in our Birmingham, London, Manchester, Glasgow, or Leeds offices, whilst offering flexible working.

As a part of our Electrical & Lighting team, we provide strategic, feasibility and preliminary/detail designs to a range of clients including National Highways, Network Rail, Local Authorities' and Airports. The work includes providing design and consultancy services for electrical and lighting for different sectors of infrastructure including Highways, Rail, Aviation and local authority networks. In addition, you will be a part of the team responsible for delivering and overseeing a variety these projects involving Street Lighting, EV charging solutions, Rail platforms, AGL, EMC and Environmental impact to name a few.

Responsibilities
* Technical lead on electrical & lighting projects
* responsible for the preparation of lighting and electrical designs at feasibility, optioneering, planning and detailed design stages
* Programme and cost monitoring
* Preparation of technical reports, feasibility studies, designs, specifications and contract documents
* Conducting detailed daytime and nighttime surveys
* Supporting the production of Environmental Impact Assessment reports, Economic Assessment reports and Business Cases
* Liaison with clients, electricity suppliers, contractors, professional organisations, sub-consultants and other design teams. * Experience of designing to British lighting and electrical standards (including but not limited to BS5489, BSEN 13201 and BS7671)
* Experience of liaising with clients, stakeholders and local authorities
* Knowledge of requirements for trunk and local roads
* Clear communication skills and able to develop strong technical credibility with the client and foster relationships in a partnering environment
* Technical report writing skills
* Competent in lighting design and electrical design calculation software

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