Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

Final date to receive applications : 28 November 2025

Department : Built Asset Consultancy

Employment Type : Permanent - Full Time

Location : Cardiff

Description

Title : Senior Electrical Engineer

Discipline : Electrical Engineering

Sector : Built Asset Consultancy

Why RLB? At RLB, we live by four simple ideas :
Truth, Trust, Together, Tomorrow. Four values that live at the heart of RLB. A place where People Make Progress.

We value your skills, talents and unique perspectives - we think they are priceless.

Bring them to RLB and you'll be empowered to shape our future and your career in new and meaningful ways.

We'll give you opportunities to work on some of the most ambitious and exciting projects currently being designed and developed in the built environment sector.

You'll continue to learn and advance as everyone who works for us is provided with a tailored training programme. Our mentoring and reverse mentoring schemes will enable you to share your expertise while gaining fresh insights.

What makes RLB unique is our inclusive culture. As an independent, employee-owned business, teamwork and collaboration lies at the heart of everything we do. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies are just some of the ways we invest in employee wellbeing.

Join us and you will thrive personally as well as professionally.

We are currently recruiting a Senior Electrical Consultant Engineer to join a client focused team within our West & Wales Built Asset Consultancy service,to work across various sectors, including public, environmental, commercial, education etc.

This role presents an excellent opportunity for a proactive Electrical Consultant Engineer who is familiar with surveying Electrical building infrastructure, can independently undertake design from RIBA Stage 0-4 and is comfortable in providing technical advice to clients throughout the construction stage of a project.

The right Electrical Consultant Engineer will be willing to support our existing team with developing and growing the in-region M&E service to align with our business plan.

• Undertake project feasibility studies
• Detailed technical design of Electrical Services
• Produce technical drawings
• Produce full electrical tender packages
• Monitor Electrical works on site and reporting on conformity and quality
• Undertake Electrical condition surveys
• Undertake pre-acquisition, dilapidation, PPM surveys
• Undertake technical advisor roles to support clients and develop contractor designs
• Monitoring Electrical works on site and reporting on conformity and quality
• Carrying out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures
• Comply with established commercial / procurement / contractual strategies
• To comply with Environmental, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards
• Advising, liaising and working closely with internal project teams
• Developing Commercial Strategies

The ideal candidate will be delivering customer service excellence, demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role with good commercial results and encompass a realistic selection of the following qualifications and attributes :

• Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal
• Excellent customer service, communication and client / external interface skills
• Ability to monitor Electrical works on site
• Be proficient in the use of AutoCAD
• Well organised, diligent, proactive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• Committed to support developing our in-region M&E service offering
• Full UK driving licence
• Willing to travel depending on project locations. Majority of work will be in Southwest and South Wales

• BSc Electrical Engineering degree (as a minimum)
• Recognised M&E qualification
• Chartered or willing to obtain MCIBSE (or equivalent)

• Track record in a similar role or site engineering
• High level of independent Electrical design experience from RIBA 0-4
• Asset surveying, identification, age / remaining life estimation
• Technical due diligence work
• Use of technology, such as tablets, in previous roles
• Use of…