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Electrical Engineer

Job in Cardiff, Cardiff City Area, CF10, Wales, UK
Listing for: Manpower UK Ltd
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-09
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Electrical Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 51 GBP Hourly GBP 51.00 HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Role

Title:

Electrical Engineer

Location:

Cardiff / Swansea

Duration: 6 Months

Rate: £51p/h via Umbrella (37.5 Hours per Week)

Responsibilities:

Ensuring an understanding of project briefs.
Design and specification of all Electrical Building Services systems - power, earthing, lighting, life safety, telecoms, security, access control, lifts, lightning protection etc.
Carry out the production of detailed calculations using industry standard Electrical Engineering software tools.
Preparing technical specifications using NBS.
Work in partnership with international Global Technology Centre (GTC) to add value to building services projects where appropriate including briefing, responding to Queries and reviewing output.
Collaborate with our BIM team to prepare models and drawings, with a working understanding / knowledge of Autodesk Revit - note experience of Microstation (& AECOsim) could be beneficial.
Representing client at meetings with clients and contractors.
Site surveys, inspections and monitor site works.
Report and technical note writing.
Maintaining complete records and archives to company standards.
Adherence to all quality, environmental & governance processes.
Managing own workload, updating forward plan of workload regularly and working to time allocations.
Managing elements of project delivery and an understanding of budget costings.
Reviewing progress, including reporting any anomalies and changes of scope to the project lead.
Assist with technical development of junior staff.

Requirements:

Degree qualified, or equivalent qualification, in Building Services Engineering / Electrical Engineering or related subjects.
Chartered Engineer (or working towards CEng) with CIBSE or IET.
Good level of computer literacy in a range of digital tools including Amtech/Prodesign, Dialux/Relux, NBS and Microsoft packages. Any HV tools will also be beneficial.
Aware of energy reduction methods and approaches to decarbonising new and existing buildings.
Some knowledge of energy and carbon related data capture and analytics. Awareness of the principles of building physics such as passive design solutions and fabric first approaches.
Some awareness of designing for measurement and verification, including experience of commissioning and post installation evaluation of performance.

Experience of working in a design consultancy and/or some experience of working within a contractor design environment is beneficial.
Good knowledge of appropriate technical standards.
Able to take charge of personal project deliverables, make decisions on developing the discipline design elements, act on own initiative and operate in a pro-active way.
Good report writing skills, experience of making presentations to and attending meetings with clients will be useful.
Comfortable working within time and cost budgets as agreed at project briefing meetings.
Undertake any other reasonable tasks or duties as required by the management team from time to time, in order to maintain flexibility in the organisation.
Battery Storage / Photovoltaic Energy design / Assessment.

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