Senior Electrical Engineer

Vacancy Senior Electrical Engineer

Location:

Edinburgh ||

Contract:

Permanent || Salary:

Competitive

Our Edinburgh office is situated in the heart of the bustling city centre, with panoramic views of the castle, gardens and Princes Street below. The office is always alive with activity as it houses a 65-strong team consisting of mechanical, electrical, civil, structural and support teams. The office’s open plan kitchen and staff break out area often plays host to our team’s socialising time, whether it’s over a morning coffee, lunch or after work unwind.

Purpose

As a senior member of the department your responsibilities will include the delivery and project management of the Electrical Services Design on assigned projects. You shall also be responsible for maintaining and improving the quality and efficiency of the Electrical Services design and post contract implementation offered by Harley Haddow. You shall have supervisory role over junior engineering staff assigned to your projects and shall assist in their personal development.

You shall be expected to act as the lead consultant on projects providing M&E representation and input at key stages of the project to other members of the project team as well as ensuring that the M&E requirements are communicated and delivered within Harley Haddow.

The position demands excellent communication skills; you will be representing Harley Haddow through direct contact with clients and other design team members. You are expected to represent the company at meetings in both Mechanical and Electrical Services disciplines.

Roles and Responsibilities

A
pply and enforce office procedures and basic engineering principles

• General administrative duties
• Development and management of Assistant and Apprentice Engineers
• Managing multiple projects

Assist in the setting of electrical strategies and Concept Designs as part of the RIBA Stage 1, 2 & 3 Design Process

• Develop project electrical Services strategies
• Prepare scheme design drawings (from concept right through to detailed design).
• Prepare outline M&E specification in BCIS format including environmental strategies.
• Where appropriate input to the Stage 2 and 3 MEP Reports
• Assist in the preparation of BCIS elemental M&E cost plans.
• Understand and work within the commercial framework for projects.
• Prepare and deliver project presentations to client teams

Detailed Design as part of RIBA Stage 4 production.

• Responsibility for delivery of Electrical Services detail design.
• Plan and programme Electrical detailed design process.
• Supervise and plan workload for Assistant and Apprentice Engineers on projects you are responsible for.
• Ensure that Electrical Services Detailed output meets quality requirements.
• Provide conduit between design teams, clients and HH
• Ensure project delivery meets deadlines and Client’s brief. This may include dealing with changes, curveballs etc but these should be professionally dealt with.

Software

Expert in the use of all necessary design software not limited to those identified below

• CAD
• Revit
• Bluebeam
• Amtech/Trimble
• Dialux
• PV Sol
• Manual Calculations
• Chorus
• Word/Excel
• Actively develops the abilities of Assistant and Apprentice Engineers on the use of all software packages

Post Contract Implementation in line with RIBA Stage5, 6 & 7

• Represent Harley Haddow at site meetings.
• Manage post contract stage of project, including flow of information to maintain proposed contract works programme.
• Monitor Electrical Installation works against Electrical Services Design.
• Assist Project QS in cost control and final account settlement by offering technical advice
• Ensure project closure and conclusion of all defects.
• Review all test certification and witness on site test match certification
• Carry out de-brief and report findings

Primary Responsibilities

• To develop designs and coordinate junior personnel to ensure delivery dates are met
• To manage Electrical Engineering output to ensure that quality criteria are met
• Attend design team meetings and disseminate information to all members of the Harley Haddow Team
• To provide technical support to Assistant and Apprentice Engineers
• To prepare Electrical Services Scheme Design proposals
• To deliver Electrical Services…