Senior​/Principal Electrical Engineer; Building Services

Senior / Principal Electrical Engineer (Building Services)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

• You will work closely with likeminded individuals on exciting and challenging multi disciplinary projects.
• The Building Services team in the Northern Region (Split across Newcastle Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh) consists of more than 50 Mechanical, Electrical, and public health engineers.
• Will be supported by local, regional and international experts along with an extensive technical library and specifications.
• We make extraordinary efforts to attract, develop, engage and retain the best professionals in our fields of expertise because this is what makes us great.
• We are humble and act with moral and intellectual integrity, keep our word, treat everyone with respect, support our colleagues, and embrace diversity.
• We care about individuals and their progress and offer the most fulfilling career development for our professionals.
• You will be based in our Newcastle or Teesside, offering easy commuting options and free car parking amenities.

• Meeting the requirements of a Senior Electrical Engineer grade and have a proven track record in delivering projects for your discipline and in line with client expectations.
• Work in a joint leadership capacity within a mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) discipline team providing design and technical advice in a WSP project manager capacity on a wide range of projects.
• Reviewing design programmes and ensuring that sufficient resource is available to complete the works inline with technical and commercial performance and delivery.
• Able to work using initiative with minimal supervision on all technical aspects of their discipline or have specific specialist experience applicable to the role.
• Able to work under the clear direction of the client and interpret the needs of the project as a whole to meet the full delivery needs.
• Promote WSP’s capabilities and expertise in the region
• Supervise the completion of detailed designs and supervise the work of others in this function.
• Consider the feasibility of the project specific to the discipline and lead the overall feasibility study for the project.
• Take responsibility for and direct others in the production of detailed and performance specification for the discipline subject to review by colleagues prior to issue.
• Development and line management of junior staff.

• A proven track record of delivering a variety of projects both in terms of scale and sector. Having North East project experience and client sector knowledge is beneficial.
• Have the ability to engage with clients, contractors and design team members in technical discussions, co-ordination and debates.
• Have an ability to sketch and communicate technical detail graphically and effectively to both construction professionals and client teams.
• Have a detailed understanding of the regulations applicable to the discipline and how to demonstrate this through calculation.
• Have working understanding of latest electrical design software packages to allow the allocation / direction of work on projects.
• Have an understanding of working with Revit MEP or other 3D design software to allow the allocation / direction of work on projects. The team has Electrical Engineers and REVIT technicians which can support with the majority of the Electrical delivery.
• Working knowledge of BIM
  360 is becoming a key collaboration review tool for work stream reviews and prioritising tasks.
• Must be able to obtain UK vetting level of Security Check (SC)

• BEng/Bsc/MEng in applicable engineering discipline
• CIBSE / IET / Engineering Council Chartership or working towards it
• Revit
  
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