Electrical Design Engineer

Electrical Design Engineer

Department: Electrical

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Southampton

Reporting To: Stuart R Rice

Join Trant Engineering and help shape the delivery of complex, high-impact projects.

Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we’re growing—and now looking for an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to play a key role in our project delivery teams as part of our controls and automation division Te-Tech.

As an Electrical Design Enginee r you'll be applying advanced engineering principles and practices to design, manage, and deliver projects of moderate complexity. This position requires independent judgment, technical expertise, and leadership skills to oversee scopes, schedules, and budgets while ensuring compliance with professional standards and sustainability principles. The role includes mentoring junior staff, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and maintaining effective communication with stakeholders.

1) GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Applies broad knowledge of engineering principles and practices within a specific discipline.
• Independently evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria for conventional projects with few complex features.
• Contributes to multidisciplinary teams and acquires general knowledge of related fields.
• Demonstrates sound judgment in adapting methods for non-routine aspects of assignments.
• Acknowledges and applies concepts of sustainability to engineering projects.

2) TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designs complete projects, systems, components, or processes.
• Prepares comprehensive specifications, drawings, and project documentation.
• Designs and conducts site investigations; analyzes and interprets survey data.
• Formulates and solves engineering problems using standard and adapted methods.
• Oversees moderate projects or contributes to specific parts of large-scale projects.

3) SCHEDULE, PROJECT & TASK MANAGEMENT

• Applies leadership and teamwork skills to plan, execute, and manage scopes, schedules, and budgets.
• Contributes to project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments.
• Develops an awareness of change management practices and commercial impact of decisions, incorporating this into design activities.

4) MANAGEMENT, SUPERVISION & GUIDANCE

• Assigns tasks to and directs junior members of project team (technical and non-technical staff).
• Interprets, organizes, executes, and coordinates detailed aspects of engineering work.
• Mentors direct reports and less experienced staff by providing guidance, explaining professional responsibilities, and reviewing work outputs.
• Receives general direction on key objectives and guidance on unconventional or complex problems when necessary.

5) COMMUNICATION, TEAMWORK & LEADERSHIP

• Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrates empathy, critical listening, and conflict management skills.
• Advocates professionalism and respectful inclusion.

6) CORE VALUES

• Upholds and promotes the Company’s Core Values – Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.

• Higher Education (NVQ+)

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline (Master’s preferred).
• Membership of a Professional Engineering Institution.
• CSCS Card or SHEA Water Qualification.
• EUSR Water Hygiene Qualification.

• Typically 3–5 years of relevant engineering experience, including project design and coordination.

At Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. From process and water treatment to energy infrastructure upgrades, we play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure – shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day.

Our teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands-on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities – from concept and design through to manufacturing,…