Job Description
Job Title: Senior Electrical Engineer
Directly reports to: Associate / Director
No of Direct Reports: 0
Location: London
Position Summary:
Technically competent engineer, with excellent communication and time management skills and a track record for consistent project delivery, with strong technical knowledge. Good team ethic approach and the ability to financially control and project manage.
Responsibilities and authority:
- Preparation and/or development of client brief
- Development of project cost plans
- Assist where necessary in the estimation of project in-house resource requirements
- Assist in the development of project pre and post tender programmes
- Carry out surveys of existing facilities and prepare survey reports
- Prepare design calculations in accordance with all relevant standards and legislation adopting all necessary standard formats and procedures
- Prepare sketch drawings in sufficient detail to enable draughtspersons to produce satisfactory detail drawings as required for tender, construction or other purposes
- Prepare particular project specifications and schedules adapting standard specification information where possible
- Prepare bills of quantities in accordance with current Standard Method of Measurement documents
- Assist clients in the selection of appropriate methods of contracting works
- Technically vet tenders and provide advice to clients on acceptance
- Carry out site supervision duties as necessary to ensure works are installed in accordance with contract documentation and good engineering practice
- Assist in the financial control of contracts including the preparation of interim and final project valuations
- Prepare feasibility studies and any specialist studies as required by the project brief
- Justify systems selection by means of investment appraisal techniques
- If required by the project brief, prepare presentation material and carry out presentations to client
- Liaise with other design team members, internal and external, and represent the business at meetings
- Liaise with and provide focal point for clients and lead and/or support consultants to ensure that client interests are more effectively fulfilled
- Collaborate and work effectively with all others affecting or affected by your work
- Adopt a responsible attitude to project management and actively undertake training of subordinate staff
- Regularly review personal and subordinates forward programme workload; develop and frequently review priority lists of programmed tasks
- Check adequacy and accuracy of information and documentation produced by others
- Ensure application and maintenance of all Quality System procedures
- Carry out all personal management duties including weekly recording of man-hour commitments to individual projects and reporting on a monthly basis particular project fee input information
- Manage projects including organisation of subordinate staff and project delivery to time and cost requirements
- Comply with all security procedures and commercial in-confidence restrictions associated with work duties
- Contribute to the maintenance of the highest possible standards of design by maintaining a good working knowledge of proven building services systems and new developments in the Building Services Industry
- Undertake project risk assessments to ensure safe installation and operation and comply with CDM legislation
- Undertake all other duties as may be required to assist in the fulfilment of the primary objectives of the Directors
- To contribute to ensuring operations are conducted in accordance with the relevant ISO and national legislation
Education and Experience:
- Preferably BEng (Hons) degree in Building Services Engineering/Electrical Engineering.
- Chartered or working towards Chartership with IET/CIBSE
Specific skills, knowledge, competencies and training
Essential:
- AMTECH / HEVACOMP / MEPWorx proficient
- DIALUX / RELUX proficient
- AUTO CAD capability
- Excel and Word proficient
- Online collaboration tool knowledge
- Works well with minimal supervision
- BIM/Revit capability