Principal Electrical Engineer
HybridCroydon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Coordinate and manage small project teams while serving as the discipline lead engineer on mid-to-large projects. Provide specialized technical input and direction for studies and design efforts, presenting technical solutions to clients and performing quality control reviews of junior engineers' work. Lead projects designed in Revit, participate in developing technical proposals, and provide estimates for engineering budgets and schedules. Liaise with clients, architects, contractors, and suppliers to meet project requirements, attend design team meetings, and conduct site inspections. Base yourself in the Croydon office with flexibility for hybrid work and occasional travel across the South East of England. Join the Building Services Design Consultant Engineering team, which has an established track record of delivering major infrastructure and decarbonisation schemes including Tower Bridge and the London Power Tunnel.
Required Qualifications
- Work experience within a similar consultancy or other relevant business
- Willingness to travel to clients and sites across the South East of England and occasionally further afield
- Be able to regularly base yourself within the AECOM Croydon office in order to ensure face-to-face contact time with your team
- A strong technical understanding of building services
- The ability to work accurately, independently and efficiently, and to take ownership of projects
- Effective communication skills and be a team worker
- Significant track record of leading multi-disciplinary design teams on multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience in project and client management within a defined fee budget and program, including managing team resources and interfacing with other disciplines
- Mentoring and support skills for the engineers and technicians in the team
- Experience in identifying and winning new work and building client relationships
- Ability to speak fluently and communicate effectively in written reports and oral presentations
- Degree educated in electrical or building services engineering or related discipline, ideally Chartered or at least with qualifications leading to this
- Existing BPSS or SC
- Sole UK National
- All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment
Desired Qualifications
- Strong knowledge and experience of the South East of England marketplace is essential
- Design experience and knowledge is required for low voltage distribution systems, lighting and emergency lighting, fire detection and alarms, lighting protection
- Experience in using building services engineering software, Autodesk Revit
- The ability to train junior engineers
- Ideally Chartered or at least with qualifications leading to this
- Existing BPSS or SC preferred
- Due to the level of security clearance required for some of our projects a Sole UK National is preferred
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