Electrical Engineer or Senior Electrical Engineer Operational Engineering - (1769)

Job Title: Electrical Engineer or Senior Electrical Engineer Operational Engineering

Location: Location

Travel: Travel

Organisational Unit: Hoare Lea -> Specialist Group -> Operational Engineering

Job Type: Full Time

Category: Operational Engineering

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings.

Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental, and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.

You'll collaborate with the industry's best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists. You'll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors. You'll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.

• You will be working on a varied portfolio of projects both in the UK and Internationally.
• Providing technical advice to clients on the operation of electrical/mechanical engineering services in existing buildings.
• Preparing Fee Proposals.
• Delivering refurbishment and upgrade projects from inception to completion.
• Undertaking condition surveys of electrical/mechanical installations and producing written reports and recommendations.
• Developing and producing electrical/mechanical designs and specifications, ensuring quality and technical quality standards are met.
• Production of Feasibility Studies for electrical/mechanical infrastructure replacement or upgrade.
• Technical Due Diligence Reporting.
• Ensuring that all work under their control is undertaken to relevant and applicable UK and EU regulations, design guides, etc.
• Review of development and fit-out proposals and advising client on the implications in relation to the electrical/mechanical services.
• In addition to mainstream MEP, we also do retro-fits/overhauls and work on major assets: e.g. Generators, HV/LV switchboard replacements, transformer replacement, through to complete primary electrical infrastructure overhauling.
• Sometimes the role involves surveying existing systems or buildings; assessing them against standards and life safety compliance; peer reviewing someone else's engineering and more.
• It's also breadthwise; it's wide and varied, but you can also develop depth-wise on specialist systems you like the most.
• You will have the opportunity to lead electrical services design on large projects, and lead overall MEP on small to medium-sized projects within the office.
• Responsible for dealing successfully with Clients and other professionals.
• Awareness of consultant appointment conditions.
• Define and agree brief with the Client.
• Competently represents Hoare Lea at project meetings.
• Manage and prioritise the workload of a project team including specialist groups.
• Host and chair internal project team meetings.
• Contribute to the professional development of individual team members.
• Actively leads self and identifies opportunities and providing support for the career development of others.
• Ensure quality standards and technical accuracy are delivered.
• Reporting cost and resource requirements to the team leader on a regular basis.

• Excellent technical knowledge in Electrical Design Engineering and thorough understanding of Building Services Engineering and interdisciplinary design through all stages of the design process.
• Good experience in the use of standards and codes applied in building services.
• Wiring Regulations; Fire Detection Systems; General and Emergency Lighting design knowledge.
• Ability to undertake MEP building services surveys with minimal supervision.
• Ability to peer review in detail with a good level of background knowledge of regulatory / standards documentation.
• Acquainted with, and can deliver, parallel projects of all types, sizes and through various RIBA stages.
• Can undertake essential calculations, maximum demands, typical Wm2, and apply electrical theory.
• Good understanding of 3-phase LV systems with a reasonable to good understanding of HV systems.
• At least some experience working on projects in existing buildings.
• Ability to develop good relationships with Clients, Project Managers, Managing Agents, and Contractors.
• Previous consultancy experience: you will appreciate the importance of complementary specialisms such as acoustics, fire engineering, and computer modelling in the design of buildings.
• Autonomous approach: able to lead small to medium-sized projects and able to take a brief from the project lead on large projects and deliver & control the tasks required.
• Responsible for the quality of our outputs.
• Appreciation of client needs, with the ability to face clients.
• Ability to identify when outsourcing is required e.g., design & CAD work.
• Understand and identify resource needs.
• Mentor and supervise junior members of staff.

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary, and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career.

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with the length of service.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave.
• Hybrid Working - activity-based approach.
• Employee stock purchase plan - a voluntary program that allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount.
• Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days.
• Study Assistance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Sabbatical Leave.
• Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance, and GAYE (Give as you Earn).
• Flexible working - We're happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage.

We are committed to being a place where underrepresented individuals and communities are not just included, but where marginalised knowledge and experience is valued, amplified, and harnessed. So, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, people of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and those from all other underrepresented or marginalised groups. To learn more about our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion, see our DEI strategy.

Adjustments and accommodations

If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence, or anything else) please let us know.

We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees. So, we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements to suit their particular needs and lifestyle, including part-time, term-time-only, and remote working.