Principal Electrical Design Engineer

**Principal Electrical Building Services Engineer** My client, an established, successful Building Services consultancy in Birmingham, is recruiting for a Principal Electrical Building Services Engineer to join their successful team.

As the successful Principal Engineer, this role will see you technically and creatively challenged on exciting developments in the UK. Within this consultancy, projects thrive on teamwork and collaboration, making your excellent communication abilities and enthusiasm for achieving success with others invaluable in this role.

About the Role

Within this role as a Principal Engineer - Electrical Services, you will be a key part of the team and have a high degree of self-government. You should have strong technical expertise, good leadership, and problem-solving skills, and be a forward planner with the ability to deliver high-standard work to project programmes. You should also be able to take on the management of more junior team members, along with client relationship management. You should have a strong track record in multiple sectors. You will be a Chartered Engineer, educated to a degree level with experience working on a variety of medium sized projects.

You'll be part of an enthusiastic and committed team of Engineers and Technicians to deliver high-quality output on projects. Client care and repeat business are crucial to my clients success, so you'll need to be able to develop and nurture relationships with clients.

The Role

- Acting as Project Leader on selected projects.

- Attending principal/management meetings.

- Promote the level of technical excellence within the team.

- Making client presentations on selected projects.

- Helping to generate repeat business through building relationships with clients.

- Be client-facing and involved in all stages of the projects from inception to completion.

- Ability to manage projects and teams to deliver to and exceed client expectations.

- Passionate about creative and innovative design.

- Management of Engineers and Technicians in the production of calculations, design deliverables (including drawings, specifications, and reports), site surveys, construction stage duties, client liaison, liaison with members of design/construction teams, project management, costing and any other relevant duty.

- Produce design deliverables (including drawings, specifications, and reports), site surveys, construction stage duties, client liaison with members of design/construction teams, project management, costing and ensure progress against the project brief.

- Check calculations and production of detailed drawings to ensure engineering designs meet appropriate quality and compliance controls, project briefs and customer requirements.

- Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary members of the design team to deliver safe, efficient, and buildable solutions.

- Contribute to the preparation of enquiry plans, tender reviews, fee estimate sheets, scopes of work and change controls as required.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

My client is looking for someone with a Degree in Building Services Engineering (Chartered)

- A CIBSE professional registration (CEng)

- Substantial experience - at least 10 years working within the building services engineering area.

- Demonstrable experience in delivering projects in multiple sectors.

- Experience in Software design including - Microsoft, Dialux, Amtech, Revit

- Knowledge of British Standards, Building Regulations, HTM's etc.

- An understanding of incorporating various renewable technologies.

- Experience in managing Senior Engineers, Apprentices and Graduates.

- Excellent communication and project management skills.

- Understanding of commercial elements of projects.

- Confident communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex ideas.

- Experience in contributing to bids, proposals, and tender specifications.

- Essential technical experience: Design of Electrical Building Services

- Able to travel to the office in Birmingham and clients across the region.

What they offer

Our client is invested in their people and offer a competitive package to all team members.

Bonus Scheme

• A companywide annual bonus scheme. This is dependent on the company's financial performance for the year.
• Flexible Working We recognise the importance of flexibility; their working from home policy enables employees to perform their roles from home for part of the week. My client also offers flexible working hours.
• Holidays - 25-day annual holiday allowance plus national holidays
• Flexible Pay Scheme The flexible pay scheme lets employees buy additional benefits deducted from their salary over 12 months. The benefits include additional holidays, private health insurance and the cycle-to-work scheme.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme. A companywide enhanced contributory pension scheme based on total earnings. Employees are auto enrolled into the scheme, and the company will make a 7% contribution, and staff make a 4% contribution from their basic salary.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme This benefit helps work towards my clients zero carbon goals, save employees tax and provide an opportunity to purchase a new car. The scheme is available to staff subject to terms and conditions.
• Annual Parking Permit. Employees are provided with a parking permit to have free parking within the car park adjacent to the office whilst at work.
• Professional Membership. Employee's professional memberships are funded.

This is a great opportunity to join a respected company with a proactive attitude to projects and innovative approach in their solutions to problems. They offer a friendly and flexible working environment in addition to a fantastic bonus scheme.

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