Electrical Design Engineer

🚀 Principal Electrical Design Engineer – Building Services

📍 London / Liverpool / Manchester | 💰 From £60,000 | 🏢 Hybrid / Office-Based

What if your next role gave you the opportunity to lead electrical design across major building services projects , manage a talented engineering team and play a key role in shaping the future of a growing design consultancy?

I'm working with a highly regarded Tier 1 contractor with a 750+ strong design consultancy team, looking to appoint a Principal Electrical Design Engineer to join their Building Services team.

This is a senior technical and leadership position for an experienced Electrical Building Services / MEP Engineer who can combine strong technical knowledge with team leadership, client engagement and business development.

🔧 The Role:

• Lead the delivery of electrical building services engineering across complex projects

• Manage and drive the Electrical Engineering team, ensuring high-quality technical delivery

• Work closely with mechanical and wider multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated MEP solutions

• Oversee designs from concept through to construction

• Prepare and review feasibility studies, design stages, condition reports and technical advice

• Ensure designs are compliant, sustainable, cost-effective and delivered to programme

• Manage team utilisation, quality, performance and professional development

• Maintain high standards of engineering quality, document control and design procedures

• Support bids, tenders and business development opportunities

• Attend client meetings and help develop long-term client relationships

• Translate complex technical information into clear advice for clients and wider stakeholders

• Support the continued growth and development of the Building Services team 👥

👤 What You'll Need:

- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Building Services or a related discipline – essential

• Strong experience within Building Services / MEP electrical design

• Chartered Engineer with CIBSE or IET membership

• Proven experience leading and managing electrical engineering teams

• Strong understanding of electrical building services design and delivery

• Experience managing technical quality, design standards and document control

• Confident communicating technical information to clients and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience working across multidisciplinary design teams

• Able to meet BPSS security requirements

⭐ Desirable Experience:

Experience delivering MEP electrical design within complex or technically demanding environments would be highly beneficial, particularly:

🏥 Hospitals / Healthcare

✈️ Airports

🏢 Major commercial or public-sector buildings

Large-scale and high-value multidisciplinary projects

🎯 Why Apply?

• Join a highly regarded Tier 1 contractor and established design consultancy

• Work within a 750+ strong design team

• Take genuine leadership responsibility across electrical building services

• Lead and develop a talented multidisciplinary engineering team 📈

• Work on complex, high-value projects from concept through to construction

• Opportunity to contribute to business development and client relationships

• Strong focus on technical excellence, innovation and sustainable design

London, Liverpool or Manchester opportunities available

• Salary from £60,000 , depending on experience

• Flexible working arrangements and flexibility around working hours

⚠️ Please note: This role is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship .

💬 Interested in taking the next step in your Building Services career?

If you're an experienced Principal Electrical Design Engineer with a strong MEP/building services background and are looking for a role with genuine technical and leadership responsibility, I'd be keen to speak with you.

📩 Apply today or message me directly for a confidential discussion.