Principal Electrical Design Engineer

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Amy Lammie

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Principal Electrical Design Engineer

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We're looking for a Electrical Lead to join our Major Projects team based in Liverpool or London.

Location: Liverpool or London
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our electrical design team, overseeing and coordinating the electrical design for large, complex construction projects. You'll be the central point for technical excellence, team leadership, and client liaison, ensuring sustainable, compliant, and cost-effective design delivery from concept through to construction. This role bridges client needs with engineering reality whilst driving innovation for high-value projects.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Electrical Lead, you'll be working within the Major Projects team, supporting them in delivering exceptional electrical design solutions. Your day to day will include:

• Leading and managing the electrical design team, overseeing all aspects of Building Services engineering and coordinating with the Mechanical Lead to ensure integrated solutions
• Managing team utilisation, development and capabilities, whilst maintaining quality standards aligned to industry best practices
• Liaising with clients and stakeholders, participating in design meetings, and providing high-level technical advice to establish innovative solutions
• Supporting business development activities, including preparing fee proposals, quality responses, and attending client meetings to win new opportunities
• Ensuring projects are delivered on budget and to timescale, whilst maintaining excellent customer satisfaction and adhering to QA procedures

What are we looking for?

This role of Electrical Lead is great for you if:

• You're a Chartered Engineer and member of CIBSE or IET, with a Degree in Electrical Building Services or Electrical Engineering
• You have significant experience managing and driving multi-discipline technical teams with a proven track record of achieving challenging business targets
• You possess excellent communication skills, able to translate complex technical concepts into clear information for diverse audiences
• You have experience applying quality procedures and document control in engineering design
• You're collaborative, trusted, and focused - enjoying building effective relationships whilst delivering what you promise with clarity and discipline

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

• Job Description - Major Projects Electrical Lead - MET (3).pdf

• Location: Salford. Speke

• Vacancy ID: 12010

• Background check: DBS - Basic

• Closing date: 21 Sep 2026

• Contract type: Permanent

• Working hours: Full Time

• Flexible working: Yes

  Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.

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