Senior​/Principal Electrical Engineer ( Building Services

Job Title - Principal Electrical Engineer ( Building Services)

Location - London

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Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Independent in ownership and spirit, we combine innovative digital solutions and processes with our domain expertise across the built environment to make a positive difference to the world.

Arup’s electrical engineers bring specialist expertise to solutions for buildings, transport infrastructure and energy, water and waste utilities. Our comprehensive services include energy audits, demand assessment, supply and system resilience, utilities consultancy and sustainable electrical engineering design.

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Based in London, our Property, Science and Industry group is undergoing significant growth as it continues to win major work in the commercial, residential, retail and science sectors.

This is an opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic Incorporated / Chartered Principal Electrical Engineer to join our London team.

Our team is looking to strengthen its project level leadership through the recruitment of an electrical engineering lead who can provide a combination of technical, project and business area leadership. They will hold specific multi-disciplinary technical leadership and management responsibilities within the Property business.

Our projects need to be part of the transition to net-zero carbon and increasingly we see electrical engineering sitting at the heart of how that transition can be achieved. We are looking for people who can understand the magnitude of the challenge and rise to it, bringing with them a sense of inquisitiveness and an enthusiasm to challenge the status quo.

• Residential and social infrastructure projects :
  Ebury Bridge Estate and East Village;
• Rail building projects :
  Euston Station, Bond Street Elizabeth Line Station and HS2;
• Airport projects :
  Heathrow and Athens International Airport;
• Commercial developments : 8 Bishopsgate, 90 Long Acre, 1 Embankment Place;
• Culture and mixed use projects : UCL East Marshgate, The Royal Opera House and Selfridges Department Stores
• Decarbonisation projects & net zero strategies : various clients and portfolios
• Technical electrical infrastructure studies : locations of national strategic significance

You will be a key part of a multidisciplinary, collaborative team of Engineers and Technicians, working flexibly from our London office. Our projects are global and will allow you to work with and succeed in an international, multi-cultural business environment with a strong focus on sustainability in all we do.

As a Principal Electrical Engineer you will be responsible for the production of the electrical and MEP designs on your projects and as such will be accountable both to project leaders and the electrical discipline within the business, taking responsibility for projects from inception to completion to achieve outstanding results.

Day to day you will prepare and co-ordinate electrical reports and specifications and undertake comprehensive technical review of submittals from contractors. You will design, develop and produce high quality electrical designs for your projects involving sketches, calculation plans, technical studies, drawings, reports and models. Alongside your project work, you will also provide technical guidance and mentoring to our junior engineers on the team.

The role is external facing and you will be responsible for setting up and delivering project outcomes, including financial performance and client satisfaction. We expect that you will be a capable leader of engineering project teams, achieving through delegation as well as directly.

You will be responsible for the production of the electrical and MEP designs on your projects and as such will…