Senior Security Engineer

Atkins

Réalis’ Building Services Design Practice are looking for an experienced, motivated Senior Security Engineer seeking to develop their career in a positive, stimulating and supported environment and join our team where talent is encouraged and growth opportunities unrivalled. We have an opening in our new modern office in Epsom or Warrington (Glasgow, Bristol, Leeds, Exeter would also be considered) which offers a fantastic collaborative environment for our multi‑disciplinary teams and includes:

• Secure Bike Storage with ample Shower and Changing facilities.
• Subsidised Staff Restaurant.
• Subsidised Staff Coffee and Sandwich Shop.
• Excellent environment with low carbon comfort cooled environment with displacement ventilation and concrete core cooling.
• Regular social events at team, practice, and office level.
• Wellbeing breakout areas.
• Staff car park with EV charging.
• External private landscaped areas with seating in.
• Nearby access to Epsom Downs for runners / walkers.
• Atkins
  
  Réalis Shuttlebus from the Station and town.
• A local Building Services Team of 90+ Engineers.

• Modern fully equipped office space.
• Excellent travel links via shuttle bus and rail.
• Staff car parking available.
• Situated in Birchwood Park which offers a wide variety of food vendors, nursery facilities, gym and fitness facilities and green spaces.

The opening presents the opportunity to join the Building Technologies Group, who are part of the wider Building Services team. The team playing a leading role in some of the world’s most challenging and exciting engineering projects across a plethora of sectors including Mission Critical, Aviation, Energy (eg Fission, Fusion, Large scale PV), Commercial Offices, Residential, Blue Light, Education, Transportation and Defence.

Our work will have you working with designers all across the UK and internationally on projects that range from small net zero carbon housing developments to projects of significant and national scale.

The opportunity will require candidates to be client‑facing as well as being involved in the day‑to‑day design and management of projects. It is an exciting opportunity for an experienced security engineer to further develop their career within a leading building design consultancy.

Our focus is on developing our staff to realise their full potential, with development plans geared to individual needs and abilities. This role will allow development of existing technical skills as well as providing potential to expand digital skills and project management.

Our Practice is committed to developing our ways of working using emerging Digital Technology and your work will be supported by our Research and Innovation teams and local digital champions who are delivering Digital Transformation programmes at a local and international scale. Our ideal individual will bring strong technical skills to the role, as well as an enquiring mind able to contribute to the growth of our digital practice, and the potential to lead and manage large and diverse delivery teams, locally and remotely.

The senior security engineer role will assist in developing the team within the Building Technologies Group, providing expert advice and assisting in the development and enhancement of our in‑house technical standards, details and specifications.

• Degree qualified, or equivalent qualification in a Security, Electronic Engineering, or ICT related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution or be working towards Chartership.
• Strong project experience of designing enterprise level electronic access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection systems.
• Understanding of systems integration and security management systems.
• Good understanding of IP data networks and the associated physical infrastructure.
• Experience of digital engineering technologies / Building Information Management (BIM), the ability to use key software packages such as Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD would be desirable.
• Experience of working in a design consultancy and/or experience of working within a contractor design environment is essential.
• Detailed knowledge of appropriate technical standards.
• Able…