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Senior Electrical Engineer\nLocation: Edinburgh || Contract: Permanent || Salary: Competitive\nOur Edinburgh office is situated in the heart of the bustling city centre, with panoramic views of the castle, gardens and Princes Street below. The office is always alive with activity as it houses a 65-strong team consisting of mechanical, electrical, civil, structural and support teams. The office’s open plan kitchen and staff break out area often plays host to our team’s socialising time, whether it’s over a morning coffee, lunch or after work unwind.\nPurpose\nAs a senior member of the department your responsibilities will include the delivery and project management of the Electrical Services Design on assigned projects. You shall also be responsible for maintaining and improving the quality and efficiency of the Electrical Services design and post contract implementation offered by Harley Haddow. You shall have supervisory role over junior engineering staff assigned to your projects and shall assist in their personal development.\nYou shall be expected to act as the lead consultant on projects providing M&E representation and input at key stages of the project to other members of the project team as well as ensuring that the M&E requirements are communicated and delivered within Harley Haddow.\nThe position demands excellent communication skills; you will be representing Harley Haddow through direct contact with clients and other design team members. You are expected to represent the company at meetings in both Mechanical and Electrical Services disciplines.\nRoles and Responsibilities\nApply and enforce office procedures and basic engineering principles\n * General administrative duties\n * Development and management of Assistant and Apprentice Engineers\n * Managing multiple projects\nAssist in the setting of electrical strategies and Concept Designs as part of the RIBA Stage 1, 2 & 3 Design Process\n * Develop project electrical Services strategies\n * Prepare scheme design drawings (from concept right through to detailed design).\n * Prepare outline M&E specification in BCIS format including environmental strategies.\n * Where appropriate input to the Stage 2 and 3 MEP Reports\n * Assist in the preparation of BCIS elemental M&E cost plans.\n * Understand and work within the commercial framework for projects.\n * Prepare and deliver project presentations to client teams\nDetailed Design as part of RIBA Stage 4 production.\n * Responsibility for delivery of Electrical Services detail design.\n * Plan and programme Electrical detailed design process.\n * Supervise and plan workload for Assistant and Apprentice Engineers on projects you are responsible for.\n * Ensure that Electrical Services Detailed output meets quality requirements.\n * Provide conduit between design teams, clients and HH\n * Ensure project delivery meets deadlines and Client’s brief. This may include dealing with changes, curveballs etc but these should be professionally dealt with.\nSoftware\nExpert in the use of all necessary design software not limited to those identified below\nCAD\nRevit\nBluebeam\nAmtech/Trimble\nDialux\nPV Sol\nManual Calculations\nChorus\nWord/Excel\nActively develops the abilities of Assistant and Apprentice Engineers on the use of all software packages\nPost Contract Implementation in line with RIBA Stage 5, 6 & 7\n * Represent Harley Haddow at site meetings.\n * Manage post contract stage of project, including flow of information to maintain proposed contract works programme.\n * Monitor Electrical Installation works against Electrical Services Design.\n * Assist Project QS in cost control and final account settlement by offering technical advice\n * Ensure project closure and conclusion of all defects.\n * Review all test certification and witness onsite test match certification\n * Carry out de-brief and report findings\nPrimary Responsibilities\nTo develop designs and coordinate junior personnel to ensure delivery dates are met\nTo manage Electrical Engineering output to ensure that quality criteria are met\nAttend design team meetings and disseminate information to all members of the Harley Haddow Team\nTo provide technical support to Assistant and Apprentice Engineers\nTo prepare Electrical Services Scheme Design proposals\nTo deliver Electrical Services detailed design information.\nTo adhere to company quality, environment and H&S accredited standards as required for your role\nFollow the training you have received when using any work items your employer has given you\nTake reasonable care of your own and other people’s health and safety\nCo-operate with your employer on health and safety\nTell someone (your employer, supervisor or health and safety representative) if you think the work or inadequate precautions are putting anyone’s health and safety at serious risk.\nQA procedures\nEnsure QA procedures are followed and documented\nEnsure all work of Assistant and Apprentice Engineers is QA checked before issue to Principal Engineer for final QA check\nRole Requirements\nDegree qualified and ideally working towards chartered status.\nBeen consistently and successfully demonstrating all of the requirements of the electrical engineer role profile\nStrong record in project management, delivery, and quality.\nPeople skills and demonstrable man management and client facing skills.\nCapable of working with own initiative to provide solutions to engineering and management challenges\nHold a valid UK Driving Licence(preferable)\nBe prepared to travel to meetings and projects, as necessary.\nBenefits\n33 days holiday, inc publics and time between Christmas and New Year\nAdditional annual leave purchase scheme (up to 1 week)\nLong service holiday (1 day extra after year 6-10 giving a week extra in total after 10 years’ service)\nSalary exchange pension with Aviva HH currently 5% and EE 3% min\nPay for 1 professional membership per year\nSimply Health Cash Plan and EAP including counselling services\nCycle to Work\nHome and Tech Scheme\nWork from alternative location (1 week per year UK or EU)\nEV leasing\nEnhanced Mat/Pat etc (after 12 months service)\nDIS 3x salary\n1 charitable works day off per year\nFinders fee £3k\nWorking in a medium-sized consultancy offers the unique opportunity to be involved in projects of all sizes from start to finish – taking part in concept design, technical development, and seeing your designs come to life through to construction and completion.\nWe offer an industry-leading environment of engineering experts and the chance to work on a huge range of projects and sectors throughout the UK.\nTake your career to the next level and apply now