As part of the continued expansion and development of WSP in the UK, an opportunity exists for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our existing team based primarily in the Manchester office.This role is to work as part of an engineering team, taking a senior role in project work, focused on production and client liaison and mentoring and coaching junior members of the team.
Responsibilities
• Prepare feasibility study reports to meet brief requirements in the agreed format and review with project leader.
• Work with client & design team to assemble a design specification compliant with the employers requirements, agree its format and content, and monitor and review its preparation ensuring delivery by the due date.
• Agree and monitor scope of works.
• Clearly define building requirements and purpose of use with senior team member to allow detailed design.
• Carry out detailed design to WSP and B Regulations standard ensuring CDM, QA and technical review and sign off by project leader, including complex calculations and co-ordination issues.
• Gain an appreciation of sustainability and EMS issues and incorporate requirements into project delivery.
• Review and monitor the production of calculations including QA, technical reviews and sign off.
• Ensure that information for project budget costing preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the QS informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions.
• Provide documentary information to assist in the preparation of tender documents, ensuring that information for tender preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the QS informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions.
• Provide documentary information to assist in the preparation of tender documents, ensuring that information for tender preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadline.
• Co-ordinate project contracts documents (drawings and specifications) and reviews input from team members.
• Deal with the day to day queries from site, ensuring that relevant information is available on time for construction activity.
• Report to the client any variance between the works constructed and the design intent.
• Project manage small / simple projects, using applicable project management tools.
• Lead the design process and encourage the rest of the team to deliver appropriate and cost effective solutions to the agreed programme.
• Follow in full the document control, archiving CDM and QA processes relevant to project work, ensuring drawings, specifications, reports and correspondence are issued, and filed in an appropriate manner, coach junior staff in their usage.
• Flag up business development and additional fee opportunities to team leader.
• Develop positive professional relationship with client, communicating openly about project progress.
• Participate in team meetings, disseminate information within the team, and communicate with other teams in WSP.
• Identify and act on, or refer, potential risk issues and follow in full the company commercial and contracting processes.
• Manage delegated tasks to ensure that deadlines are met and flag resourcing concerns to team leader.
• Identify and flag opportunities for additional fees to team leader.
• Complete timesheet accurately ahead of weekly deadlines.
• Assist in elements of financial management.
• Develop close working relationships, share resource with others in the team, support and encourage colleagues.
• Deputise for team leader.
Requirements
The applicant should ideally have obtained or be close to obtaining Chartered Engineer status, however applicants with proven design experience in the M&E industry will be considered. The successful candidate must have a proven ability to work within a team completing detailed design engineering, calculations, site supervision and liaison of work for a variety of projects. Design experience must adhere to British Standards and Codes.
In taking a leading role in projects the candidate should have experience of attending client meetings and other design team members; liaising and co-ordinating with the design team; directing and monitoring support engineers and CAD staff; planning work and quality control.
Preferred qualification / Education :
BEng or MEng degree in relevant engineering discipline as a minimum standard.
Competencies :
• Communication skills
• Organisational skills
• Innovative mindset
• Team working
• Self development
• Leading others
• Commercial focus
• Building Client Relationships
• Business Knowledge
• Improvement and quality
• Accountability