Job Description
Senior Electrical Engineer.
Plymouth.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our firm, based in Plymouth.
Working alongside the Team Leader, you will be facing clients, responding to our clients’ needs, developing and producing reports, specifications and guidance or overseeing testing and commissioning activities. We work closely as a team to ensure we achieve the best results and deliver a consistent high-quality service for our clients.
This is a great time to join Hoare Lea as we are focused on growth, both in the UK and overseas. We are large enough to provide stability and opportunity, and small enough to recognise our people as individuals; this has led to a culture of flexibility, individualism and organic growth.
Our Culture
Our Plymouth and Exeter offices were established to provide a local presence on our projects in the Southwest. Now with over 40 engineers and specialists, we have an abundance of expertise and knowledge regularly called upon throughout the firm, mainly within complex engineering sectors including Healthcare, Defence, Science & Research and Schools.
As a vibrant and innovative office, culture is at the heart of everything that we do. We encourage and foster a collaborative working environment, which includes the widespread adoption of hybrid working and the option to work a 9-day fortnight.
Guided by our vision, we are passionate about our purpose to positively influence the balance between people and the planet. We deliver high-performing buildings which respond to the challenges of climate change whilst creating spaces which meet the needs of modern living.
Our pioneering work has built our untouchable reputation for best practice and tangible results – and our specialists are actively influencing the direction of future sustainable practices.
About Us
Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings.
Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.
Hoare Lea has joined Tetra Tech’s High Performance Buildings Group, a global alliance of MEP firms.
Why Work For Us?
You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists.
You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors.
You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.
What You’ll Be Doing
* You will be working on a varied portfolio of projects both in the UK and Internationally
* You will have the opportunity to lead electrical services design on large projects and lead overall MEP on small to medium sized projects within the office
* Responsible for dealing successfully with Clients and other professionals.
* Awareness of consultant appointment conditions
* Define and agree brief with Client
* Competently represents Hoare Lea Ireland Ltd. at project meetings
* Manage and prioritise the workload of a project team including specialist groups.
* Host and chair internal project team meetings
* Contribute to the professional development of individual team members.
* Actively leads self and identifies opportunities and providing support for career development of others.
* Ensure quality standards and technical accuracy is delivered.
* Reporting cost and resource requirements to the team leader on a regular basis.
What We Are Looking For
* Excellent technical knowledge in Electrical Design Engineering Thorough understanding of Building Services Engineering and interdisciplinary design through all stages of the design process.
* Previous consultancy experience: you will appreciate the importance of complementary specialisms such as acoustics, fire engineering and computer modelling in the design of buildings.
* Autonomous approach: able to lead small to medium sized projects and able to take a brief from the project lead on large projects and deliver & control the tasks required.
* Responsible for the quality of our outputs.
* Appreciation of client needs, with ability to face clients.
* Ability to identity when outsourcing is required e.g. design & CAD work.
* Understand and identify resource needs.
* Mentor and supervise junior members of staff.
* Chartered engineer or close to.
Our benefits
To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career.
Core benefits
Private medical scheme
Life Assurance
Income protection
Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme
25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with length of service
Contributory pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave
Season Ticket Loans
Professional membership subscription
Flexitime
Flexible benefits
* 9-day fortnight – the firm offers all employees the option to work a 9-day fortnight
* Hybrid Working – activity-based approach
* Employee stock purchase plan – a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a 15% discount
* Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days
* Study Assistance
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Referral Scheme
* Sabbatical Leave
* Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance and GAYE (Give as you Earn)
* Flexible working - We’re happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage
How to apply
To apply simply complete a CV profile and submit your application, or for further information please contact
Diversity, equity and inclusion
We are committed to being a place where underrepresented individuals and communities are not just included, but where marginalised knowledge and experience is valued, amplified, and harnessed. So, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, people of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and those from all other underrepresented or marginalised groups. To learn more about our approach to diversity, equity and inclusion, see our DEI strategy.
Adjustments and accommodations
If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence, or anything else) please let us know.
Flexible working
We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees. So, we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements to suit their particular needs and lifestyle, including part-time, term-time-only, and remote working.
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