Associate/Senior Associate Electrical Engineer

Associate / Senior Associate Electrical Engineer - Building Services

Location: Plymouth or Exeter

Job Type: Full-time

The Opportunity

A leading engineering consultancy is looking for an experienced Associate or Senior Associate Electrical Engineer to join its Electrical Engineering team in Plymouth or Exeter.

This is a senior-level opportunity for an electrical engineer with strong experience in building services, project delivery, client management and team leadership.

You'll work across a varied portfolio of built environment projects, including commercial, residential, hospitality, leisure, healthcare, research, data centres, infrastructure, manufacturing and technology.

The role can suit an experienced Associate looking to lead projects and client relationships, or a Senior Associate ready to take responsibility for larger multidisciplinary schemes, business development and supporting the growth of a local team.

The Role

You will:

• Act as a key client contact, developing project briefs and managing client relationships.
• Represent the consultancy at client, design and project meetings.
• Lead and coordinate project teams, including specialist engineering groups.
• Manage workloads, priorities and internal project meetings.
• Deliver high-quality projects while maintaining commercial awareness.
• Monitor project expenditure, resources, costs and risks.
• Delegate, review and check work completed by junior engineers.
• Support the development, mentoring and progression of team members.
• Ensure electrical designs meet relevant standards, regulations and client requirements.
• Coordinate electrical design with other disciplines and external consultants.
• Build relationships with clients, consultants and contractors to support repeat business.
• Contribute to technical knowledge sharing and best practice.

Additional Senior Associate Responsibilities

At Senior Associate level, you will also:

• Lead larger and more complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Support interviews, bids and business development activity.
• Help develop and lead the local electrical team.
• Contribute to the growth and direction of the local practice.
• Work closely with senior management on team performance and future opportunities.

About You

We're looking for someone with:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong technical knowledge of electrical building services and relevant regulations and design standards.
• Significant experience delivering projects and managing client relationships.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary design teams.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills.
• Good commercial awareness, including project costs, scope and risk.
• Experience mentoring, managing or developing engineers.
• Strong organisation and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience with relevant engineering software and BIM workflows.
• A proactive approach to professional development and technical knowledge sharing.

What's on Offer

The role offers the chance to work on a varied portfolio of technically interesting projects within a collaborative and supportive engineering environment.

Benefits include:

• 25 days' annual leave, increasing with service
• Private medical cover
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Share/stock options
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Opportunity to participate in a 9-day fortnight
• Professional and technical development programmes
• Employee communities and networking opportunities
• Social and wellbeing initiatives
• Career progression and leadership opportunities

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.