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Principal Electrical Building Services Engineer
| Posting date: | 30 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,000 to £60,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2025 |
| Location: | Kendal, Cumbria |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Align Property Partners |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Salary: £55,000 to £60,000 per year, dependant on experience
Location: Kendal or Penrith, with hybrid working
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time, Monday to Friday
Benefits: 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays, company pension and other benefits.
Are you a Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer looking to take the next step in your career?
Due to our continued steady expansion, we now have the opportunity for an experienced Principal Electrical Building Services Engineer to bring their experience, professionalism, and enthusiasm to the Building Services team at Align Property Services in Cumbria.
If successful, you will join our team working to deliver on Schools and Corporate Maintenance programmes across the local authorities in Cumbria, ensuring the buildings where our children are educated and where local people work are safe, modern, and efficient. You will have the opportunity to support Cumbrian capital works programmes, developing and modernising communities across the county.
As a Principal Electrical Engineer
You will work closely with the Technical Director to support and lead the wider team in providing a variety of services including those relating to building pathology, design, project management, building surveys and contract administration as well as producing early design advice through to detailed electrical services design.
Your previous experience in Electrical Services Engineering will have given you the ability to manage your workload effectively, with the ability appreciate complex situations and communicate clearly when working closely with other disciplines to deliver engineering solutions to meet client’s budgets and programmes.
You will be able to advise on Health and Safety issues, fire safety and sustainability throughout the design and construction period of projects, considering the Construction Design and Management Regulations. As someone who is proactive, you will look for new challenges and be committed to maintaining an annual programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
To be successful in this position, you will:
Hold a degree or HNC in Building Services/Electrical Engineering with post qualification experience.
Have substantial industry experience working as senior engineer.
Prepare electrical surveys and condition survey reports.
Investigate and analyse services defects to develop solutions to system failures.
Prepare feasibility studies and decarbonisation/sustainability reports.
Produce RIBA stage electrical design and drawings, technical specifications, schedules of works and other documents to high standards in conjunction with internal and external design disciplines.
Work as part of a team
Support and develop other engineers
Supervise and monitor Electrical installation work on site (Clerk of Works / NEC Supervisor).
Be IT proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite, Autodesk AutoCAD and NBS software, Revit.
Demonstrate knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts.
Prepare applications for utility supplies for new and existing buildings.
Hold a full UK driving license with the ability to travel.
“Align your career success with delivering our ambitious growth plans”
When you join Align, you will join a team of professionals who feel rewarded for the work they do. Operating in a friendly and professional environment, we want to provide the training and resources to succeed and thrive in your role. Our people are not just numbers, everyone is crucial to the vital services we provide, and we treat everyone in our teams with respect and complete support.
In return for your commitment, we offer:
A competitive salary up to £60,000 per year, dependent on your skills and experience
Enrolment on to a company pension scheme which we will contribute to up 6%
25 days holiday plus bank holidays with opportunity to purchase up to 10 additional annual leave days per leave year.
Hybrid working to support you in a healthy work-life balance.
Professional development through varying project work
A benefits scheme which includes a good maternity leave package, cycle2work scheme and our online voucher portal giving access to discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.
Stability in your role - public sector security in a private sector industry
Interviews are planned to take place throughout the recruitment process, if you would like to apply, please do so now and we will respond to you quickly. We reserve the right to remove this vacancy in the event of the position being filled before the proposed deadline.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief.
Please note, we do not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK
Location: Kendal or Penrith, with hybrid working
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time, Monday to Friday
Benefits: 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays, company pension and other benefits.
Are you a Senior Electrical Building Services Engineer looking to take the next step in your career?
Due to our continued steady expansion, we now have the opportunity for an experienced Principal Electrical Building Services Engineer to bring their experience, professionalism, and enthusiasm to the Building Services team at Align Property Services in Cumbria.
If successful, you will join our team working to deliver on Schools and Corporate Maintenance programmes across the local authorities in Cumbria, ensuring the buildings where our children are educated and where local people work are safe, modern, and efficient. You will have the opportunity to support Cumbrian capital works programmes, developing and modernising communities across the county.
As a Principal Electrical Engineer
You will work closely with the Technical Director to support and lead the wider team in providing a variety of services including those relating to building pathology, design, project management, building surveys and contract administration as well as producing early design advice through to detailed electrical services design.
Your previous experience in Electrical Services Engineering will have given you the ability to manage your workload effectively, with the ability appreciate complex situations and communicate clearly when working closely with other disciplines to deliver engineering solutions to meet client’s budgets and programmes.
You will be able to advise on Health and Safety issues, fire safety and sustainability throughout the design and construction period of projects, considering the Construction Design and Management Regulations. As someone who is proactive, you will look for new challenges and be committed to maintaining an annual programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
To be successful in this position, you will:
Hold a degree or HNC in Building Services/Electrical Engineering with post qualification experience.
Have substantial industry experience working as senior engineer.
Prepare electrical surveys and condition survey reports.
Investigate and analyse services defects to develop solutions to system failures.
Prepare feasibility studies and decarbonisation/sustainability reports.
Produce RIBA stage electrical design and drawings, technical specifications, schedules of works and other documents to high standards in conjunction with internal and external design disciplines.
Work as part of a team
Support and develop other engineers
Supervise and monitor Electrical installation work on site (Clerk of Works / NEC Supervisor).
Be IT proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite, Autodesk AutoCAD and NBS software, Revit.
Demonstrate knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts.
Prepare applications for utility supplies for new and existing buildings.
Hold a full UK driving license with the ability to travel.
“Align your career success with delivering our ambitious growth plans”
When you join Align, you will join a team of professionals who feel rewarded for the work they do. Operating in a friendly and professional environment, we want to provide the training and resources to succeed and thrive in your role. Our people are not just numbers, everyone is crucial to the vital services we provide, and we treat everyone in our teams with respect and complete support.
In return for your commitment, we offer:
A competitive salary up to £60,000 per year, dependent on your skills and experience
Enrolment on to a company pension scheme which we will contribute to up 6%
25 days holiday plus bank holidays with opportunity to purchase up to 10 additional annual leave days per leave year.
Hybrid working to support you in a healthy work-life balance.
Professional development through varying project work
A benefits scheme which includes a good maternity leave package, cycle2work scheme and our online voucher portal giving access to discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.
Stability in your role - public sector security in a private sector industry
Interviews are planned to take place throughout the recruitment process, if you would like to apply, please do so now and we will respond to you quickly. We reserve the right to remove this vacancy in the event of the position being filled before the proposed deadline.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief.
Please note, we do not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK