Senior Lighting Engineer

Amey Lg Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Birmingham seeks a Senior Lighting/Electrical Engineer to develop innovative design solutions within a hybrid work environment. You will oversee projects from concept to completion while ensuring compliance with safety regulations. The ideal candidate should have relevant experience and progress in professional training. Amey offers flexibility, career development, and various employee benefits to support well-being.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Flexible benefits scheme

Online voucher portal for discounts

Qualifications

• Experience and expertise within the relevant technical field, ideally from a Graduate Engineer role.
• Ability to produce compliant engineering solutions under supervision.
• Experience in health, safety, and welfare procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develop effective design solutions aligned with project briefs.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop team members.
• Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety, and environmental legislation.

Skills

Technical sound engineering solutions

Health and safety compliance

Effective design solutions

Education

Progress towards formal professional training

Job description

Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight and collaboration.

The Opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Senior Lighting/Electrical Engineer to join our Consulting Energy, Lighting & Technology Practice. This is a hybrid opportunity and we welcome applications from across the following regions: Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester, Cardiff, York and Edinburgh.

Amey Consulting is a design partner supporting National Highways in the delivery of the largest and most comprehensive renewals programme ever launched. The £3.6bn Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) enables National Highways to procure design and construction services across the Strategic Road Network. We also work on National Highways frameworks such as SPaTS2, OTCF and ITCF and are expanding opportunities in the technology arena.

Our Local Authority business currently provides design resources for large LED upgrade programmes and ongoing design work for local authorities, supporting lighting designs for S38, S278, highway improvement schemes and electric vehicle strategy and design.

The role

As a Senior Lighting/Electrical Engineer at Amey Consulting, you’ll see your work from early design to the final outcome, and each project will be unique. You’ll be challenged to grow your skills, and we’ll support your career development through further qualification and learning opportunities.

You will be responsible for or assist with:

• Developing effective concept design solutions that are consistent with the project brief.
• Undertaking a wide range of design work on all aspects of the functions design and maintenance.
• Implementing effective, value-for-money, innovative design solutions to meet technical and project requirements.
• Progressing projects through preliminary and detailed design with an emphasis on client requirements, ensuring innovation and best practice is highlighted and adopted where practicable.
• Driving effective health and safety practices within your team.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM regulations.
• Supervising, mentoring and developing team members.
• Assisting with contract preparation together with project planning and programming.
• Project administration reporting to the Project Manager, including monitoring programme delivery, resources and budgets, inspection work, feasibility studies and cost estimating for works and fees.
• Supporting the preparation of bids and delivery of services on other contracts.
• Managing and responding to project‑related correspondence.
• Checking compliance with the integrated management system and assisting in its development.
• Preparing technical reports such as Feasibility/Options Reports, Assessment Reports and other technical reports.
• Developing engineering solutions and presenting engineering options.
• Working with the Client and our Community partners to ensure solutions are suitable for buildability and maintainability.
• Keeping up to date with personal development to ensure the natural growth of the team and progression with your chosen professional institution.

What you will bring to us

• You have made progress towards completion of a formal professional training programme with an appropriate professional body.
• You can demonstrate experience and expertise within the relevant technical field, probably gained in a Graduate Engineer role or equivalent.
• You can produce technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working under supervision.
• You are experienced in following procedures associated with health, safety and welfare.
• You can comply with technical governance procedures within a consulting engineering environment.

What we can offer you

At Amey, we recognise that our biggest asset is our people. That’s why we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that helps you through all life’s ups and downs. We are proud to be among the top 1% of employers as recognised by Investors in People.

Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation, and we provide mentoring and support to ensure you reach your milestones. We are strong advocates for professional development and offer a recognition bonus for those achieving professional qualifications.

Work‑life Balance

We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, providing hybrid, part‑time and flexible work patterns. With a network of offices across the UK, we discuss working options that suit you.

Health cash plan, 24‑hour GP, support and assistance programmes, wellbeing ambassadors and Wellbeing Wednesday, dental vouchers.

EDI

We celebrate all our people. Our Affinity Group networks provide a community of support and connection, a safe space to share experiences, learn from one another and generate ideas – Women @ Amey, NeuroDiversity, Armed Forces, Multicultural Network, Pride, Diversability and Parents & Carers.

Social Value

You’ll receive 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.

Plus a range of other great perks and benefits including:

• Pension – Generous pension scheme which we will contribute to.
• Choices – Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle‑to‑work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey – Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out or nights in.

Your Career at Amey Consulting

We value collective expertise and the spark one person can bring. As part of our team, you can be yourself, because your individuality is an asset.

You’ll be stretched, but always supported. We recognise your hard work and look after your well‑being too. You’ll be empowered to fulfil your own ambition as well as the shared one.

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview, if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.