Senior Lighting Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK seeks a Senior Lighting/Electrical Design Engineer to join their team. This hybrid role involves delivering innovative design solutions for various projects, compliance with health and safety legislation, and mentoring team members. The firm offers flexibility, career development opportunities, and a range of benefits, including a generous pension scheme and wellbeing initiatives. Candidates should demonstrate relevant experience and progress in professional training. Applications from all qualified individuals are welcome.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Flexible benefits scheme

Health cash plan

Community Involvement Days

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a Graduate Engineer role or equivalent.
• Ability to produce technically solid engineering solutions.
• Experience in following health, safety, and welfare procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develop effective concept design solutions consistent with project briefs.
• Supervise and mentor team members.
• Prepare technical reports like feasibility assessments.

Skills

Experience with LED upgrade programmes

Design and maintenance skills

Health and safety compliance

Client liaison

Education

Progress towards professional training programme

Job description

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Senior Lighting/Electrical Design Engineer

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 Lightning/Electrical Engineer to join our Consulting Energy, Lighting & Technology Practice in Normanton or York. This is a hybrid opportunityand with office space in several cities like Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester, Cardiff,and Edinburgh we are also open to applications from across these regions.

Our Local Authority business currently provides design resource for large LED upgrade programmes and ongoing design work for various local authorities supporting with 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 very end result, and every project will be different from the last. You’ll feel inspired to challenge yourself, as well as your colleagues. You’ll have the opportunity to thrive and we’ll help you shape your career whether through further qualification, learning new skills or whatever else you need to achieve your ambitions.

You will be responsible for or assist with:

• Developing effective concept design solutions that are consistent with the project brief.
• Undertake a wide range of design work on all aspects of the functions design and maintenance.
• Implement effective, value for money and innovative design solutions to meet technical and project requirements.
• Progress projects through preliminary and detailed design with emphasis on client requirements, and ensure innovation and best practice is highlighted and adopted where practicable.
• Drive effective health and safety practices within your team.
• Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM regulations.
• Supervise, mentor and develop team members.
• Assist 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, cost estimating for works and fees.
• Support the preparation of bids and delivery of services on other contracts.
• Inspection work, feasibility studies, cost estimating for works and fees.
• Effective management and response of project related correspondence.
• Checks to ensure compliance with the integrated management system and assist in development.
• Prepare technical reports (e.g. Feasibility/Options Reports, Assessment Reports and other technical reports).
• Development of engineering solutions and presentation of engineering options.
• Liaise with the Client and our Community partners to ensure solutions that are developed are suitable for buildability and maintainability.
• Keep up to date with your own 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 are able to demonstrate experience and expertise within the relevant technical field, probably gained in a Graduate Engineer role or equivalent
• You are able to 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 are able to 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 when you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers.

Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation, and with dedicated mentoring and support on hand to ensure you hit your career milestones. We’re huge advocates for professional development and offer a recognition bonus for those achieving professional qualifications.

Work-life Balance –

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

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

EDI-

At Amey we celebrate our people and all that they are. This is reflected in our Affinity Group networks, providing 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 get 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, cycle2work scheme, 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

At Amey Consulting, we value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. As one of us, you can really be yourself, because your individuality is an asset.

You’ll be stretched, but always supported. Well recognise your hard work and look after your well-being too. You’ll be empowered to play your part and achieve, encouraged 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.