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We're looking for an Major Projects Electrical Lead to join our Design team based in Gerrards Cross / Speke. Kier Design are a top-25 engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn+ project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment.

We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more

Gerrards Cross / Speke

40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

As Major Projects Electrical Lead, you'll be working within the Mechanical Electrical and Technology team, overseeing and coordinating the electrical design for large, complex construction projects, acting as the central point for technical excellence, team leadership, client liaison, and ensuring sustainable, compliant, and cost-effective design delivery from concept through to construction, bridging client needs with engineering reality. They must manage design teams, integrate different disciplines, ensure quality control, and drive innovation for high-value projects.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading on the management of all works delivered through the Electrical team, managing all aspects of building Services engineering, working together with the Major Projects Mechanical Lead to ensure coordinated solutions for all allocated works, which include all major projects new builds,
• Effectively managing team utilisation levels, identifying and implementing necessary steps in balancing team capabilities and resource levels with available workload
• Setting,monitoring and maintaining standards for quality of product delivery, aligning all aspects of delivery to standard industry practices, preparation of designs and advice including feasibility, stage, and condition reports
• Providing high level technical advice in electrical building services engineering
• Participating in project design meetings, establishing solutions, agreeing concepts, working closely with colleagues and other design team members

This role of Major Projects Electrical Lead is great for you if:

• Chartered Engineer and member of CIBSE or IET, with a Degree in Mechanical Building Services or Electrical Engineering plus, significant knowledge of the road tunnel industry
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts into more readily understood information suitable for a wider business audience, experience in the application of quality procedures and document control in engineering design
• Ability to pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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