Senior or Principal Electrical Engineer (Data Centers and Mission Critical)

Senior or Principal Electrical Engineer (Mission Critical and Data Centers)

London

Working alongside the Project Leader, you will be facing clients, responding to our clients’ needs, developing designs and producing reports, specifications, and guidance, or overseeing testing and commissioning activities. We work closely as a team to ensure we achieve the best results and deliver a consistent high-quality service for our clients.

About us

Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings.

Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look.

Why work for us?

You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists.

You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors.

You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.

The role

You will have the opportunity to lead electrical services design on large projects and lead overall MEP on small to medium-sized projects within the office.

Responsible for dealing successfully with Clients and other professionals.

Awareness of consultant appointment conditions.

Define and agree brief with the Client.

Represent Hoare Lea at project meetings.

Manage and prioritise the workload of a project team including specialist groups.

Host and chair internal project team meetings.

Contribute to the professional development of individual team members.

Actively lead self-identify opportunities and provide support for career development of others.

Monitor project expenditure and report to Project leader.

Ensure quality standards and technical accuracy are delivered.

Reporting cost and resource requirements to Project leader on a regular basis.

What we are looking for

Previous consultancy experience: you will appreciate the importance of complementary specialisms such as acoustics, fire engineering, and computer modelling in the design of buildings

Previous mission-critical and data centre experience.

Able to lead small to medium sized projects and able to take a brief from the project lead on large projects and deliver & control the tasks required

Responsible for the quality of our outputs

Appreciation of client needs, with the ability to face clients

Ability to identify when outsourcing is required e.g. design & CAD work

Understand and identify resource needs

Mentor and supervise junior members of staff

Ideally Chartered engineer or working towards

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary, and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career.

Private medical scheme

Life Assurance

Income protection

Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme

days annual leave, increasing to with the length of service

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave

Season Ticket Loans

Professional membership subscription

Flexitime

Flexible benefits

Hybrid Working – activity-based approach

Employee stock purchase plan – a voluntary program which allows eligible employees to purchase Tetra Tech common stock at a % discount

Holiday buy & sell up to 5 days

Study Assistance

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Referral Scheme

Sabbatical Leave

Other flexible benefits include gym and retail discounts, travel & dental insurance and GAYE (Give as you Earn)

Flexible working - We’re happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage

To apply simply complete a CV profile and submit your application, or for further information please contact

We are committed to being a place where underrepresented individuals and communities are not just included, but where marginalised knowledge and experience is valued, amplified, and harnessed. So, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, people of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled people, neurodivergent people, and those from all other underrepresented or marginalised groups. To learn more about our approach to diversity, equity and inclusion, see our .

Adjustments and accommodations

If there are adjustments or accommodations that we can put in place to ensure you can participate and give your best at any stage of the recruitment process (whether relating to disability, neurodivergence, or anything else) please let us know.

Flexible working

We are committed to enabling a healthy work-life balance for all employees. So, we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements to suit their particular needs and lifestyle, including part-time, term-time-only, and remote working.

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