About Us
Hoare Lea is a human‑centric and planet‑conscious engineering consultancy that delivers intelligent and sustainable solutions to complex design challenges for the built environment across the UK and beyond.
Benefits
Private medical cover, electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, stock options, 25 days of annual leave (increasing with service), 9‑day fortnight scheme, flexible and hybrid working, extensive professional and technical development schemes, and diverse community and networking events.
Location
Electrical Engineer or Senior Engineer at our Bournemouth or Reading offices.
About The Role
Play a key role in delivering high‑quality, sustainable electrical engineering solutions across multiple built‑environment projects. You will join the Electrical team and take responsibility for project deliverables, manage elements of the internal delivery team, and liaise with multidisciplinary colleagues, clients and contractors.
Key Responsibilities
- Take briefs and deliver electrical design work from inception through to completion.
- Produce electrical calculations, drawings and technical documentation that comply with relevant regulations, design guides and client standards.
- Ensure quality standards and technical accuracy across deliverables.
- Coordinate electrical design with other disciplines (MEP and specialist groups) and third‑party consultants.
- Review and comment on technical information provided by contractors and sub‑contractors; check site installations against the design intent.
- Attend and report at design team meetings, client meetings and project meetings.
- Witness selected testing and commissioning activities and support handover documentation.
- Manage own workload to meet programme deliverables and report progress to your line manager.
- Contribute to the professional development of junior colleagues.
Additional Responsibilities for Senior Engineer
- Develop briefs and take responsibility for delivering a small project or the electrical discipline on a significant/complex scheme.
- Exercise substantial autonomy and take ownership for technical decisions and project delivery within cost constraints.
- Delegate, manage and check work undertaken by others; mentor and motivate colleagues across project teams.
- Play an active role in commercial aspects (scope, risk, cost control) and ensure outputs meet project and budgetary requirements.
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent in Electrical/Building Services Engineering; industry membership preferred.
- Working towards or holding IEng/CEng status.
- Strong technical competence in LV distribution, lighting, earthing/protection, emergency/standby systems; able to produce calculations and drawings.
- Proficiency with industry software (Revit, AutoCAD, Dialux, OM Electrical) and MS Office.
- Ability to work independently, delivering an element of a project (Engineer) or leading discipline/small projects and larger schemes (Senior).
- Effective communicator with experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and liaising with clients/contractors.
- Experience of site checking, witnessing testing/commissioning and reviewing contractor submissions.
- Demonstrable commitment to meeting programmes and quality standards; commercially aware.
- Supportive team player who mentors junior staff and pursues continuous professional development (Senior expected to supervise; Engineer to support).
Equal Opportunity
We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
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