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Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer, Manchester

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12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Senior or Principal Electrical Engineer - Manchester

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a specialist building services consultancy as a Senior or Principal Electrical Engineer, based in Manchester. This is a permanent full-time role, offering 36.25 hours per week within an agile working framework.

About the company:
They're passionate about mechanical, electrical, and low-carbon engineering, bringing buildings to life in innovative, sustainable ways. Their client base spans healthcare, education, residential, commercial, industrial, pharmaceutical, zero carbon, and public sectors. Using research-led design and sustainable methods, they deliver tailored, net-zero carbon solutions. With over 240 people across 12 offices in the UK, Poland, and India, they truly invest in their people - promoting wellbeing, career growth, and a family-like culture.

What you'll be doing:
As a Senior or Principal Electrical Engineer, you'll enjoy a high level of autonomy and responsibility. You'll lead projects, manage junior engineers, and be client-facing-handling everything from inception to completion. Your key duties will include:

• Acting as Project Leader on selected projects
• Collaborating within multidisciplinary teams
• Attending principal meetings and delivering client presentations
• Raising the technical bar for electrical engineering within the team
• Developing into a key contact for clients and contributing to repeat business
• Working on a broad range of challenging and diverse projects
• Producing drawings, specifications, and calculations (or guiding others)
• Working closely with colleagues to achieve shared project goals
  
  Who they're looking for:
• Degree qualified in Electrical or Building Services Engineering (Chartered or working towards). Candidates with HNC/HND and strong design experience considered.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Revit, Amtech, and Relux/Dialux software
• Strong knowledge of British and European standards, Building Regulations, and preferably HTMs
• Professional membership with CIBSE or IET
• Good understanding of HV/LV systems and embedded generation integration
• Experience specifying renewable technologies and working knowledge of BREEAM
• Appreciation of mechanical engineering to collaborate effectively across disciplines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A proactive learner with a desire to develop and expand expertise
  
  What's in it for you?
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
• Excellent career progression and development opportunities
• Flexible, agile working model balancing office and remote days
• Generous annual leave with buy/sell options
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and sickness pay
• Cycle to work and electric vehicle schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme and eye care vouchers
• Recruitment referral bonus and full allowance for team-building activities
• Chance to get involved in charity, client, and education initiatives
• Inclusive and supportive culture focused on diversity and wellbeing
  If you're ready to take your career to the next level and want to work somewhere that values both technical excellence and your personal growth, this could be the perfect role.
  
  Apply now or contact Roberto Sartori on 07437 837855 to discuss this opportunity.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.