Senior Electrical Engineer

Do you want to make a difference in the field of engineering? Do you dream of driving innovation in projects, breaking established norms, and working in an exciting international environment? Join Deerns and become part of our team of experts from around the world.

Founded in 1928, Deerns is an engineering consultancy specializing in building services—professional services needed to design, construct, and operate buildings in a correct, safe, and environmentally friendly manner. With over 600 professionals worldwide, and operational offices in the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Colombia, Kuwait, and Brazil, Deerns is a global leader in engineering, strategic consulting, and sustainable development for the built environment.

Deerns provides consulting services for system design, energy, sustainability, acoustics, construction safety, and fire protection in sectors such as offices, residences, retail, hotels, sports and leisure, airports, data centre, clean tech, and hospitals. For more information, visit www.deerns.com

We are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer specialising in system engineering. The Senior Electrical Engineer will deliver industry leading solutions for high specifications Data Centre systems worldwide. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be a lead electrical engineer providing efficient Data Centre designs at all stages of the design. This is a full-time hybrid role located in our London office (3 days working from our UK Office (London Bridge), 2 days from home or 50% of the time in the office).

• Develop concept and detailed design of electrical services and associated controls.

• Attend and/or lead client, design team, professional, contractor and site meetings.

• Produce Schematics, specifications, calculations, equipment schedules and reports to meet the required industry and legal standards

• Coordinate your designs with other disciplines.

• Maintain a commercial awareness of projects, track hours versus agreed fees.

• Agree any variations or changes to the design prior to allocating additional hours.

• Monitor and review the quality of the work produced by graduate electrical engineers or electrical engineers.

• Monitor and review the quality of the contractor's electrical installations, ensuring they meet the client's requirements and local standards / regulations.

• Carry out validation reviews of contractor’s designs and specifications.

• Carry out QA/QC inspections on site and produce associated reports.

• Attend witness testing activities on site and produce associates reports.

Develop concept and detailed design of electrical services and associated controls.

Attend and/or lead client, design team, professional, contractor and site meetings.

Produce Schematics, specifications, calculations, equipment schedules and reports to meet the required industry and legal standards

Coordinate your designs with other disciplines.

Maintain a commercial awareness of projects, track hours versus agreed fees.

Agree any variations or changes to the design prior to allocating additional hours.

Monitor and review the quality of the work produced by graduate electrical engineers or electrical engineers.

Monitor and review the quality of the contractor's electrical installations, ensuring they meet the client's requirements and local standards / regulations.

Carry out validation reviews of contractor’s designs and specifications.

Carry out QA/QC inspections on site and produce associated reports.

Attend witness testing activities on site and produce associates reports.

• The role will be primarily office based but will involve some site attendances (UK and International).

• Be capable of taking the lead on projects with minimal input from management team.

The role will be primarily office based but will involve some site attendances (UK and International).

Be capable of taking the lead on projects with minimal input from management team.