Senior / Principal Electrical Engineer
Posted 11/05/2026 by RGB Recruitment
Electrical Engineer - Senior / Principal (Building Services)
Location: Exeter / Plymouth
Employment Type: Permanent
Overview
A global engineering and infrastructure consultancy is strengthening its Electrical Building Services capability across Exeter and Plymouth, supporting delivery of complex, high-value and technically demanding projects.
The role sits within a building services team, delivering large-scale infrastructure schemes across defence, transport, healthcare, justice, commercial and public sector environments.
A significant proportion of workload is within secure defence and critical national infrastructure, requiring robust technical leadership and design assurance.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Exeter / Plymouth
Employment Type: Permanent
Overview
A global engineering and infrastructure consultancy is strengthening its Electrical Building Services capability across Exeter and Plymouth, supporting delivery of complex, high-value and technically demanding projects.
The role sits within a building services team, delivering large-scale infrastructure schemes across defence, transport, healthcare, justice, commercial and public sector environments.
A significant proportion of workload is within secure defence and critical national infrastructure, requiring robust technical leadership and design assurance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead electrical building services design across all RIBA stages (0–7)
- Act as technical lead for LV systems including power distribution, lighting, fire alarms, life safety systems, standby power and UPS systems
- Produce, review and approve electrical design deliverables including calculations, specifications and drawings
- Provide technical governance and ensure compliance with UK regulations, CIBSE guidance and internal standards
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams across complex projects
- Attend and lead client, stakeholder and design team meetings
- Support project delivery across secure and defence environments where applicable
- Mentor and develop junior and intermediate engineers
- Contribute to digital design, BIM coordination and technical innovation
- Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or Building Services Engineering
- Significant consultancy experience in building services design
- Proven ability to deliver complex UK construction projects
- Strong technical knowledge of electrical systems design and coordination
- Chartered Engineer or working towards (required for Principal level)
- Experience in defence, secure estates or critical infrastructure advantageous
- Strong Revit / BIM capability beneficial
- Work on nationally significant defence and infrastructure projects
- Clear progression to Associate and leadership levels
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Strong global technical network and multidisciplinary support
- Long-term pipeline of secured major programmes
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- 06/07/2026
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- 105481
- Job ID:
- 225091185
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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