Senior Lighting Engineer

Locations: Cambridge,Warrington,Nottingham, Chelmsford, Epsom

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, ambitious lighting professional to join the growing Lighting, Electrical and Daylighting practice at Atkins. The ideal candidate will have experience in a varied range of lighting applications across the highways, transportation and infrastructure sectors.

The successful candidate will be enjoying a successful career in lighting and be ready to take the next step in their development.

Responsibilities:

Technical -

• Responsible for the delivery of technical consultancy and design support related to exterior lighting projects and businesses as required.

Stakeholder -

• Liaising with customers in a responsive and client focused manner.
• Engaging with customers and other stakeholders to develop appropriate solutions.

Management -

• Supporting the Team Leader and other teams with the development of technical solutions, reports and management of projects.
• Responsible for leading and completion of specifically assigned tasks to time and cost.
• Adhering to the company’s Quality, Safety and Environmental procedures.
• Delivering projects to time and budget.

People -

• Assigning work to and checking the project work of other staff.
• Mentoring and supporting the development of others.

Essential Requirements:

Technical -

• Qualified to least HNC in electrical engineering, or similar discipline.
• Registered full Member of the Institution of Lighting Professionals.
• Engineering Council registered to CEng or IEng.
• ILP Exterior Lighting Diploma or its predecessor.
• Experience of BS 7671 (18th Edition Wiring Regulations).
• Proven ability to apply lighting standards in such a way to deliver client requirements.
• Substantial experience of National Highways (NH) and local authority requirements.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement at senior client and contractor levels.
• Proven ability to act as discipline lead on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office software particularly MS Excel and Word.
• Proficient in discipline design software particularly AutoCAD and BIM related plugin’s, Lighting Reality and electrical cable sizing software.
• Experience of the preparation of technical reports.
• Ability to supervise a small team undertaking checks and inspections of constructed works for compliance with design and specifications, including monitoring and proposing remedial actions.

Management -

• Proven ability to deliver work within set timeframes.
• Proven ability to project manage projects ensuring a consistent high-quality output.

Desirable -

• Registered with the Highway Electrical Industry Sector Scheme for Authorised Personnel.
• Current CSCS card.
• Experience in developing and delivering presentations.
• Experience of business development.
• Experience in a range of technical areas such as:
  • Public open space decorative lighting solutions.
  • Environmental impact assessments.
  • BIM / 3D modelling / visualisations.
  • Central Management Systems.
  • Rail and light rail.
  • Lighting policy and strategy development.
  • Sustainability.
  • Carbon management techniques.
  • Optimisation techniques and tools.
• Familiarity in the development and agreement of scopes and management of the internal technical supply chain, including budgets, programme and quality of deliverable.
• Driving Licence.

The Individual:

• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.
• A team player, dedicated to the delivery of projects.
• Works to personally set deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Ambitious, confident and professional manner.
• Able to use initiative and has a desire to continuously improve.
• Enjoys working on a variety of complex projects.
• Dedicated to continuous professional development.
• Flexibility for occasional periods of working away from normal office location.