Senior Electrical Design Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Aylin White Executive Search
£55 Per hour
Outside
Undetermined
London
Summary: The Senior Electrical Design Engineer will lead and support data centre design projects, leveraging advanced skills and extensive experience in electrical engineering. This role involves collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and timelines. The position offers a freelance contract with the potential for long-term work within a specialist engineering consultancy focused on the Data Centre sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead or support full data centre design projects from early stages (Stage 3 or 4 onwards).
- Work closely with internal engineering teams and external stakeholders (developers, contractors, and clients).
- Oversee and coordinate technical design deliverables, ensuring project timelines and quality standards are met.
- Provide expert input across mechanical or electrical systems based on project needs.
- Report progress and technical issues directly to senior management.
- Collaborate across global teams as needed.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering large-scale data centre projects.
- Background in electrical or mechanical engineering, depending on role.
- Ability to own a project from the design stage through execution.
- Strong understanding of full design lifecycle and technical specifications.
- Comfortable leading teams or taking full ownership of project sections.
- Experience across multiple data centre builds is a strong advantage.
Salary (Rate): £55.00/hour
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Engineering
SENIOR ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
Looking for Senior Electrical Engineer with proven experience, advanced skills, and a deep understanding of electrical engineering, following a span of project wins.
What we offer:
£55.00 per hour
6-month initial contract with opportunity for long-term work
Freelance contract (outside IR35)
Company Overview:
Our client is a specialist engineering consultancy with over 15 years in the market.
They are specialists in the Data Centre sector and as such offers an opportunity to work solely within the Mission Critical space.
Main Responsibilities:
- The senior electrical engineer will lead or support full data centre design projects from early stages (Stage 3 or 4 onwards).
- The senior electrical engineer will work closely with internal engineering teams and external stakeholders (developers, contractors, and clients).
- The senior electrical engineer will oversee and coordinate technical design deliverables, ensuring project timelines and quality standards are met.
- The senior electrical engineer will provide expert input across mechanical or electrical systems based on project needs.
- The senior electrical engineer will report progress and technical issues directly to senior management.
- The senior electrical engineer will collaborate across global teams as needed.
Skills and background:
- Proven experience delivering large-scale data centre projects.
- Background in electrical or mechanical engineering, depending on role.
- Ability to own a project from the design stage through execution.
- Strong understanding of full design lifecycle and technical specifications.
- Comfortable leading teams or taking full ownership of project sections.
- Experience across multiple data centre builds is a strong advantage.