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Senior Electrical Engineer

Calibre SearchPenwortham, Preston🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 23 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Senior Electrical Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity to lead diverse building services and infrastructure projects with exceptional autonomy and minimal supervision, fostering significant career growth within a highly reputable consultancy. If you are an experienced engineer who thrives on independent project management and delivering high-quality results, you will find a supportive and technically strong team here, complemented by flexible working arrangements. Apply today to join a company known for its outstanding staff retention and rewarding career path.

Quick Overview

Salary
£50k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Penwortham, Preston, United Kingdom
Posted
Yesterday
CADRevit

Job Description

Senior Electrical Engineer - Building Services Preston Salary: Circa £50,000, Flexible Working, Parking on Site plus Benefits Job Ref: 40200 This role presents a rare opportunity to join a business who only tend to recruit every five years. Their staff retention is exceptional and if you are a Senior Electrical Engineer who enjoys the engineering and running projects, supporting the clients first and foremost and can produce with minimal input from others - then this is an opportunity for you to look at. There is also the bonus of working not just on Building Services but also some Infrastructure projects too including Substations, UPS', Generators and HV Rings too. The business is a well-established Building Services consultancy near Preston. They work on lots of local projects and go up to Cumbria and as far south as Greater Manchester. This opportunity has been presented as one of the team is relocating from the UK to another country. This is a genuinely strong opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys running projects independently and taking schemes from concept through to handover. If you like working in a team of technical engineers who want to do an exceptional engineering job you will feel at home here.

The role:

No need to do any business development<br />But you will need to run and lead your own projects from cradle to grave<br />Work Client side and be a true consultant designing through Stages 1-4 and overseeing through to handover<br />In a lot of cases being the overall Project Lead ahead of all other disciplines<br />Peer checking where required for others<br />You need to be comfortable working on Small to Very large jobs Projects include: Healthcare estates &amp; hospital infrastructure<br />Defence sector work<br />Up to 11KV infrastructure projectsWhat they're looking for: Strong Electrical Building Services background<br />Comfortable managing own projects independently<br />Experience with Amtech or Electrical OM<br />Degree qualified ideally<br />CEng / MCIBSE beneficial but not essential<br />CAD experience useful but Revit not requiredThe business offers a very grown-up and flexible culture with excellent staff retention, no micromanagement, and a collaborative technical team. If you'd be interested in hearing more, feel free to message me directly for a confidential chat. Calibre Search promote equality in the workplace and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified candidates regardless of their sex, race, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age. We act as both an employment agency and employment business

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