Job Description - Electrical Building Services Engineer

Work closely with the Customer to deliver high-quality technical support across a range of non-nuclear and nuclear facilities. This includes refurbishment and renovation activities, and new infrastructure developments. The role may involve supporting key delivery projects, providing flexible and professional engineering input to construction-related activities, and ensuring that all building services modifications, redesigns, and new systems are effectively scoped, developed, and delivered in line with operational needs, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Work transparently with various engineering discipline leads / teams to provide clear and concise reports and information regarding progress and management of Risk and Opportunities in relation to Engineering activities.
• Bring learnings & operational best practices from other engagements.
• Undertake technical and feasibility studies and site investigations.
• Develop detailed requirement specifications.
• Support projects as they evolve through the project engineering lifecycles.
• Assess the potential risks of specific projects, as well as undertake risk management in specialist roles.
• Communicate and liaise effectively with a wide set of project stakeholders.
• Support governance meetings.
• Think both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems.
• Be adaptable, as project requirements evolve, and ensure relevant parties are notified of changes in the project.
• Compile and peer review project and technical reports.

Work Experience & Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Building Services, Electrical or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Knowledge of building services, layout and industrial requirements - 18th Edition / BS7671.
• Ability to assess need for modification in line with standards and safety regulation. Particularly fire alarms.
• Develop and refine conceptual designs and detailed engineering drawings for HVAC, electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems.
• Utilise advanced CAD / BIM tools to create accurate models and blueprints.
• Draft comprehensive technical specifications and performance criteria for building services systems.
• Evaluate and select equipment based on rigorous design performance and safety requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (civil, structural, process engineers) to ensure seamless system integration.
• Participate in design review sessions to coordinate interfaces between building services and facility infrastructure.
• Consider design methodologies to streamline commissioning and reduce lifecycle costs.
• Conduct risk assessments and hazard analyses as part of the design process.
• Develop design mitigation strategies to address potential safety and operational risks.
• Prepare and maintain design documentation that supports safety cases and regulatory approvals.
• Manage comprehensive documentation from initial design through commissioning.
• Prepare detailed engineering reports and update design revisions as needed.
• Ability to work in ambiguous environments, working with a customer-first approach and providing flexibility to changing requirements.

About Us

Quest Global is an organisation at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest-growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognised expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger, and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognise that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.