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Electrical Design Engineer
Employer: RGB Recruitment
Location: Ivybridge
Salary: 32000.00 - 45000.00 GBP Annual
Closing date: 14 Sep 2026
Specialist area: Design
Function: Engineer
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
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Electrical Engineer
The Company
An established, independent engineering consultancy based in Ivybridge, Devon, providing multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy services across a diverse range of building and infrastructure projects.
The business has a strong reputation for delivering technically robust and innovative engineering solutions, with a particular focus on quality, sustainability, and practical design. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to a varied project portfolio while developing your technical expertise and taking increasing ownership of projects.
The Role
An opportunity has arisen for an Electrical Design Engineer to join the team in Ivybridge.
The successful Electrical Engineer will be responsible for undertaking and managing electrical design projects of varying sizes, with a particular focus on industrial and logistics developments. The role offers a combination of hands-on technical design, project responsibility, client interaction, and coordination with wider professional teams.
You will work across projects from initial design through to completion, with responsibility for producing high-quality electrical engineering solutions and ensuring designs meet relevant standards, regulations, and project requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and undertake the full electrical design of projects of varying sizes, primarily within the industrial and logistics sector
- Complete electrical building services design through to high-voltage systems where required
- Take responsibility for the delivery of medium to large-scale projects
- Develop electrical engineering solutions across relevant RIBA stages
- Act as a client-facing engineer, providing technical advice and supporting project development
- Liaise with clients, contractors, architects, and wider professional teams
- Lead the coordination of electrical and wider engineering services
- Develop and specify controls, instrumentation, and operating systems associated with building engineering services
- Undertake surveys and testing of existing electrical installations
- Prepare dilapidation reports relating to existing electrical installations
- Produce and review engineering calculations, drawings, and technical documentation
- Ensure designs comply with relevant British Standards, UK Regulations, and industry guidance
- Provide technical and quality-control input across electrical engineering projects
- Attend client and project sites for meetings, surveys, inspections, testing, and other project requirements
- Manage and prioritise your own workload to meet agreed deadlines
- Attend project and resource meetings, providing accurate updates on workload and availability
- Support and mentor graduate and junior engineers
- Maintain compliance with all relevant health and safety requirements
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About You
- Degree-qualified in Electrical Engineering or a relevant engineering discipline, or equivalent professional experience
- Previous experience within building services design
- Experience delivering electrical design projects across relevant RIBA stages
- Good understanding of electrical building services and associated systems
- Strong knowledge of relevant British Standards, UK Regulations, and industry codes
- Experience using relevant electrical design, calculation, and engineering software
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel
- Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise confidently with clients and project stakeholders
- Ability to manage your own workload and deliver work within agreed programmes
- Consultancy or construction environment experience desirable
- HNC/HND or equivalent qualification desirable
- MCIBSE/MIET membership desirable
- Working towards Chartered Engineer status desirable but not essential
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What's on Offer
- Opportunity to join an established independent multidisciplinary consultancy
- Varied portfolio of building, industrial, and infrastructure projects
- Responsibility for medium to large-scale electrical projects
- Direct client and project-team involvement
- Strong technical and professional development opportunities
- Opportunity to work alongside other engineering disciplines
- Support towards continued professional development and chartership
- Collaborative working environment
- Ivybridge-based office
If you're interested, please contact Conner Richards at RGB Recruitment –
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