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Senior Electrical Engineer - Lighting & Energy Solutions
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Senior Electrical Engineer - Lighting & Energy Solutions
Senior Electrical Engineer - Lighting & Energy Solutions
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
To meet our growing UK business needs and future development aspirations, we are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Lighting & Energy Solutions team.
About the Role
You will provide low-voltage electrical design and consultancy services, taking ownership of defined workstreams on complex engineering projects and supporting technical leads on nationally significant schemes. Roles include playing a key role in delivering high-quality, compliant designs, while contributing to coordination across multi-disciplinary teams and supporting less experienced colleagues.
Diversity of Projects
You can expect to work on a diverse range of projects for major public and private sector clients, including:
- Small and large-scale Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure feasibility studies, design, and technical assurance roles (including local authority LEVI schemes and multi-vector refuelling hubs with megawatt charging systems and low-carbon fuels).
- Renewable energy generation and energy storage system specification and design to support decabonisation and net zero objectives.
- Urban realm and regeneration projects to create safe, attractive, and functional public spaces.
- Highway electrical design and technical assurance for local authority and National Highways clients.
Key Responsibilities
Here’s what you could expect each day across a varied workload:
- Take responsibility for the delivery of defined design packages, ensuring right-first-time, high-quality, safe, and compliant designs (including CDM regulations).
- Support design team leads or project managers on larger projects, including undertaking technical design checks and contributing to reviews to ensure alignment with scope and standards.
- Act as design lead on smaller or less complex projects, managing discipline inputs, project programme, and commercial performance, and escalating risks or issues in a timely manner.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks within your workstreams, ensuring safe, compliant, and buildable design solutions.
- Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams and key stakeholders, maintaining effective communication from concept through to construction stages.
- Contribute to project meetings, workshops, and reviews, providing clear technical input and progressing actions.
- Support the development of junior engineers and technicians by providing guidance, checking work, and contributing to their professional development.
- Contribute to bid and tender activities, including technical scope definition, method statements, and estimating for electrical elements.
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Benefits with WSP
Your career at WSP is in safe hands—we’re fully committed to continued professional development, and you’ll be actively involved in regional and national professional institutions. Some key benefits include:
- Support within one of the largest design teams in the UK as part of a diverse global consultancy.
- Access to local, national, and global technical support networks to develop your skills.
- Opportunities to develop knowledge and experience individually and as a team leader.
- Ability to deliver projects for national and international significance.
- Exposure to a diverse range of clients and stakeholders.
- Membership with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) or equivalent institution, including mentoring for the Engineering Council registration.
- Professional development (CPD) opportunities, ongoing industry events participation, and seminars.
About You
We want to see you demonstrate:
- A strong track record of delivering low-voltage electrical design to a high UK transportation sector standard.
- Experience in feasibility, design, installation, maintenance, or technical assurance roles within EV or wider transportation (road/rail) sectors.
- Ability to take ownership of work packages, with responsibility for technical quality, programme, and cost performance.
- Experience working both independentially and within teams, growing confidence in leading smaller projects or discipline packages.
- Evidence of clear and effective communication, engaging internally and externally with stakeholders.
- Multi-disciplinary coordination and design integration experience.
- Active membership in or working towards Engineering Council registration (IEng or CEng) and participation in a relevant professional institution.
- City & Guilds 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (C&G 2382) certification.
- Experience with relevant software (e.g. AutoCAD, Trimble Amtech ProDesign, ElectricalOM)—not essential but a bonus.
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Why Join WSP?
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms, dedicated to delivering lasting positive impacts on communities through innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 11,000 professionals in the UK and aligned globally, we connect careers with purpose.
The future is up to us. Join us today.
About Us
At WSP, our people share a common purpose—to create change for the better in every community we serve. Our UK and Ireland operation teams combine local engagement with global expertise to achieve real-world impact.
What’s In It for You?
✅ Work-Life Balance
Our hybrid working policy allows you to work from home two days a week while collaborating in modern offices across the UK.
✅ Inclusivity & Belonging
We celebrate diversity and foster a culture of inclusion, with employee resource groups promoting a sense of belonging.
✅ Health & Wellbeing
Our priority is your wellbeing:
- Access to our Virtual GP service for NHS or Irish GP appointments.
- Gymflex – discounts on annual gym memberships.
- Menopause support packages and workplace adjustments for accommodate needs.
✅ Flex Time & Flexible Work
- "WSP My Hour"—the ability to take one unpaid hour for personal activities each day.
- Part-time and flexible work options available.
- Include purchaseable leave and the ability to shift bank holiday entitlements to your preference.
✅ Career Development
Our Chartership and mentorship programmes help you grow, fostering professional development through training, continued learning platforms, and professional support.
WSP Commitment to Equality
We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy status. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee interviews to any disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments, please inform us—we’re committed to making the process accessible.
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