Description
We are seeking a Senior Lighting Engineer to join our Lighting & Energy Solutions team.
As a Senior Lighting Designer, you'll play a key role in delivering innovative and sustainable lighting solutions across a diverse portfolio of projects. Working closely with colleagues, clients and stakeholders, you'll help shape projects from early concept through to construction, ensuring high-quality outcomes that enhance the built environment.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with lighting specialists, multidisciplinary design teams, clients and stakeholders to deliver outstanding project outcomes.
- Produce detailed design layouts, engineering detailed drawings and support documentation in accordance with WSP's Quality Assurance and client requirements.
- Prepare feasibility reports and technical notes, optioneering reports and specifications.
- Engage with luminaire, column, controls and electrical manufacturers.
- Co-ordinate with contractors including site support, responding to RFI's and TQ's.
- Complete non-intrusive site visits to support the development of lighting assessments and site clearance drawings.
- Support with the development of project proposals and progress against agreed programme milestones and budget constraints.
- Liaise with Local Authority and Strategic Road Network clients building strong working relationships.
- Analyse/evaluate Client briefs and offer expert guidance and tailored support.
- Guide junior team members and Early Career Professionals on their career journeys.
- Represent WSP within the lighting industry, fostering industry relationships and driving business development.
Requirements:
- Experience using Lighting Reality and/or DIALux, together with AutoCAD.
- A strong understanding of external lighting standards, legislation, guidance and best practice.
- Good knowledge of electrical design principles and lighting maintenance considerations.
- Experience delivering lighting design projects from concept through to construction.
- Understanding of central management systems.
- Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- A desire to support, coach and develop others.
- Experience working with Local Authority and/or Strategic Road Network clients.
- Knowledge of external lighting products and technologies.
- Membership of a relevant professional institution, with EngTech status achieved or a clear ambition to progress towards IEng accreditation.