Description
We are seeking a Principal Lighting Engineer to join our Lighting & Energy Solutions team at WSP. As a Principal Lighting Engineer, you will play a key role in providing comprehensive lighting and electrical engineering design and advisory services to clients across the public and private sectors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Liaise with colleagues, multi-disciplinary design teams, stakeholders, and clients.
- Coordinate detailed design layouts, engineering drawings, and support documentation.
- Manage the preparation of feasibility reports, technical notes, optioneering reports, and specifications.
- Oversee project proposals and progress against programme milestones and budget constraints.
- Engage with Local Authority and Strategic Road Network clients to build strong working relationships.
- Analyze client briefs and offer expert guidance and tailored support.
- Develop and support delivery team members, including Early Career Professionals.
- Represent WSP within the lighting industry, fostering industry relationships and driving business development.
Requirements:
- Experience in leading projects and teams, with confidence in a management capacity.
- Wide knowledge and understanding of external lighting and electrical design standards, guidance, legislation, and regulations.
- Experience in lighting maintenance operations and asset management.
- Competency in lighting design from conception through to issue for construction, with experience in using Lighting Reality or Dialux lighting design software and AutoCAD.
- Risk awareness, with the ability to manage or mitigate CDM and financial risk.
- Multitasking skills, with the ability to plan work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
- Proven interpersonal, organisational, analytical, technical, and communication skills.
- Capability to coach and develop junior team members.
- Experience working within the Local Government or Strategic Road Network sectors.
- Good knowledge of external lighting products.
- Membership of a relevant professional organisation, with IEng / CEng registration or actively working towards CEng status.
What We Offer:
- Opportunity to join a growing, multi-disciplinary team of lighting professionals.
- Access to global network of lighting specialists and experts.
- Professional membership and mentorship opportunities.
- Regular CPD sessions and advanced training programs.