Electrical engineering jobs
Supplier side electrical engineering jobs often involve carrying out site surveys including specification, bills of quantity and schedules. Preparing contracts for building services work and ensuring full contractual supervision for both maintenance and new installations is also often required.
H&S awareness a must for electrical engineering jobs
Often electrical engineering jobs involve producing estimates so a good standard of commercial awareness is also therefore desirable. Electrical engineering work requires the ability to diagnose faults, carry out testing, maintain records and initiate servicing as required. A strong understanding of health and safety legislation and more specific areas such as asbestos regulation is also needed.
Electrical engineer jobs will require the individual to be able to work under pressure and using their own initiative with an ability to communicate at a number of different levels. In particular, electrical engineers need the ability to describe their designs clearly. These designs typically involve lighting, CCTV, security, power, and UPS among others.
Leadership skills required for senior electrical engineering jobs
A driving license is usually required as often travel from site to site during the course of a day is needed. Additionally, a good electrical engineer will be flexible in their approach to working hours in order to meet deadlines. Academic qualifications in electrical engineering, building services or a related field can often be desirable for jobs in electrical engineering. In more senior roles the ability to supervise, advise and motivate a team of is required.
More information on electrical engineering jobs and career developement is available through the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)and the Institute of Engineering Technology (IET).
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