Electrical Engineer
Arcadis · Manchester, England ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 18 Oct 2026.
Overview
As an Electrical Engineer at Arcadis, you will design electrical systems for buildings, contributing to smart, safe, and sustainable places. You’ll work within the Places Design Practice on projects spanning industries like Industrial Manufacturing, Defence, and Education.
You’ll deliver precise drawings, specs, and reports, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to meet budget, timeframe, and quality targets. Your work will help shape how spaces people live, work, and learn are designed and operated.
This is an opportunity to apply engineering skills to meaningful, real-world challenges with a supportive, growth-focused culture.
Responsibilities
- Work on technical aspects of small projects or components of larger projects
- Prepare drawings, specifications, reports and project documentation
- Ensure activities meet budget, timeframe and quality objectives
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to integrate the overall design
- Contribute to resolution of technical issues under supervision of a Senior Engineer
- Interface design elements with the client
Key requirements
- BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Electrical Engineering or similar
- Evidence of working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng)
- Previous experience designing electrical systems within buildings
- Understanding of how design elements interface with the client
- teamwork
- analytical and technical writing
- collaboration and communication
- electrical design for buildings
- drawings, specifications, and reports
- design interfaces with client
Market data from EasyWorkClub, not from the employer
Typical pay for Electrical engineer in Manchester: £42,500 – £59,000, from 81 adverts
98 live adverts for Electrical engineer in Manchester
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