Design Engineer (Multi-Utility)

About the opportunity:

Are you ready to electrify your career? We’re looking for an Design Engineer (Multi-Utility) to join our vibrant Energetics Design team at Last Mile in our Hamilton, Glasgow or Warrington office! This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with electrical experience to step in and learn the multi-utility industry.

As a Design Engineer (Multi-Utility), you'll lead the charge from quote acceptance to design approval, collaborating with sales teams on technical matters and ensuring every design meets the highest standards for construction as part of our Energetics brand. You'll also handle the completion of bill of quantities, design variations, and costing in line with our commercial and financial procedures.

Power up your career with Last Mile!

Your responsibilities as an Design Engineer:

• Manage a portfolio of electric design projects ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, standards and technical policies and bulletins
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the design life-cycle from quotation to adoption, ensuring that time-bound milestones are achieved
• Create cost effective solutions for domestic, industrial and commercial, EVCP and high rise developments
• Liaison with Design Engineers to ensure appropriate technical input and compliance with standards is achieved
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders including Delivery Teams, Operations Team and Developers
• Liaise as required with external agencies including gas / electricity network operators and water companies
• Verify contract against original quote, ensuring that assumptions, plant and equipment and non-contestable works are valid and within specification

About you:

Experience / Knowledge:

• Experience of designing electrical projects in a range of domestic, industrial and commercial, EVCP and high rise sectors
• Experience of CDM regulations and ability to interpret and apply to design solutions
• Practical knowledge of relevant new roads and streetworks regulations
• Ability to effectively understand and interpret complex engineering drawings and appropriate commercial documentation

Qualifications: (desired not essential)

• SHEA Power
• HNC/Degree in an Engineering related discipline
• Registered to minimum EngTech level with IET

We offer good benefits and remuneration packages, but most importantly, an enjoyable and rewarding place to work. We believe in rewarding our people well and there are plenty of career opportunities for the right person. 

In return of your hard work and dedication, we can offer you: 

Core Benefits: 

• 25 days holiday, increasing after 2 years by 1 day each year up to 30 days, plus 9 public holidays
• Holiday buy scheme 
• Discretionary bonus
• EV and ULEV salary sacrifice scheme (subject to minimum length of service)
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme 
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution  
• Life assurance (x4 annual basic salary) 
• Refer a friend incentive
• Wagestream
• Employee assistance programme

And once you have successfully completed your probation, you will have access to:

• Hybrid working
• Flexible start and finish times
• Private medical insurance
• Company sick pay

About us

Last Mile designs, builds, owns and operates essential utilities infrastructure so people across Great Britain have access to the heat, power, water and wastewater services they need, every day.

We are one of the largest last-mile multi-utility connections businesses in the UK. We own and manage approximately 670,000 installed connections, linking distribution networks to residential and commercial customers.

Energetics is one of the Last Mile design and build brands, working with the UK’s leading housebuilders, construction firms and independent consulting companies. We provide multi-utility connections to new residential and commercial developments for customers across the North of England, North Wales, and Scotland.

It’s our people that make us. We want to attract and retain the best talent to deliver utilities infrastructure in a way we can be proud of. To achieve this, we need to be at our very best in everything we do – and employ experienced, enthusiastic and committed people.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse working environment, where employee wellbeing is at the forefront and our people feel valued. We provide tailored ongoing training and development, but most importantly, long term career opportunities for you to learn, develop and grow in your role. If you are motivated to succeed and have a ‘can-do’ attitude, we would love to hear from you!

For further enquiries contact – recruitment@lastmile-group.com or visit our website www.lastmile-group.com