Project Design Engineer (Lighting Solutions)

Job ID: 8306

Lighting

Date posted
2nd August 2019
Region
Country
Salary
£40,000 to £45,000
Benefits
£££ High Basic Salary + Bonus + Car / Allowance

Project Design Engineer WANTED - Home Based!!

Project Design Engineer £45k + Bonus + Car

This role will involve working closely with a dedicated sales team to develop and create Investment Grade Proposals. This will include taking the initial client brief from the pitch meeting through to audit, design, specification, financial modelling and proposal creation. The design engineer would then attend the proposal meetings with the sales team to help present the proposals as effectively as possible to ensure the client can fully understand their lighting solutions and financial propositions. For successful proposals that turn into signed contracts, the successful candidate will be required to hand the project over effectively to their delivery manager who will be responsible for the installation and delivery phase, although maintaining a close relationship with the client and help assist the delivery manager to ensure installations are completed on time and in budget. 

Key points and responsibilities:

  • Required to work very closely with our established sales, commercial and engineering teams
  • Carry out investment grade lighting audits at clients facilities to establish the existing lighting baselines and to collect the raw data needed to build a new design and specifications
  • Managing the data transfer from audit through to their financial modelling tool
  • Carry out lighting designs and specifications
  • Carry out energy usage and energy bill evaluations
  • Review the requirements, performance or financial appropriateness for lighting controls including specification
  • Manage the progress of a solution effectively with the commercial and sales team
  • Proposal generation and technical appendix documentation that form the basis of their full client proposals
  • Help identify any gaps in their product offerings and/ or be highly resourceful to overcome any project specifics or one offs that are specific to a client’s facility

Candidate Requirements:

  • Lighting design qualified to the LIA or ILP or holds a degree in electrical design engineering
  • Proven background in lighting projects within the refurbishment or new build space 
  • Or a proven background working for an LED luminaire manufacturer
  • Experience of energy usage evaluation and savings calculations
  • Comfortable with carrying out lighting audits on site
  • Excellent client facing communication skills
  • Able to work remotely and effectively 
  • Must enjoy working for a fast paced and entrepreneurial business 
  • Flexible living location


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