​What is an Electrical Designer?

Electrical Designers are responsible for creating and designing electrical systems, turning to their expertise on how electricity works to create wiring and power distribution diagrams that fit the project’s needs.

What are the typical duties and activities for an Electrical Designer?

From employer to employer the job description of an Electrical Designer will vary, however typical duties and activities undertaken include:

  • Analyse reports, drawings and tests to plan and design projects.

  • Establish design criteria and develop system designs from concept plans

  • Plan and develop drawings for production work including problem analysis, design layout and calculations

  • Review design drawings for quality assurance within scope, budget and schedule

Skills required to be a successful Electrical Designer

To be successful as an Architect, the below skills are important;

  • Communication

  • Problem solving

  • Critical thinking

  • Attention to detail

How can we help with your Electrical Designer job search?

For over 15 years we have specialised in securing contract and permanent opportunities for Electrical Designers across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.

Working globally with the largest contractors, consultancies, along with many infrastructure owners and operators, we are ideally positioned to work with talented Electrical Designers and secure the market's leading Electrical Designer opportunities.

With a reputation for being experts in the sectors that we operate, we are also renowned for consistently delivering the right opportunities to our candidates, working proactively in order to give our candidates the edge in a competitive marketplace.

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If you are looking for a new Electrical Designer opportunity, please get in touch with our specialist recruiters to discuss your situation in more detail. Alternatively you can search all of our current live jobs across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.

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​Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire. The name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through the city and is known as a historic part of Yorkshire. Sheffield had a reported population of 500,000 in 2019, which made it the 3rd most populous district in England. The 21st century has seen extensive redevelopment in Sheffield.

Sheffield’s economy has experienced steady growth averaging around 5% annually, greater than that of the broader region of Yorkshire and the Humber. Sheffield has seen numerous large scale construction projects over the past couple of years and has multiple large constructions projects in the pipeline, such as:

New hotel at Sheffield Velocity Tower

This seven-storey scheme will see a 126-bed Ibis Budget hotel delivered, along with ancillary accommodation and a restaurant at ground level floor, the Construction Enquirer reports. The site will form part of the larger Velocity Tower development, a completed 22-storey landmark residential apartment building.

New Era Square

New Era Square, at the corner of St. Mary’s Gate and Bramall Lane, is a residential and leisure development costing in the region of £66m. This large development is the creation of Jerry Cheung, a UK-Chinese businessman, local property developer, restaurant owner, and chair of the Sheffield Chinese Community Centre.

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