Principal Electrical Engineer

Overview

As a Principal Electrical Engineer in the Design & Advanced Technology team, you drive electrical design delivery on complex water projects and mentor a multidisciplinary team. You’ll shape technical solutions for iconic UK infrastructure and enable successful programmes from design through construction. You collaborate across client and internal teams to deliver high-quality designs and participate in business development. This role offers impact at scale with opportunities to work on landmark projects abroad and contribute to water sector transformation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate or manage a team of Electrical & ICA engineers for delivery of technical design work on complex multi-disciplinary projects to high-quality levels
• Manage time and budgets for the Electrical & ICA team to meet project milestones
• Lead and produce technical deliverables (Single Line Diagrams, Cable Block Diagrams, Load Schedules, MCC specifications, Control Philosophies, Control Network Architecture)
• Provide technical input into Electrical aspects of complex projects and work with project management to hit milestones and budgets
• Collaborate with client, operations, project, and service teams across the organization
• Mentor less experienced colleagues and grow Electrical & ICA capabilities
• Operate with minimal technical guidance and solve difficult problems; guide junior team members
• Provide technical support for bid proposals
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams in the UK and overseas to deliver integrated designs
• Adhere to QA standards and review own and others’ work
• Contribute to business development to grow the water market for the company

Key requirements

• A degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Chartered Engineer
• Experience in the Water/Wastewater Sector
• Experience coordinating or managing an electrical design delivery team in a design consultancy
• Broad perspective to identify innovative design solutions
• Strong knowledge of electrical design practices
• Familiarity with water company design codes and standards (e.g., WIMES)
• Awareness of HAZOP, lightning risk assessments, earthing and bonding, lighting design, DSEAR and ATEX installation practices
• Proficiency in electrical design software and digital analysis tools (e.g., Trimble/Amtech)
• Ability to work independently; experience in industrial and process environments
• Strong communication skills to convey technical concepts across multidisciplinary teams

• Strong communication
• Mentoring and coaching
• Collaboration across teams
• Electrical design software such as Trimble/Amtech
• Design of Single Line Diagrams and Load Schedules
• Control philosophies and network architecture

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