Lead Electrical Engineer Earthing

Overview

As Lead Electrical Engineer – Earthing, you will steer the design and development of earthing and lightning protection for a SMR power station. You’ll align architecture, components, and verification with UK and international standards, while coordinating across electrical, civil, systems and project teams. Your role ensures safe, compliant, and robust electrical infrastructure and strong technical governance. You’ll mentor engineers, support supplier and regulator engagement, and influence long-term capability and strategy.

Pay / Benefits

• Bonus – 12.5%
• Pension – 12% employer and 6% employee contributions
• Holiday entitlement – 28 days (+ public holidays; buy/sell up to 4 days)
• Private Medical Insurance – BUPA single cover
• Life Assurance – 6x pensionable pay
• Home Office Support – 250 one-off payment

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for earthing and lightning protection systems
• Assess and substantiate designs for compliance with UK and international standards
• Develop system architecture, specifications, design documentation and component selections
• Support designers with technical guidance and design review input
• Lead or contribute to technical reviews to maintain quality through project gates
• Identify risks and develop mitigations during design and integration
• Support capacity planning, long-term strategy and team development
• Collaborate with power station engineering teams to standardise design approaches
• Represent electrical engineering in working groups, supplier engagements, customer discussions and regulatory dialogue
• Manage or oversee supply chain partners delivering work packages
• Coach and mentor less experienced engineers across the electrical discipline

Key requirements

• Experience across the electrical system lifecycle in a regulated industry (nuclear preferred but not essential)
• Strong knowledge and experience in earthing and lightning protection system design, assessment, verification, installation, commissioning and maintenance
• Knowledge of relevant earthing and lightning protection codes and standards for the UK and Europe
• Experience developing earthing and lightning protection systems in nuclear or high integrity environments
• Knowledge of MBSE methodologies and tools (Capella, DOORS or Polarion)
• Proven ability to manage contract partners delivering technical work packages
• Understanding of commercial availability and cost considerations for materials
• Practical field experience in earthing or lightning protection design or installation
• Strong communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Degree in electrical engineering or related discipline (or equivalent relevant experience)
• Open to applicants from regulated sectors including nuclear, defence, aerospace, rail and energy

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Mentoring and coaching
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Earthing and lightning protection design and verification
• MBSE tools (Capella, DOORS, Polarion)
• System architecture and design documentation

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