Principal Electrical Engineer

Description

• Lead and mentor electrical building services teams across our project portfolio.
• Collaborate with project and engineering managers and maintain strong client relationships.
• Provide input into project planning and execution, including budgeting and manpower requirements.
• Work on innovative projects in the nuclear industry.
• Assign tasks with clarity on scope, quality, and deadlines.
• Ensure adherence to safety and quality standards, meet project schedules, and stay within budget.
• Attend engineering meetings and liaise with clients and other disciplines.
• Manage and execute electrical building services work on projects, following company and project procedures.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, including CDM, safety, environmental, and site license conditions.
• Review and approve deliverables to ensure they meet required standards.
• Scope and plan electrical building services work for various projects.
• Review and check the work of other engineers.
• Participate in design reviews and HAZOPS, providing expert advice.

Requirements

• Chartered status and membership in a professional body (preferred).
• Previous experience supervising engineering staff.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Extensive engineering design experience within a regulated industry (preferably nuclear).
• Proficiency in Hevacomp, Dialux, Amtech Power, AutoCAD, and IES (Revit experience is a plus).
• Experience in influencing engineering practices and outcomes.
• Degree in a technical or engineering-related subject (preferred).
• Up-to-date knowledge of building regulations, legislation, and standards.

Benefits

• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.

Training + Development

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