Principal Electrical Engineer – EC&I
Principal Electrical Engineer – EC&I, salary up to £70K
Your new company
Our client is one of the largest, most successful international multidisciplinary consultancies in the world, with offices across the UK and teams based in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Their EC&I team plays a leading role in helping the UK achieve their 2050 Net Zero targets, ensuring a mix of secure and sustainable energies can meet the industry and lifestyle demands of today and the future.
Projects that vary greatly in size, scope, and scale. So, you’ll be creating the right safe and resilient systems across nuclear power, renewables, decarbonisation development, new builds and energy efficiency.
Their work will bring you together with both UK and international designers, on projects that range from individual buildings to city size solutions and approaches.
Your new role
Our client is looking to appoint a Principal EC&I Engineer within their Net Zero Energy Business. In this role, you will assume a leading role on one of their main technical capabilities delivering right-first-time solutions for the most challenging problems in the Net Zero industry.
You will possess the flexibility to work on several small projects at a time, or overseeing several C&I engineers to deliver a multi-discipline project.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Executing and steering technical delivery of EC&I projects
- Collaborating with other disciplines on design projects
- Owning technical responsibility for project quality, design standards and delivery processes.
- Managing client relationships
- Providing quality technical advice to customers and internal teams
- Representing the company as a SME at various client meetings.
- Overseeing and coaching junior engineers
What you’ll need to succeed
- Degree in Control, or Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
- Chartered Engineer or working towards CEng status
- Working experience of a wide variety of national and international standards
- Excellent technical writing skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Client-focused approach
- Experience at various stages of EC&I design, from concept studies, front end engineering design (FEED) to detailed design, with a proven record of delivery
- Strong awareness of the commercial aspects to project delivery
- Experience developing typical EC&I deliverables
- Ability to manage performance and motivate individuals, effectively delegate tasks and quality check the technical drawings and documentation of others
- Specification and selection of process instrumentation
- Development of Operational Technology systems architectures, control philosophies, system specifications and associated schedules
- Functional Safety/ Cyber Security / Alarm Management
- Hazardous Area Protection Concepts and DSEAR / Fire and Gas Detection Systems
What you’ll get in return
- Annual salary between £55,000 to £70,000 (doe)
- Car allowance on top of your salary
- Annual bonus
- 10% Pension contributions
- Ability to buy company shares
- Income protection
- 25 days annual leave + 8 days bank holidays
- Option to buy/sell extra holidays
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance for you and your partner
- Critical illness insurance
- Dental insurance
- Gadget insurance
- Travel insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Employee assistance program
- Gym membership
- Fitness funding
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements – Will try to accommodate individual requirements.
Our client recognizes the need for a diverse and flexible workforce, and values work-life balance. They offer flexible working with no fixed 9 ‘till 5, no need for a 5-day week, no requirement for a full-time contract, and no requirement to spend all your working time in the office.
What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.