Principal Electrical Engineer

Mott MacDonald; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 121,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension matched by employer up to 7%

Annual leave flexibility

Private medical & life insurance

Maternity/paternity leave enhancements

Professional subscriptions

Job summary

Mott MacDonald Bentley is recruiting a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Anglian Water @One Alliance. You will provide technical direction and design support across electrical schemes, ensuring compliance with current legislation and standards.

You will coach junior engineers, review deliverables, liaise with project teams, and drive sustainable, low-carbon design solutions while supporting offsite construction initiatives.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree and Chartered status or working towards.
• Experience with water-sector assets and capital projects.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations, standards and codes.
• Experience in leadership, mentoring and coaching of junior engineers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering technical direction for electrical discipline engineers.
• Design support for schemes; ensure designs meet legislation and standards.
• Review electrical design deliverables for quality and safety.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with project teams to meet milestones and design reviews.
• Drive sustainability and low-carbon designs.
• Promote offsite build, modular construction and repeatable solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Regulations & standards

Stakeholder engagement

Water sector knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

3D modelling tools

Job description

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

We believe that because we care about what we do, we do things better.

We know that our people are our most valuable asset, so we are dedicated to investing in them, through our comprehensive training and development schemes, exposure to the wider design and build business and endless opportunities.

We are committed to creating a workplace where our people are safe, have a voice, can reach their full potential, and everyone shares in the rewards.

You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to projects that benefit our communities – from helping to secure water supplies for future generations to protecting homes and businesses from flood risk – our projects make a real difference.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

A Mott MacDonald Bentley we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We are dedicated to building a diverse workplace where everyone feels included, has the opportunity to thrive, and is treated with respect.

Even if you don’t meet every requirement for this role but are excited about the opportunity, we encourage you to apply. Find out more about our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion here:https://www.mottmacbentley.co.uk/people.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment practices are barrier-free and as inclusive as possible. This includes making adjustments during the job application process and throughout your future career with us. Please call 01756 691572 or [e-mail] discuss any such adjustments that we can make. You can read more about our Equal Opportunities Policy here:Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to providing a flexible and agile working environment that supports both our employees and the needs of the business.

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Anglian Water @One Alliance.

As part of Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious £2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities

As Principal Electrical Engineer within one of our four business units, you’ll provide engineering technical direction to the discipline engineers in your area. You’ll provide design support for schemes and ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards.

You’ll be responsible for the checking and reviewing of electrical design deliverables produced by other electrical engineers in the @one Alliance and supply chain to ensure the processes and procedures are followed. You’ll be required to coach and mentor junior and less experienced members of the electrical team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Regularly report to the Discipline Head.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineer, Portfolio Design Managers and Project Design Managers to acquire upcoming project milestones and design review dates.
• Check specifications, schedules, datasheets, drawings, and 3D models to ensure quality, safety, and technical standards are adhered to.
• Coach and mentor junior and less experienced members of the electrical team.
• Review construction site and supply chain design queries and change requests to ensure quick but accurate responses and/or the design remains suitable.
• Input into Construction Design management (CDM) and commissioning strategy meetings.
• Update and collaborate with the Principal Engineer and Design Managers where potential improvements can be implemented.
• Liaise with other departments and project teams with respect to design requirements.
• Manage quality through the design workflow review in line with the project timeline.
• Support other leads and discipline engineers to deliver their engineering outputs to time and quality standards.
• Drive sustainability and low carbon designs
• Drive offsite build, modular construction, and repeatable solutions.

About You

You will ideally have:

• Engineering, or equivalent, degree or be able to demonstrate a degree level of knowledge through relevant experience and preferably be Chartered, or working towards, Chartered status
• Experience of water-sector assets and capital projects is essential
• Comfortable demonstrating your knowledge of all relevant regulations, standards, and codes of practice
• Experience of leadership, mentoring and coaching of junior engineers
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills

What we can offer:

• Pension matched by employer up to 7%
• Option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave
• Life assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
• 26 weeks maternity leave, enhanced paternity and adoption leave/ Shared parental leave
• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
• Gym Membership discounts UK wide
• Cycle to work scheme, interest free season ticket loans and discounted dining cards also available

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Principal Electrical Engineer

Company: Mott MacDonald Salary: Not specified Hours: Full-time Location: Peterborough, PE3 6WT Job type: Permanent Posting date: 9 Oct 2026 Closing date: 8 Nov 2026