Lead Marine Electrical Engineer – Systems & Standards Expert

Tatton Recruitment; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Certain Advantage partnered with a key client to recruit a Principal Electrical Engineer. You’ll be the shipyard technical authority and discipline lead for electrical, automation, control, navigation/communication and integration‑related systems across assigned vessel projects.

The role requires leadership in design reviews, ensuring compliance with Class, Flag, SOLAS, IMO and IEC marine standards, and coordinating with Class, vendors and design houses to drive production readiness.

Qualifications

• Degree/HND/HNC in Electrical or Marine Electrical.
• Senior experience in shipyard/marine new-build or related environments.
• Strong knowledge of marine electrical systems and safety-critical systems.
• Experience reviewing electrical designs for compliance, safety and producibility.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, SLDs, load studies and vendor docs.
• Familiarity with Class rules, Flag State, SOLAS, IMO and IEC standards.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical engineering strategy, standards, governance, resourcing and performance for the shipyard electrical function.
• Review, challenge and approve outsourced electrical designs for compliance, safety, buildability, maintainability, material availability and production readiness.
• Lead electrical input to design gate, maturity, constructability and production readiness reviews before release to build.
• Ensure compliance with Classification Society rules, Flag State, SOLAS, IMO, IEC/marine electrical standards and customer specs.
• Serve as primary technical interface with Class, Flag, client reps, design houses and major vendors on electrical/automation matters.
• Lead review of SLDs, load balance, short-circuit/coordination studies, cable schedules/routing, penetrations/MCTs, equipment layouts, schematics, terminations and interface control documents.

Skills

Electrical Eng

Marine electrical systems

Shipyard experience

Design reviews

Schematic interpretation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree in Electrical/Marine Electrical

Job description

Certain Advantage partnered with a key client to recruit a Principal Electrical Engineer. You’ll be the shipyard technical authority and discipline lead for electrical, automation, control, navigation/communication and integration‑related systems across assigned vessel projects.

The role requires leadership in design reviews, ensuring compliance with Class, Flag, SOLAS, IMO and IEC marine standards, and coordinating with Class, vendors and design houses to drive production readiness.