Principal Electrical Engineer

MOTT MACDONALD; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy in England is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to manage projects in the nuclear industry. This role involves leading electrical building services projects while ensuring safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate has extensive engineering design experience and strong communication skills. This position offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment contributing to impactful energy solutions.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Flexible benefits

Minimum of 33-35 days holiday

Enhanced family leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in influencing engineering practices and outcomes.
• Extensive engineering design experience within a regulated industry (preferably nuclear).
• Previous experience supervising engineering staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute electrical building services work on projects.
• Ensure adherence to safety and quality standards.
• Scope and plan electrical building services work for various projects.

Skills

Influencing engineering practices

Extensive engineering design experience

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Proficiency in Hevacomp

Proficiency in Dialux

Proficiency in Amtech Power

Proficiency in AutoCAD

Proficiency in IES

Education

Degree in a technical or engineering-related subject

Chartered status and membership in a professional body

Job description

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you're surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we're helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

About the Role

Join our Energy Unit's, Nuclear: Defence and Civil division as a Principal Electrical Engineer. You'll play a key role in managing and delivering projects for the nuclear industry while contributing to technical excellence and collaborating with a successful team across the UK.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work on and lead a diverse portfolio of exciting frameworks ranging from nuclear, defence, and other energy and infrastructure projects, tackling complex challenges in a collaborative and forward thinking environment!

Responsibilities:

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

Requirements:

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

Why Join Us?

• Work on innovative projects in the nuclear industry.
• Collaborate with a skilled and supportive team.
• Advance your career while contributing to impactful engineering solutions.

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

• 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.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service.
• 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.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.