Principal Electrical Engineer - EPC Project Lead

Saur Group; Wynyard; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays 25 days + bank holidays

Pension matching Employer 5%

Private Healthcare

Group Income Protection

Job summary

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to drive electrical engineering across all project phases from FEED to commissioning. You will manage technical deliverables, coordinate with EC&I leads, and ensure compliance with HSE standards while meeting schedules and budgets.

The role requires extensive experience in electrical design, MOA/MOC processes, and client liaison, with National Grid connection knowledge.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in electrical engineering.
• Preferably chartered or working towards chartership.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in as an electrical engineer.
• Proficiency in site surveys and data gathering.

Responsibilities

• Lead all Electrical activities of engineering, design, estimating, procurement, and eventual construction (EPC) commissioning through each phase of the project from Initial Concept / FEED to detailed design to final sign offs at site.
• Working alongside the Lead EC&I Engineer to produce detail design / construction / manhour estimates.
• Provide technical expertise on electrical discipline deliverables for projects.
• Have extensive experience when to comes to Management of Change.
• Be able to produce project schedules and to be able to work to a project schedule.
• Have National Grid connection experience.
• Fully adverse with the production of detailed design documentation, SLDs, BLDs, Wiring Schematics, Calculations, General Arrangements etc.
• Competent for the Checking / Approval of complex Electrical deliverables including calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
• Be comfortable commissioning large sites and producing commissioning procedures and plans as needed.
• Liaise with Project Managers to finalise the Electrical Engineering scope for the entire project.
• Liasing with third party companies to bring together the whole Electrical Design.
• Provide Electrical Technical Support to NSI UK sister companies.
• Work closely with Engineering Teams during the project to ensure facility integrity in terms of HSE and provide input into HAZOP / HAZIDs.
• Participation in design reviews, 3D Model Reviews, Value Engineering and Risk Management.
• Participate in site surveys / inspections to obtain field As-Built data and conditions.
• Extensive experience working within a multi-disciplinary team including instrumentation, process, civil, structural, piping, and mechanical.
• Liaise with manufacturers and suppliers to obtain necessary design data and incorporate this into the design drawings and specifications.
• Ensure design corresponds with all applicable codes and standards, with a knowledge of
• WIMES standards been preferred.
• Experience with using AMTECH / ETAP (preferred) / DIALux / AutoCAD (preferred) etc.
• National Grid Connection Experience (preferred)

Skills

Electrical engineering

Site surveys

Data gathering

Education

Degree in electrical engineering

Tools

AMTECH

ETAP

DIALux

AutoCAD

Job description

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to drive electrical engineering across all project phases from FEED to commissioning. You will manage technical deliverables, coordinate with EC&I leads, and ensure compliance with HSE standards while meeting schedules and budgets.

The role requires extensive experience in electrical design, MOA/MOC processes, and client liaison, with National Grid connection knowledge.