Principal Electrical Engineer — Lead Design, Clients & Teams

Aldwych Consulting

Leeds

Hybrid

GBP 85,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Hybrid

9-day fortnight

25 days leave

Private medical

EV salary sacrifice

Stock options

Development programmes

Career mentoring

Community events

Wellbeing & inclusion

High-profile projects

Leading clients exposure

Job summary

Aldwych Consulting in Leeds is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead design delivery on major building services projects across commercial, healthcare, residential, hotel, custodial and data centre sectors.

You will own projects from concept to completion, manage client relationships and mentor engineers within a collaborative, high-performing team.

The role offers flexible hybrid working and the chance to work on high-profile projects with leading clients.

Qualifications

Chartered Engineer status, or working towards Chartership.
Extensive technical knowledge of electrical building services design.
Strong understanding of regulations, standards and design guidance.
Proven experience leading design teams on complex projects.
Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
Commercial awareness including project costs, resources and risk management.
Strong organisational and planning skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
Experience mentoring engineers and supporting development.

Responsibilities

Lead electrical design delivery on significant and technically complex projects.
Take ownership of projects from concept through to completion.
Define project requirements and agree design briefs with clients.
Act as a senior point of contact for clients, consultants and stakeholders.
Lead, coordinate and motivate multidisciplinary design teams.
Delegate, review and technically check the work of other engineers.
Mentor and support engineers in their professional development.
Coordinate electrical designs with other engineering disciplines.
Monitor project resources, costs, programmes and deliverables.
Identify and manage technical and commercial risks.
Ensure projects are delivered to required quality, programme and budget.
Represent the consultancy at client and project meetings.
Develop existing client relationships and support future opportunities.
Contribute technical expertise across the wider business.