Principal Engineer/ Head of Offshore Wind

Clarehill Associates; Bristol; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy seeks a Principal/Lead Engineer to manage an office in London specializing in offshore wind solutions. The position involves business development, strategy, and design supervision for offshore wind foundations. Candidates should have advanced experience in structural engineering and excellent communication skills. This permanent role offers ongoing personal development and potential for partnership.

Benefits

Ongoing personal development and training

Qualifications

• Advanced offshore wind engineering experience, with emphasis on foundation design.
• Experience in offshore wind foundations (jackets, monopiles, floating).
• Familiarity with offshore installation and certification standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an office in London for a renewable engineering company.
• Oversee mechanical/structural engineering projects related to offshore wind foundations.
• Coordinate engineering management, procurement interfaces, and client-facing activities.

Skills

Senior structural engineering experience in offshore wind

Business development and strategy

Hands-on design engineering

Excellent communication skills

Networking within renewable energy sector

Education

BEng or MEng in Engineering (Structural, Civil or Mechanical)

Job description

Overview

As Principal/ Lead Engineer/ Engineering Manager, you will step up to chief engineer and be able to lead an office in London for a leading engineering consultancy. Specialists in foundations and steel design for offshore wind turbines, including stress, finite element analysis, loads modelling and complete design of large offshore foundations (e.g., jackets, monopiles, and steel towers).

Essential to have senior structural engineering experience in offshore wind, ideally foundation design. This is a wide-ranging, lead role with a mix of business development and strategy, management as well as hands-on design engineering. You will have offshore wind structural engineering experience at a senior level, e.g., package management, engineering management, and detailed analysis and design in the offshore wind sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an office in London for a specialist renewable engineering company, with responsibilities spanning business development, strategy and hands-on design supervision.
• Serve in roles such as Package Manager, Technical Lead, Senior/Principal, and progress to Lead an Office in London.
• Oversee mechanical/structural engineering projects related to offshore wind foundations (jackets, monopiles, floating structures) and steel towers.
• Coordinate engineering management, procurement interfaces, and client-facing activities, including chairs meetings and presentations.
• Ensure design integrity through detailed analysis and design in the offshore wind sector and supervision of project teams.

Qualifications

• BEng or MEng in Engineering (Structural, Civil or Mechanical).
• Advanced offshore wind engineering experience, with emphasis on foundation design and structural analysis.
• Experience in offshore wind foundations (jackets, monopiles, floating), steel structures (e.g., steel towers), and related geotechnical and fabrication considerations.
• Excellent communication skills, with proven ability to write, present, and lead meetings; strong networking within the renewable energy sector to support business development.
• Experience as Owner's Engineer, Package Management, Engineering Management, or Contract Management is advantageous.
• Familiarity with offshore installation, transport & installation (T&I), and dynamics of offshore wind turbine foundations; awareness of certification standards (DNV-GL, Lloyd’s Register, Bureau Veritas, etc.).

NB: It is essential to have offshore wind structural engineering experience. The client supports ongoing personal development, training and development. This is a permanent role based in London with potential for partnership.