Principal / Senior Electrical Engineer

AFRY; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Back up childcare support

Return to work coaching

Job summary

AFRY’s Energy Division in the UK seeks an experienced electrical engineer to join the Thermal and Renewable Energy team. You will support projects across feasibility, FEED, owner's engineer, and EPCM stages, delivering designs, reports, and reviews for energy infrastructure throughout the UK.

You will lead technical work, communicate complex issues clearly to senior stakeholders, and travel as required to deliver high‑quality solutions in a fast‑paced, international environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2:1 degree in electrical engineering.
• Chartered status (Principal Engineer) or working towards Chartered status (Senior Engineer).
• Significant knowledge of LV to HV industrial electrical infrastructure; preferably energy projects.
• Knowledge of British and international electrical standards/regulations.
• Able to structure unclear client problems into actionable tasks.
• Proactive decision-maker with strong written and oral communication in English.
• Comfort with travel and working under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering/technical guidance to identify, analyze, and resolve project challenges.
• Provide design support and technical reviews on others' designs.
• Produce conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design deliverables (drawings, specs, cost estimates, schedules).
• Prepare technical reports, correspondence, calculations, and sketches.
• Attend factory and site acceptance tests.
• Continuously improve technical knowledge and performance.
• Maintain accurate records and files.
• Identify health & safety, sustainability, and commercial risks and mitigate them.
• Support business development, proposals, and bids.

Skills

Communication

English proficiency

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Client interaction

Project management

Design reviews

Education

2:1 Electrical Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer status / progress

Tools

ETAP

PowerFactory

Job description

• Competence area: Energy (Power generation, T&D and Renewables)
• Contract Type: Permanent

Company Description

AFRY is an international engineering, design and advisory company. We support our clients to progress in sustainability and digitalisation.

If you are looking for a workplace where you will develop and at the same time contribute to something meaningful, you have found the right place.

We are 19,000 devoted engineers, designers and experts. We operate within the fields of energy, infrastructure, industry and digitalisation, creating sustainable solutions for generations to come.

AFRY’s Energy Division employs over 2,000 experts with a presence across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. Technologies covered by the Renewable Energy team include onshore wind, offshore wind, solar PV, concentrated solar, and mechanical and electrical energy storage.

Job Description

The opportunity exists for an experienced engineer to join AFRY’s Energy Division within the expanding Thermal and Renewable Energy team in the UK.

You will provide clients with help and support at all project stages, including: technical and economic feasibility studies, technology assessments, technical due diligence reviews, Lenders’ Engineer services, front end engineering design (FEED) studies, owner’s engineer services, engineering-procurement-construction-management (EPCM) services, operation and maintenance support and optimisation and expert witness services.

YOUR TASKS:

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Providing engineering/technical expertise and guidance in the identification, analysis, and resolution of project challenges;
• Providing design support and providing technical reviews and comments on designs completed by others, as applicable;
• Providing conceptual, preliminary and detailed design deliverables, including but not limited to: drawings, technical specifications, cost estimates, construction schedules, etc;
• Preparation of thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and sketches;
• Attending factory and site acceptance tests;
• Continuous improvement of job-related, engineering technical and professional knowledge, skills and performance;
• Maintaining accurate records and files;
• Identify potential health & safety, design, sustainability and commercial risks on our projects and contribute towards mitigating them
• Supporting the company’s goals and representing the company positively and professionally;
• Participate in business development work including developing contacts, presenting AFRY’s capability, preparing proposals and managing bids;
• Supporting the development of younger engineers.

Qualifications

• You hold a minimum 2:1 degree in electrical engineering.
• Chartered status (Principal Engineer) or working towards Chartered status (Senior Engineer).
• You have significant knowledge of, and experience with, LV to HV industrial electrical infrastructure (preferably but not essential on power generation and other energy infrastructure projects);
• You have good knowledge of electrical related British and international standards and regulations;
• You thrive on problems and situations for which there is no prior experience and can create valuable solutions effectively and efficiently. You are good at structuring unclear situations and client problems into actionable tasks and projects.
• You make decisions, act proactively and on your initiative. No mentoring or coaching is required on your daily tasks.
• You are a good communicator and can reduce complex issues to understandable arguments and presentations for top management from different cultural backgrounds and employees. We pay utmost attention to structured and articulate writing and presentation skills; therefore, you are fluent orally and in writing business English.
• You like a work environment where constructive conflict is sought openly and professionally to create better client solutions in a non-hierarchical way.
• You are used to work under pressure, with tight deadlines, and have no objections to travel, as it forms an essential part of your duties.

ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS :

Experience of one or more of the following would be an advantage but not essential:

• Recognised Project Management training;
• Previous experience of providing consulting services in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment;
• Commercial awareness and contract knowledge (e.g. IChemE or FIDIC);
• Design experience gained from concept development and detailed engineering;
• Practical experience gained from construction, commissioning, and testing;
• Experience of protection circuits, HV grid connections, HV substations and coordinating with UK Distribution Network Operators (DNOs);
• Working knowledge of Grid Code/G99 requirements;
• Modelling software experience (e.g. ETAP, PowerFactory).

WHAT WE CAN OFFER:

• Exciting and challenging projects.
• Personal development opportunities (e.g., technical expert, project management)
• Friendly working atmosphere in a multidisciplinary and international team with a lot of personal responsibility
• Helping to shape a sustainable future

Additional Information

Available office locations for this position are either London, Oxford and Horsham. We are flexible on the office location for this position, please indicate your preference in your covering letter. We value a healthy work life balance and are committed to your wellbeing. We will consider a range of flexible working arrangements, including part-time, flexible working patterns and we operate a hybrid working environment.

We offer an excellent range of benefits, including 25 days holiday each year, private medical insurance, life assurance and a pension scheme. We also offer enhanced maternity and paternity pay offering 16 weeks full pay for both parents. This is supported by generous family support options such as, back up childcare support and return to work coaching.

Confirm your right to work in the UK as this role does not include sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa.

At AFRY, we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. When we collaborate, innovate technology, and embrace challenging points of view. That’s how we’re making future. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. Join us in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future.