Principal Electrical Engineer
5 days ago
Birmingham
Principal Electrical Engineer – Low Carbon Sector: Energy Transition / Power & Infrastructure Location: Remote (UK) with occasional travel to Manchester, London, Newcastle & Glasgow offices Overview We are seeking an experienced Principal Electrical Engineer to join a leading Energy Transition team, supporting the delivery of innovative, low-carbon and energy infrastructure projects across the UK and beyond. This role will involve taking a technical leadership position within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, contributing to projects from early-stage feasibility through to detailed design, construction, and operational support. You will play a key role in developing high-quality electrical engineering solutions across a diverse range of energy sector projects, including emerging and first-of-a-kind technologies. Key Responsibilities • Lead and support the development of cost-effective and innovative electrical engineering solutions across multidisciplinary project teams, • Deliver electrical engineering work across all project stages, including:, • Feasibility studies, • Concept design, • FEED, • Value engineering, • Detailed design, • Develop key electrical deliverables including:, • Single line diagrams (SLDs), • Cable calculations, • Cable block diagrams, • Plant layouts and cable routing designs, • Containment designs, • Switchgear configuration philosophies, • Bills of materials and quantities, • Collaborate with equipment vendors to develop package designs and support technical evaluations, • Support assessment of electrical assets in construction or operation, identifying performance risks and improvement opportunities, • Contribute to proposals, bids, and multidisciplinary tender submissions, • Provide technical leadership within EC&I electrical engineering discipline Required Skills & Experience • Degree or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, • Significant post-graduate experience in electrical design, operation, maintenance, or testing, • Chartered Engineer status (or working towards IEng/CEng) with a relevant professional institution, • Strong understanding of power and energy project design, construction, and operation, • Proven ability to develop electrical engineering deliverables or assess operational/installed assets, • Experience with medium and high-voltage systems, including commissioning, operation, maintenance, and testing, • Strong understanding of engineering design processes, including:, • Design scope development, • Engineering calculations, • Technical documentation, • Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering environments Project Scope Projects will support the Energy Transition and low-carbon infrastructure sector, including: • Renewable and low-carbon energy systems, • Power generation and distribution infrastructure, • Industrial and energy process facilities, • First-of-a-kind and emerging energy technologies