Principal EICA Engineer (Water Utilities) United Kingdom London Application Deadline 03 April 2026

Location: London

Permanent Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to be a part of a growing M&E team? Can you collaborate with colleagues across UK and International projects? Can you supervise electrical and control systems work packages and build relations with others to deliver an overall quality service? Are you a Chartered Electrical Engineer with a background in the water sector? Then, join us for the next adventure in your career.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow. To further our electrical and control systems capability on Infrastructure projects, we are looking for a Principal EICA Engineer with a Water Utilities background to join us. Your primary task will be to supervise engineering work related to the design of water supply and wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure equipment including pumping stations and treatment works. Your role will be focused on the design environment, which, while based in the UK, will involve interacting day-to-day with colleagues across our global hubs. There may also be opportunities to broaden your contribution to other areas within the MEP discipline as well as client-side or site-based roles in a variety of major infrastructure settings.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Contributing towards the design of projects for a wide range of clients
• Planning design work and deliverables together with wider MEP team
• Development and technical assurance of electrical design including use of relevant software
• Ensuring compliance with standards relevant to the UK water industry
• Coordination of multi-disciplinary aspects of projects
• Mentoring junior team members in design
• Contributing to the building of relationships with clients and other stakeholders

Furthermore, you'll have:

• A degree in electrical engineering, control systems engineering or similar
• Chartered Engineer status or equivalent
• Relevant experience in electrical system design in the water sector
• The ability to provide technically sound solutions alone and acting as a discipline lead
• Experience coordinating designs with other disciplines to create successful project outcomes
• Hands-on experience with software to carry out Electrical calculations (Lighting calculations, LV Cable sizing & breaker discrimination, lightning protection risk assessment, electrical load calculations, power factor sizing calculations, harmonic filter sizing calculation and major equipment sizing calculations). Experience with AMTECH software would be preferred
• Experience developing control philosophies for MEICA systems. SCADA design experience would be beneficial
• Experience with 3D and BIM design
• Knowledge of relevant Water Industry Specifications (WIMES)
• Experience of applying CDM2015 regulations to design tasks
• Experience of design and build projects would be beneficial which may include designer's representation on site

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers. We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Life assurance

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Laura Dobson at LADN@COWI.COM. Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.