Senior Principal Electrical Engineer in Bristol

Join our Energy Unit’s Nuclear, Defence and Civil division as a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer. You’ll play a vital role in leading and delivering projects for the nuclear industry while contributing to technical excellence and collaborating with a successful team across the UK.

In this role, you’ll provide technical leadership, guide bids and proposals, and coordinate multidisciplinary resources on a diverse portfolio of exciting frameworks ranging from nuclear, defence, and other energy and infrastructure projects, tackling complex challenges in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment!

• Act as an Engineering Manager, leading teams to meet client requirements on time, within budget, and to a high standard.
• Oversee the electrical building services work on projects, ensuring compliance with company procedures and project standards.
• Maintain adherence to safety and quality standards, manage man-hour plans, and meet cost and schedule targets.
• Scope and plan electrical building services work, assigning tasks with clear goals for scope, quality, and deadlines.
• Lead and mentor electrical building services teams across various projects.
• Provide input on project planning, execution, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Review and approve deliverables, ensuring they meet quality standards.
• Attend engineering meetings and liaise with clients and other disciplines.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, safety regulations, environmental considerations, and site license conditions.
• Participate in design reviews and HAZOPS, offering advice and expertise.
• Maintain strong client relationships and collaborate with project and engineering managers.

• Significant experience in engineering design within a regulated industry (preferably nuclear).
• Proven ability to influence engineering practices and outcomes.
• Experience leading and supervising engineering teams.
• Familiarity with building regulations, current legislation, and industry standards.
• Proficiency in software tools such as Hevacomp, Dialux, Amtech Power, AutoCAD, and IES (Revit experience is a plus).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Degree in a technical or engineering-related subject (preferred).
• Chartered status and membership of a relevant professional body.

• Work on impactful, high-profile projects in the nuclear industry.
• Collaborate with a supportive, expert team.
• Grow your career in a role that values technical excellence and innovation.

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

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