Senior Principal Electrical Engineer in Glasgow

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Why Join Us?

• 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.

If you’re ready to take on a leadership role in a challenging and rewarding environment, apply now to join our team!

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

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

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.

Accessibility

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.

Agile working

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

Benefits

• 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 through our wellbeing program, including 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.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance up to 4 x basic salary, with option to increase to 6 x.
• Income protection with absence and return-to-work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving, and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share financial success with colleagues via annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• Holiday entitlement of 33–35 days per year, inclusive of public holidays, with option to buy/sell leave.
• Holiday entitlement increases after 5 years’ service.
• Employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional paid days for significant caring responsibilities.

Learning and development

Professional subscription and opportunities to develop technical and soft skills through mentoring and training.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

Join groups including Advanced Employee Networks and contribute to social outcomes.

Location(s): Altrincham, Glasgow, Reading, Bristol, Derby, Southampton, Reading

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Energy

Discipline: Electrical

Job Ref: 11151

Recruiter Contact: Erinda Hazizi