Technical Principal / Project Principal (Electrical)

Location/s: Glasgow or Edinburgh, UK.

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

Overview of the role

We are currently seeking a Technical Principal / Project Principal (Electrical) to join our Buildings unit. The successful candidate will lead a technical team and act as the key client interface to project sponsors, clients and key stakeholders. As well as having responsibility for the performance of the remote support team you may also be required to coordinate and mentor junior staff.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Responsibility for winning work and enhancing existing client relationships
• Identify opportunities, manage them, and deliver sound commercial and technical proposals ensuring compliance with Mott MacDonald’s Group Policies and Directives
• Provide technical and project management/supervision for large Built Environment Sector projects
• Actively engage with multi‑disciplinary teams on all project stages from preliminary design to construction, commissioning and handover to the client
• Monitoring project performance and ensuring corrective action is taken when required
• Ensure compliance with our Business Management System
• Promote safety, ethics, and professional excellence initiatives
• Drive collaboration with other parts of the Unit, Region and Group in this sector

Candidate specification

• A Degree level qualification in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Hold or be eligible for Chartered Status and membership of a relevant professional organisation
• Previous commercial management experience with good commercial acumen and effective client facing skills; and able to demonstrate successful commercial outcomes
• Effective communicator who can influence at all levels
• Strong knowledge of the design and planning of built environment projects, particularly in the Energy/ Healthcare/Education/Transport/ Industry/Commercial
• Demonstrated project management ability to run large projects as the main point of client contact
• Be external facing providing technical and project management advice with business development responsibilities
• The ability to lead, collaborate, delegate, and develop others
• Understanding of all engineering disciplines
• Have excellent report writing, presentation and communication skills with a strong ‘can do’ attitude

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

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is 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.

Benefits

• Financial wellbeing: 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.
• Employee Ownership: Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success. Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses. As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution. Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future. For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.
• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. Health cash plan to support you with every day 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 programme, 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.
• Lifestyle: 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 and carers leave: 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.
• Learning and development: 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.
• Networks, communities, and social outcomes: Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities. Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.