Principal Electrical Engineer (Water) in Peterborough

As Principal Electrical Engineer, you’ll provide engineering technical direction to the discipline engineers in your area. You’ll provide design support for schemes and ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards.

You’ll be responsible for the checking and reviewing of electrical design deliverables produced by other electrical engineers in the @one Alliance and supply chain to ensure the processes and procedures are followed. You’ll be required to coach and mentor junior and less experienced members of the electrical team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Regularly report to the Discipline Head.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineer, Portfolio Design Managers and Project Design Managers to acquire upcoming project milestones and design review dates.
• Check specifications, schedules, datasheets, drawings, and 3D models to ensure quality, safety, and technical standards are adhered to.
• Coach and mentor junior and less experienced members of the electrical team.
• Review construction site and supply chain design queries and change requests to ensure quick but accurate responses and/or the design remains suitable.
• Input into Construction Design management (CDM) and commissioning strategy meetings.
• Update and collaborate with the Principal Engineer and Design Managers where potential improvements can be implemented.
• Liaise with other departments and project teams with respect to design requirements.
• Manage quality through the design workflow review in line with the project timeline.
• Support other leads and discipline engineers to deliver their engineering outputs to time and quality standards.
• Drive sustainability and low carbon designs.
• Drive offsite build, modular construction, and repeatable solutions.

About You

You will ideally have:

• Engineering, or equivalent, degree or be able to demonstrate a degree level of knowledge through relevant experience and preferably be Chartered, or working towards, Chartered status.
• Experience of water-sector assets and capital projects is essential.
• Comfortable demonstrating your knowledge of all relevant regulations, standards, and codes of practice.
• Experience of leadership, mentoring and coaching of junior engineers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company car or car allowance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
• We plant a tree for all new starters!

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work – we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

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We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer which reflects our commitment to fair pay and support for all colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Accessibility Support

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If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, we’d love to hear from you.