Principal Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• 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
• Depending on your skills, experience, and interests, you could be aligned to one of our four business units:
• Place Based Thinking
• Water
• Water Recycling (East and West)
• Why Join Us?
• At Anglian Water's @one Al

Benefits

Additional Information

Join the @one Alliance - a collaborative partnership of eight industry‑leading companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO) delivering over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme. As we prepare for the challenges and opportunities of AMP8, we're looking for talented individuals to help us shape the future of water infrastructure. At Anglian Water, we're Always Exploring - ensuring we remain competitive, attractive, and rewarding for both existing and prospective employees. By Doing The Right Thing , we're committed to recognising and rewarding our people fairly and transparently, while Building Trust through a culture that prioritises health, safety, and wellbeing. Your Purpose As Principal Electrical Engineer within one of our four business units, 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.

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