Principal Electrical Engineer - Low Carbon
Location: Remote with occasional visits to the office for project meetings
Role Overview
You'll be part of a multidisciplinary team delivering cost‑effective, efficient and innovative engineering solutions to complex challenges, helping to shape practical, high‑quality designs across a wide range of energy projects.
This role involves contributing to projects at all stages of maturity, including Feasibility Studies, Concept Design, FEED, Value Engineering and Detailed Design. You'll take a lead role in developing electrical engineering deliverables and supporting the assessment, optimisation and safe operation of electrical systems across the energy sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support the development of practical, cost‑effective and innovative engineering solutions in collaboration with wider project teams.
- Deliver engineering work across multiple project phases, from early‑stage feasibility through to detailed design.
- Prepare and develop electrical deliverables including single line diagrams, cable calculations, cable block diagrams, plant layouts, cable routing, containment design, switchgear configuration philosophies and bills of materials/quantities.
- Work closely with equipment vendors to develop equipment package designs and participate in technical evaluations of vendor proposals.
- Support owners, operators and investors by assessing the condition, performance and risks associated with electrical assets, identifying opportunities and intervention needs.
- Contribute to the preparation of proposals and bids for the EC&I discipline and support multidisciplinary tender submissions.
About the Team
The Energy Transition team supports clients throughout the full lifecycle of their projects-from inception and development through construction, operation and eventual decommissioning. The team's expertise spans the full spectrum of energy transition technologies, including emerging and first‑of‑a‑kind low‑carbon and zero‑carbon solutions.
Working with private developers, utilities, government bodies, financial institutions, contractors and OEMs, the team delivers safe, high‑quality outcomes that meet and exceed client expectations.
What You'll Bring
- A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, supported by significant post‑graduate experience in electrical design, operation, maintenance or testing.
- Chartered Engineer status or working toward IEng/CEng with membership of a relevant professional institution.
- The capability and motivation to take a lead role in developing electrical deliverables or assessing assets under construction or in operation.
- Strong knowledge of the design, construction and operation of power and energy projects.
- Proven understanding of the design process, including working with scopes, design concepts, calculations and documentation, and/or experience with commissioning, operation, maintenance and testing of medium‑ and high‑voltage systems and equipment.
