Principal Electrical Engineer

Exciting opportunity alert! Are you a Principal Electrical Engineer looking to take on a pivotal role? Look no further! Join our team to lead the electrical engineering delivery team, ensuring the successful completion of projects.

Your responsibilities will include managing studies, developing designs, and implementing technical solutions while meeting cost and schedule targets.

This key position within our Engineering Delivery function offers a chance to enhance your technical, commercial, and regulatory knowledge in the industry., Focusing on the Electrical Engineering design discipline, the role will provide the expertise needed to :

• Get the correct technical requirements in the project technical briefs


• Ensure and deliver the Engineering Regulatory compliance on relevant assets in the Electrical area


• Review or approve Electrical designs as appropriate


• Lead, mentor, and develop an Electrical design team


• Input and continuously improve Technical Asset Standards


• Lead excellence in Electrical Engineering for Thames Water


• Provide technical input into Project Definition Briefs


• Provide the technical sign-off and assurance during technical delivery, including handover


• Ensure we are compliant with engineering-based regulatory requirements in their area


Hybrid Hampton Coal Wharf, London, you will be required to attend the office or site 3-4 days a week.

36 hours a week.

Ideally, you will be a driver and have access to a car; this role comes with £5.8k car allowance.


• Understanding of the regulatory environment to achieve compliance with our engineering regulatory requirements.


• Comfortable to liaise with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.


• Degree level or equivalent with professional charter ship likely in their Engineering Discipline.


• Competence in electrical engineering design requires combining technical and other skills, defining a problem, identifying constraints, and employing creativity and innovation.


• Background of Low and High Voltage Systems.


• Understanding of the technology to improve solutions and improve safety.


• Ability to adapt to changes in regulations and their duties and obligations.
  
  At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.


Water is life's great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we're committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers.

We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever.

Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Wate r

At Thames Water we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complimentary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge.

We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, background, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you'll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador.

Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It's also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer : due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.


• Competitive salary from £60,000 to £75,000 per annum.


• 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).


• Car Allowance.


• Annual Bonus.


• Private Medical Health Care.


• Contributory pension Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.


• Personal Medical Assessments Open to all once a year.


• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.