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Electrical Technical Principal – HV Power Transmission
Location: UK
Employment Type: Full-time
Sector: Energy / Power Transmission
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
About the Company
Our client is a leading global engineering, management and development consultancy, delivering innovative infrastructure solutions across multiple sectors worldwide. With a strong focus on technical excellence, sustainability and collaboration, the business plays a key role in developing the infrastructure needed to support the global energy transition. The organisation offers an employee-focused culture, opportunities for professional development and the chance to work on complex, high-profile infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Electrical Technical Principal to lead the delivery of primary electrical design for major high-voltage (HV) power transmission infrastructure projects. This is a senior technical leadership position suited to an accomplished electrical engineer with extensive experience in HV substations, transmission and distribution infrastructure, and multidisciplinary project delivery. You will take a leading role across the full project lifecycle, from feasibility studies and optioneering through FEED, detailed design, construction supervision and commissioning support where required. Working closely with clients, project managers and multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will ensure the delivery of technically robust, commercially effective and high-quality engineering solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Lead primary electrical engineering design for major HV transmission and substation projects across the UK and internationally.
- Design Delivery: Oversee electrical engineering activities throughout feasibility, optioneering, FEED, planning, EPC tendering and detailed design stages.
- Technical Assurance: Review, check and approve electrical engineering calculations, drawings, specifications and technical documentation.
- Project Management: Manage multiple project deliverables, ensuring technical quality, programme and budget requirements are achieved.
- Client Engagement: Act as a senior technical point of contact, attending client meetings, design reviews and technical workshops.
- Multidisciplinary Coordination: Work collaboratively with civil, structural, environmental, secondary systems and other engineering disciplines to ensure fully integrated designs.
- Technical Problem-Solving: Resolve complex engineering issues arising during design and construction, providing guidance to project teams.
- Bid and Proposal Support: Contribute to tenders, technical proposals, delivery methodologies, resource planning and project programmes.
- Quality and Compliance: Ensure designs comply with relevant industry standards, client specifications, safety requirements and environmental regulations.
- Team Development: Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance and support the development of the wider electrical engineering team.
- Construction Support: Provide technical input during construction, including design clarifications, site assessments and engineering support.
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Candidate Requirements
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Extensive experience in electrical engineering design for HV power transmission and distribution infrastructure.
- Strong technical expertise in HV substation engineering and primary electrical plant design.
- Experience leading electrical design teams on complex utility or transmission infrastructure projects.
- A proven track record of delivering projects through multiple lifecycle stages, including FEED and detailed design.
- Strong understanding of applicable electrical engineering standards, client requirements and design assurance processes.
- Experience reviewing and approving technical deliverables and managing engineering interfaces.
- The ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects while maintaining high standards of quality.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and client-facing skills.
- Experience contributing to bids, proposals, project delivery strategies and resource planning.
- A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to mentor engineers and develop technical capability within a team.
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Qualifications and Professional Accreditation
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer status (CEng).
- National Grid CDAE or LCDAE authorisation and TP141 accreditation are desirable.
- Experience with HV Plant Design Assurance is advantageous.
- IOSH or NEBOSH certification is beneficial.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to take on a senior technical leadership role within a growing energy infrastructure business, contributing to major power transmission projects that support the transition to a more sustainable and resilient energy system. You will have the opportunity to:
- Lead technically challenging, high-profile HV infrastructure projects.
- Work alongside experienced engineers and multidisciplinary specialists.
- Influence engineering standards, design quality and project delivery.
- Develop client relationships and contribute to business growth.
- Mentor engineering teams and support the development of future technical leaders.
- Access ongoing professional development and opportunities for career progression.
Apply Now
If you are an experienced electrical engineering professional with a strong background in HV transmission, primary substation design and technical leadership, we would welcome a confidential conversation about this opportunity. Please submit your CV to discuss the role in more detail.
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