Glanua
Principle Electrical Design Engineer
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Principle Electrical Design Engineer
Principle Electrical Design Engineer – (Wastewater Treatment Projects)
About Us
Glanua is an industry leader in providing innovative and sustainable engineering solutions to design, build, operate, and maintain critical water and wastewater infrastructure across Ireland and the UK. We are a trusted provider to municipal and industrial sectors, serving clients including:
- Uisce Éireann (formerly Irish Water)
- Thames Water
- Yorkshire Water
- Affinity Water
- Northumbrian Water
- United Utilities
Passionate about solving environmental challenges, we build a decarbonised and sustainable world. Our success hinges on a diverse, inclusive workforce that fosters innovation, creativity, and professional growth. We uphold core values including Safety and Well-being, Innovation, Integrity, Collaboration, Courage, Agility, Accountability, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Currently a team of 580 specialists across Ireland and the UK, we are rapidly expanding our workforce to support ambitious growth plans.
The Role
This position welcomes a Principle Electrical Design Engineer who will:
- Lead within a one-team culture while growing their own expertise.
- Coordinate a design team to deliver outputs for a portfolio of projects, guided by a Design Manager.
- Actively utilise their technical skills and leadership capabilities to drive projects forward.
Key Attributes & Competencies
You must demonstrate:
- Commitment to Health & Safety (H&S)—ensuring compliance with CDM 2015 regulations and all applicable legislations.
- In-depth knowledge of:
- Layout and interconnectivity of wastewater treatment processes.
- Pumping systems and critical equipment in water & wastewater infrastructure.
- Strong communication skills—bridging discipline-specific teams and client stakeholders.
- Expertise in electrical design deliverables—production of feasibility studies, detailed designs, procurement specs, and construction drawings.
- Project & design management skills—balancing timelines, budgets, and resourcing.
- Leadership & motivation—inspiring and managing teams to achieve consistent performance.
- Technical networking—contributing to, developing, and sharing regulatory., industry standards and emerging solutions.
- Adaptability—flexibility to travel across UK & Ireland to meet project demands.
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Main Duties & Responsibilities
Reporting directly to the Design Manager, your responsibilities include:
- Contributing to a multi-disciplinary team delivering designs for water, wastewater, and process treatment plants.
- Supporting electrical design from start to close:
- Conduct site surveys of existing infrastructure.
- Assist in optioneering, feasibility studies, detailed design, and tender pricing.
- Produce procurement specifications and cable calculations.
- Draft detailed construction drawings.
- Project manage third-party designs and assist installation/commissioning teams.
- Proactively interact with clients, subcontractors, and field teams.
- Embed Glanua’s "one-team" culture—promoting collaboration, accountability, and enriched [internal development].
- Ensure adherence to standards in Design, H&S, Environmental & Sustainability policies.
- Increase design delivery performance, monitoring metrics and updating MIDP (Monitoring and Integration Development Plan).
- Maintain Design Change Control and client technical requirements.
- Regularly communicate with project teams on progress, decision-making, and challenges.
- Support the company’s growth and expansion—drafting business cases, gap analysis, and recruitment strategies.
- Lead industry and team mentorship for junior and graduate engineers who report to you.
- Maintain esoepense to continuous learning and successful leadership in challenging environments.
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Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Core Requirements
- Chartered/Incorporated Member of the IET with specialist experience in:
- Water or wastewater infrastructure & non-infrastructure design.
- CDM expertise—full understanding of Designer and Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015.
- Experience managing design quality control processes.
- Strong ability to **plan (programme a oklage budgets) and track progress.
- Excellent cross-disciplinary communication skills—leading inclusive team engagements.
- Proven record in mentoring/training junior staff in electrical design engineering.
- Well-developed team leadership, decision-making, and initiation:
- Problem-solving, adaptability, and support across multiple UK & Ireland-based locations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Full driving licence (essential for fieldwork).
Preferred Experience
- Familiarity with Thames & Yorkshire Water electrical design standards (a helpful asset, but not mandatory).
- Commercial experience in hugging sector project development.
- Prior work in the Irish/UK water/wastewater industry.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to join an ambitious, fast-growing engineering firm.
- Monday–Friday working schedule ending early on Fridays.
- 25 annual leave days plus bank holidays.
- Competitive base salary with annual reviews.
- Full company laptop, phone access.
- Full Access to EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)—supportive confidential staff counselling (5 days a week, 365 days a year), free for employees and dependents.
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