Principal Electrical Engineer

Job title:

Principal Electrical Engineer

Company

Balfour Beatty

Job description

About the rolePrincipal Electrical Engineer – Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)Location: PeterboroughBe part of something transformative.@one Alliance a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period, we are preparing to undertake our largest project yet. This is a unique opportunity to drive industry change, set global standards, and foster career growth.As a Principal Electrical Engineer, As Principal Electrical Engineer, you’ll lead the @one Alliance’s electrical engineering discipline at a national and sector level. You’ll drive innovation, champion quality, and develop value-focused solutions that shape our future infrastructure. This is your platform to guide teams, resolve complex challenges, and set the tone for safe, effective design delivery.What you’ll be doingMain responsibilities:

• Represent the @one alliance and provide sector-level leadership for Electrical Engineering.

• Be the Electrical Engineering authority, responsible for providing independent advice and arbitration for quality and compliance related issues.

• Lead quality for electrical design, by developing procedures, standards and guidance, and monitoring adherence to achieve a right first-time philosophy.

• Stage 1 solutions – support the identification and assessment of options (ROV process). Support the Design Manager to ensure competent staff are involved during Stage 1.

• Provide direction and support to Lead and discipline engineers to choose appropriate design methods to deliver their engineering outputs to time and quality standards.

• Provide direction and advice for complex design challenges that are beyond the competency of projects teams and the @one, including seeking external expertise.

• Construction Design & Management (CDM) Regulations – drive excellence in health, safety and welfare for electrical engineering, including supporting all engineers to achieving sufficient skills to produce safe designs and discharge their obligations according to the CDM Regulations.

• Identify health, safety and welfare issues with team members and seek support to manage.

• Undertake audits of electrical engineering specific safety standards (e.g. HAZOP and DSEAR), including compliance with, and lead the implementation of changes and improvements.

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to your Lead Engineers, including delegating discipline development tasks to them. Daily task management to be undertaken by the Senior Design Managers for the Lead Engineers.

• Provide clear, consistent, and visible leadership to the electrical engineering team. Lead and conduct electrical engineering meetings to promote discipline engagement and deliver initiatives.

Who we’re looking forWhat we are looking for:

• Engineering degree (or equivalent)

• Chartered Professional Engineer status

• Strong background in water-sector assets and capital project delivery

• Experience in Design & Build environments is beneficial

• Committed to integrity, inclusion, and professional excellence

• Proven leadership in building collaborative teams and addressing challenges

Why work for usDay in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.Why join us?As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:– Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
– 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
– Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
– Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…About usBalfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.Diversity and inclusionAt Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visitTo help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit:We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at:

Expected salary

Location

Peterborough

Job date

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 06:39:12 GMT

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