Principal Electrical Engineer

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

12/19/2024

Job Description

This is an exciting and challenging role where you will hold the Lead Design engineer position on one or more Projects in our Energy Sector. As a client facing Principal Engineer, your responsibilities could involve:

• Responsibility for electrical discipline technical input for projects and/or proposals; including preparation, checking and/or approval of engineering documentation
• Organising discipline staff, allocating work and ensuring delivery against plan
• Mentoring and developing graduates and less experienced engineers
• Production of high-quality electrical engineering deliverables to schedule, budget and client satisfaction
• Ensuring all applicable national and international codes of practice, legislation and company/client standards and procedures are complied with
• Preparing equipment and materials requisitions for HV and LV switchboards, transformers, UPS systems, power factor correction, trace-heating, lighting and other electrical equipment
• Preparing installation scopes of works
• Reviewing supplier’s quotations and preparing technical bid assessments
  
  

Responsibilities

More specific technical deliverables could include:

• Protection grading studies and earthing calculations
• Power system analysis including fault level calculations and load flows
• HV and LV cable and equipment sizing
• Production of electrical equipment datasheets and specifications
• Commissioning support
• DNO engagement
  
  

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant engineering discipline (e.g. Electronic / Electrical / Control Engineering) Apprenticeships may be considered
• Chartered or Incorporated engineer
• Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline across a range of industries.
• 15 years engineering experience in the Oil & Gas, Nuclear and/or Water sectors
• Extensive knowledge of UK legislation and standards
• Competence in the requirements for installation of equipment in process plants involving potentially explosive areasatus with a relevant professional body or evidence of being close to gaining these professional titles
• Relevant stakeholders
• Focussed on business improvement by proactively creating efficiencies, supporting the recruitment of talented people, promoting the Costain brand and contributing to an excellent working environment
  
  

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.