Principal Electrical Engineer at Anglian Water @one Alliance

Peterborough, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Apr, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Electrical engineering, Design review, Technical leadership, Mentoring, Coaching, Water infrastructure, CDM regulations, Stakeholder engagement, Project management, Sustainability, Low carbon design, Modular construction, Quality management, Engineering standards, Commissioning

Industry

Construction

Description

Join the @one Alliance – a collaborative partnership of eight industry‑leading companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO) delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we prepare for the challenges and opportunities of AMP8, we’re looking for talented individuals to help us shape the future of water infrastructure. At Anglian Water, we’re Always Exploring – ensuring we remain competitive, attractive, and rewarding for both existing and prospective employees. By Doing The Right Thing, we’re committed to recognising and rewarding our people fairly and transparently, while Building Trust through a culture that prioritises health, safety, and wellbeing. Your Purpose As Principal Electrical Engineer within one of our four business units, you’ll provide engineering technical direction to the discipline engineers in your area. You’ll provide design support for schemes and ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards. You’ll be responsible for the checking and reviewing of electrical design deliverables produced by other electrical engineers in the @one Alliance and supply chain to ensure the processes and procedures are followed. You’ll be required to coach and mentor junior and less experienced members of the electrical team. What You’ll Be Doing Regularly report to the Discipline Head. Collaborate with Principal Engineer, Portfolio Design Managers and Project Design Managers to acquire upcoming project milestones and design review dates. Check specifications, schedules, datasheets, drawings, and 3D models to ensure quality, safety, and technical standards are adhered to. Coach and mentor junior and less experienced members of the electrical team. Review construction site and supply chain design queries and change requests to ensure quick but accurate responses and/or the design remains suitable. Input into Construction Design management (CDM) and commissioning strategy meetings. Update and collaborate with the Principal Engineer and Design Managers where potential improvements can be implemented. Liaise with other departments and project teams with respect to design requirements. Manage quality through the design workflow review in line with the project timeline. Support other leads and discipline engineers to deliver their engineering outputs to time and quality standards. Drive sustainability and low carbon designs Drive offsite build, modular construction, and repeatable solutions. About You You will ideally have: Engineering, or equivalent, degree or be able to demonstrate a degree level of knowledge through relevant experience and preferably be Chartered, or working towards, Chartered status Experience of water-sector assets and capital projects is essential Comfortable demonstrating your knowledge of all relevant regulations, standards, and codes of practice Experience of leadership, mentoring and coaching of junior engineers Strong stakeholder engagement skills Depending on your skills, experience, and interests, you could be aligned to one of our four business units: Place Based Thinking The Place Based Thinking team delivers some of the largest and most complex projects across the @one Alliance. Made up of six Senior Project Manager teams, we oversee 19 catchments, covering key sites such as Whitlingham, Flag Fen, Great Billing, Cotton Valley, Bedford, Colchester, and Ipswich Cliff Quays. These projects involve managing all parts of the network from rising and gravity mains, pumping stations, high spilling overflows, and water recycling centres. Water The Water Business Unit provides strategic support across the clean water network, covering both system performance and infrastructure planning. We assess the future hydraulic state of the network in response to population growth and increased demand, support the design and delivery of capital and infrastructure schemes to ensure hydraulic resilience, and work with optimisation teams to enhance overall network efficiency. Water Recycling (East and West) Our Water Recycling Business Unit, split into East and West regions, is responsible for the collection, conveyance, and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network. We operate over 76,000 km of sewerage infrastructure and 1,163 treatment centres, ensuring safe and sustainable discharge to the environment while driving innovation and environmental performance. Why Join Us? This is a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK’s most successful capital delivery alliances. You’ll have the chance to contribute to cutting‑edge projects that shape the future of water infrastructure, working alongside a team of experts across various disciplines. We offer a culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth, with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions that make a positive environmental impact. At Anglian Water's @one Alliance, we believe in being Safer Every Day Safety is at the heart of everything we do. Being Safer Every Day means making positive choices, moment by moment, to protect ourselves and those around us. We create a culture where health, safety and wellbeing come first. Together, we will be the change Please note - internally this role is recognised as a Senior Electrical Engineer The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a collaborative organisation of consultants and contractors working together to deliver a significant portion of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. We design and construct water and water recycling (waste water) treatment centres that serve more than six million people in the East of England and maintain and improve the water mains and the sewerage network in the region. With an eye firmly on carbon reduction and creating a more sustainable world - we are always looking for the very best people who are ready to bring fresh ideas to the table to help us all meet the AMP7 challenge. We value diversity and inclusion. We see it as central to our success as an organisation. We truly believe we are better able to understand and meet the needs of our customers if our organisation reflects the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

The Principal Electrical Engineer provides technical direction and design support for water infrastructure projects while ensuring compliance with legislation and standards. They are responsible for reviewing electrical design deliverables, mentoring junior staff, and collaborating with project managers to meet milestones.