Principal Electrical/ICA Engineer Job in Reading, Southern UK
As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you will provide a technical lead to the electrical and ICA design of water and wastewater schemes located both in the UK and overseas. This will include working in multi-disciplinary teams of civil, mechanical, process and electrical/ICA engineers.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Electrical Design (power and ICA), at all stages from concept through to detail, of a variety of water and wastewater schemes
- Providing technical advice and guidance and technical leadership and support to other staff, offices and regions
- Liaison with clients and project management of small and medium projects and sub-projects / elements of larger projects
- Preparation of, and supervision of preparation of, drawings for plant general arrangements, power single line diagrams, cable block diagrams, instrumentation loop diagrams, PIDs, control system architecture drawings, and cable, instrument and I/O schedules
- Production of documentation, including user requirement specifications / control philosophies, tender documentation including particular electrical and ICA specifications, schedules of prices and engineer's estimates
- Attendance of factory and site acceptance tests
- Co-ordinating electrical resources and assisting the development of the electrical team
- A strong focus on Health and Safety and sustainability in design
- Providing support to bids and business development activities
- Mentoring, support and development to the Reading and Hampton electrical team
You should be prepared to spend periods working away from base either in client or other offices, or on project sites in the UK or overseas.
Headquartered in the UK, our client are a uniquely diverse £1 billion global consultancy, delivering leading edge solutions for clients across 12 core business areas. As one of the world’s largest employee owned companies, they have principal offices in nearly 50 countries and projects in 140. They employ more than 14,000 people and their commitment to staff is demonstrated by being ranked in the Top 25 Sunday Times’ “Best Big Companies to Work For Survey” for the sixth year in a row.