Join Our Team as a Principal Engineer!
At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide when it comes to employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. Join us in making a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
Join Our Team as a Principal Engineer!
At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide when it comes to employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. Join us in making a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team.
Are you passionate about tackling climate change and making a positive impact on the environment? Our ambitious five-year programme, featuring over 5,000 innovative projects, is dedicated to overcoming the challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services. We are committed to addressing flooding and river health issues, ensuring the best outcomes for our customers and the environment. With our dedicated in-house design team, we are set to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOWWe have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Engineer (Electrical) based in Finham (Coventry), Raynesway (Derby) or Shelton (Shropshire). In this role you’ll be our lead on all technical aspects of feasibility and design for our water treatment projects. Help us to deliver the best solutions for getting water into supply by driving innovative, best in class solutions with a focus on sustainability and quality.
Each day will be different as you create electrical designs & specifications, including HV, LV and control systems across the full project lifecycle. From project conception through to commissioning, you will be ensuring electrical designs are safe, efficient, operable and aligned with our customers need.
Key Responsibilities
- Creation of designs (optioneering, outline design, detailed design) and specifications for subsequent delivery.
- Assurance and control of third-party designs to meet the requirements of our customers and regulators.
- Coach and support the programme team so that the best solution is delivered (and commissioned) to the agreed, contracted design specification.
- Develop and own design assessment and design completion milestones within the Project Team.
- Proactively drive the project risk management and ensure risk registers are maintained throughout the entire design process.
- Provide Expert support to the wider design team by coaching and mentoring other engineers to ensure they can deliver to the highest future standards.
- Promote a Health and Safety focus into the lifecycle of the design.
- Use your Engineering excellence to develop our standardised designs.
What You’ll Bring
- You’ll be degree qualified (desirable) and showing your professional commitment as a member of one of the relevant engineering Institutions. We encourage applications from those actively working towards incorporated or chartered status, a journey which we are keen to support you on.
- Extensive experience of implementing CDM regulations in design process and experience associated with the role of Principal Designer are an advantage.
- Evidence of coaching skills and building capability within a Design team would be beneficial. A full UK driving licence will be required.
The right skills andexperience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity and a caring attitude we want to talk to you, too. We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities.
LET’S GOWe can’t wait to hear from you! Application instructions removed in refinement
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