Principal Electrical Engineer - Building Services Energy

Location/s: Glasgow, Newcastle, Brighton, Altrincham, York, Croydon; UK

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you're surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

Whatever your ambition, Mott Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across a number of sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation, and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle, from concept and design, through construction and operation, to decommissioning, repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we're helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Within Energy, the Energy Networks (ETO) team provides multidisciplinary engineering services for electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure, supporting the delivery of substations, converter stations, grid connections and other critical network assets required for the transition to a low-carbon future.

We're looking for a Principal electrical Building Services Engineer to join our growing Energy Networks team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the design and delivery of major transmission and distribution projects across the UK and internationally. You will play a key role in developing building services solutions for converter stations, substations operational facilities and other energy infrastructure projects, working within multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, sustainable and technically robust designs.

We know there's no such thing as the perfect candidate. If you meet around 75% of the criteria below, we'd love to hear from you.

Key responsibilites and duties include:

• Deliver building services engineering designs for energy infrastructure and industrial facilities
• Produce and review detailed design calculations to support project requirements
• Prepare technical documentation including basis of design reports, specifications, assessments, condition reports and procurement documents
• Develop and review detailed design drawings, layouts and schematics covering HVAC, mechanical systems, electrical building services, water services and associated infrastructure
• Collaborate closely with protection and control, civil, structural, primary plant and other engineering disciplines
• Support the development of sustainable, energy-efficient and resilient building services solutions
• Assist in the preparation of bids, proposals and fee estimates
• Manage and coordinate project deliverables to agreed quality, budget and programme requirements
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, standards and Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
• Engage with clients, contractors and other stakeholders throughout project delivery
• Mentor and support the development of junior engineers and graduates

• Degree qualified in Building Services Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
• Chartered Engineer status, or working towards chartership, with CIBSE, IET, IMechE or another relevant professional institution
• Experience delivering building services design within utility, industrial, energy, infrastructure or other highly…