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Principal Electrical Engineer

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Leads electrical design for large consultancy projects, integrating solutions across disciplines and presenting complex technical concepts to clients. Manages project teams of up to 10 people, provides technical guidance and professional development support, oversees team and subcontractor performance, and resolves delivery issues. Requires an electrical engineering degree, Chartered Engineer status, consultancy experience, and the ability to lead junior engineers.
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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer with previous experience working in a consultancy environment to join our Places Design Practice. In this role, you’ll be delivering elegant and efficient electrical design solutions on exciting and challenging projects for key clients.

We work with our clients around the world to create, support, and enhance smart, safe and sustainable places where people live, work, learn and thrive. Places impact on the quality of people’s lives. Whether new homes, shops, workplaces, schools and hospitals, manufacturing, research and development facilities, or data and distribution centres. People and communities thrive when the spaces in which they live, work, move and play are designed and managed in a way that best meets their needs.

Role accountabilities:

You’ll be responsible for leading the electrical design on larger projects, working collaboratively with other design disciplines to ensure the integration of the overall design or solution. You will need to present complex technical solutions to clients. 

As a Principal Engineer, you will manage project teams with up to 10 people, providing technical advice to team members, to support them in their delivery on the project and in their professional development. You will manage the performance of team members and sub-contractors, identifying and ensuring the resolution of any issues.

Qualifications & Experience:

First and foremost, you share our passion for improving the quality of life. You pride yourself for the part you play in transforming the world around you and understand the importance of teamwork. You come to us with:

  • A BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng in Electrical Engineering or similar 
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng)
  • Previous experience working in a similar role
  • Prior experience working in a consultancy environment 
  • Ability to support and lead junior engineers 

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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