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Wood is recruiting for a Principal Electrical Engineer to Lead the Electrical discipline within our Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Systems Integration (SI),  Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business, that sits within our Digital Consulting business Unit. 

This is a hybrid role which can be based out of any of the following UK offices: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Northampton, Staines, or Reading.  

Please note applicants must be able to pass HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. 

The Role 

Reporting into the E,C&I Head of discipline, this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Electrical Engineer to drive the performance and ensure best practise standards across the E,C&I Engineering function.  

The principal engineer will support with growing a team of electrical engineers both in the UK and in our Indian engineering team, who will provide electrical engineering specialisms to a variety of different projects across the Energy and Materials sectors. The phases range from small pre-feed studies to major EPCM projects. Currently many of projects work with Variable Speed Drives (VSD) to working knowledge of this would be advantageous.  

You will be responsible for the Electrical resources across all of the SI EMEA, ensuring projects have the correct level of support, and managing the recruitment, retention and development of the team.  

You will also be the technical authority for Electrical within SI EMEA and expected to review final outputs on designs and provide Principal / Lead support to individual projects as required.  

Due to the nature of the Electrical requirements and the geographical split of the team you will be required to travel across the UK to Client Sites and Wood offices on occasion.     

This is an excellent opportunity for a Principal Electrical engineer with exemplary high standards, who enjoys developing other engineers and collaborating with different disciplines across a busy and everchanging project environment.  

Our Clients and Projects  

Designing the future. Transforming the world. 

At Systems Integration (SI) we work with a variety of high-profile clients across the energy sector. Delivering bespoke essential automation and control solutions that enable a safer and more efficient operation.  

Within SI we are architecting our clients' digital ecosystems to be inherently safe, cybersecure and operable. Within our teams we integrate client source systems across their IT, Operational Technology (OT) environments, securely pushing OT data into IT systems as a foundation for transformation. 

We design and integrate operational technology to achieve business, production, and operational goals.  

Visit our web page to find out more about the exciting work we do: ​Automation & systems integration | Wood 

What we can offer 

We have a pipeline of work offering long term careers and continuity of work in a variety of industry sectors  Challenging and variety of scopes of work with an emerging Middle East Profile   Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector  Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant   Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business   Competitive renumeration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market   Flexible benefits package inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), plus the potential for one additional ‘flex day’ per month. Further benefits include a generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle  Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests   Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession