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About The Role

We are looking to strengthen our engineering team with a Lead Electrical Engineer based at our Peterborough office with hybrid working available. 
 

What will you be doing as our new Principal Electrical Engineer?

As our Principal Electrical Engineer, you will be the Electrical Engineering authority, responsible for providing independent advice and arbitration for quality and compliance related issues. You’ll support the Design Managers and Electrical Lead Engineers to assess the complexity of design, identify suitable methods and assign suitably competent resources and specialists.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

  • Foster innovative ways of working to achieve sustainable outcomes rather than outputs.

  • Represent the @one Alliance as the electrical engineering authority, providing expert guidance on quality and compliance issues.

Discipline Management:

  • Develop procedures, standards, and guidance to achieve a "right-first time" philosophy.

  • Collaborate with suppliers to ensure competency and performance and manage supplier frameworks.

  • As part of the asset standards governance process identify, support, implement and approve standard products for delivery efficiency and consistency in projects.

Project Delivery:

  • Support the identification of value-driven solutions at Stage 1 of projects.

  • Conduct audits (internal and externa) to ensure compliance with quality standards and specifications.

  • Lead the resolution of non-compliance issues, competency gaps, and procedural improvements.

  • Offer expert direction for complex design challenges and stakeholder engagement.

Health & Safety:

  • Drive excellence in compliance with CDM regulations, ensuring safe and compliant designs.

  • Conduct audits on electrical safety standards (e.g., HAZOP, DSEAR) and lead improvements.

People & Team Development:

  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and career guidance to the electrical engineering team.

  • Champion professional development and qualifications while fostering an inclusive, respectful, and diverse environment.

Transformation & Innovation:

  • Inspire a culture of experimentation, safe failure, and continuous improvement.

  • Lead the introduction of new technologies and techniques to advance performance and sustainability.

 

About You

To thrive in this role, you’ll need a strong background in Electrical engineering, within the Water industry, be electrically qualified (degree – preferably Chartered) and be comfortable demonstrating your knowledge of all relevant regulations, standards and codes of practice. Proven leadership experience, with the ability to inspire teams and drive innovation essential. A deep understanding of sustainability principles, including reducing carbon and protecting natural capital. Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills, and a passion for mentoring, professional development, and fostering a positive workplace culture.

About Us

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1400 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances. 

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills. 

As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don’t just tick boxes; we live these values every day. 

What MWH offer 

Packages include -  

A competitive salary 

Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent) 

Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent) 

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy) 

Contribution Pension scheme 

Life Assurance 

Health Insurance 

Private Medical Insurance 

And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc 
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