Principal Engineer Control

2 weeks ago

Newcastle, United Kingdom Siemens Energy Full time
A Snapshot of your day

As a Principal Control Engineer, your day will involve leading a team of Control, Config, and FAT engineers to ensure a proficient workforce. You'll define policies and processes to align with our outstanding Engineering strategy, plan and prioritise budgets for engineering projects, and drive the development of technical standards and procedures.

Coordinating design validation for secondary engineering solutions, you'll ensure timely and budget-compliant delivery of departmental work packages while promoting a "Right first time" culture and business improvement programs like T2W and Top+. Supporting validation and factory acceptance testing of engineered solutions, ensuring technical compliance with external design companies, identifying and controlling design risks to follow Health and Safety legislation, and implementing a mentoring process and training matrix for the department will round out your day.

How You'll Make an Impact

  • Leadership & Development: Lead and develop a team of Control, Config, and FAT engineers, ensuring a proficient workforce through mentoring and training.
  • Strategy & Resource Management: Define policies and processes to align with the superior Engineering strategy, and plan and allocate resources and budgets for engineering projects.
  • Technical Standards & Design Validation: Drive the development of technical standards and procedures, and supervise design validation for secondary engineering solutions.
  • Project Management & Efficiency: Ensure timely and budget-compliant delivery of departmental work packages, promoting a "Right first time" culture and business improvement programs like T2W and Top+.
  • Performance & Process Improvement: Implement critical metrics to monitor performance, continuously review and improve engineering processes, and manage the NCR system to minimize rework.
  • Collaboration & Compliance: Ensure collaborative work with all engineering departments and project managers, enforce to business compliance requirements, and ensure technical compliance with external design companies and Health and Safety legislation.

What You Bring

  • Professional managerial experience with extensive experience in the Transmission, Distribution or Renewables Industry.
  • A degree/HND in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
  • Extensive knowledge of engineering standards applicable to National Grid, DNOs and Renewables projects in the UK.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal presentation skills
  • Solid understanding of Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Excellent written English
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we're also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is motivated by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

  • Principal Engineer

    1 month ago

    Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Peregrine Full time

    Principal Hardware Engineer As a Principal Hardware Engineer you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors and other associated safety-critical technology. This role will...

  • Principal Engineer

    1 month ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Peregrine Full time

    Principal Hardware EngineerAs a Principal Hardware Engineer you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors and other associated safety-critical technology.This role will...

  • Principal Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Peregrine Full time

    Principal Hardware EngineerMake sure to apply quickly in order to maximise your chances of being considered for an interview Read the complete job description below.As a Principal Hardware Engineer you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted &...

  • Principal Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East, United Kingdom Peregrine Full time

    Principal Hardware EngineerMake sure to apply quickly in order to maximise your chances of being considered for an interview Read the complete job description below.As a Principal Hardware Engineer you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted &...

  • Principal Engineer

    1 month ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Peregrine Full time

    Principal Hardware EngineerAs a Principal Hardware Engineer you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors and other associated safety-critical technology.This role will...

  • Principal Engineer

    1 month ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Peregrine Full time

    Principal Hardware Engineer As a Principal Hardware Engineer you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors and other associated safety-critical technology. This role...

  • Principal Mechanical Engineer

    4 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom JAM Recruitment Ltd Full time

    Principal Mechanical EngineerInitial 6 and 12 Month Contracts available - 2 days per fortnight or month on site £56.74 per hour (Inside IR35) Company Overview: A global defence, aerospace, and security company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology...

  • Principal Electrical Engineer

    4 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom JAM Recruitment Ltd Full time

    Principal Electrical Engineer - Power12 month contract plus extensions- 2 days per fortnight on site£79.17 per hour (Inside IR35) Company Overview: A global defence, aerospace, and security company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions,...

  • Principal Structural Engineer Position

    2 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Hydrock Full time

    About the RoleAs a Principal Structural Engineer at Hydrock, you will play a key role in delivering scheme and concept designs for our clients. Your expertise will be invaluable in creating detailed design packages, including full tender and construction documents.We are seeking an experienced professional with significant experience in building structures...

  • Principal Highways Engineer

    2 months ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

    I am currently working with an global multi-disciplinary's Local Authority focused team to recruit a Principal Highways Engineer with a strong technical background in their Newcastle office. You will be joining a team of very experienced engineers and be involved in urban redevelopment, active travel, safety schemes and more across Newcastle and rest of...

  • Principal Highways Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Calibre Search Full time

    I am currently working with an global multi-disciplinary's Local Authority focused team to recruit a Principal Highways Engineer with a strong technical background in their Newcastle office. You will be joining a team of very experienced engineers and be involved in urban redevelopment, active travel, safety schemes and more across Newcastle and rest of...

  • Principal Firmware Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Morson Talent Full time

    Principal Firmware Engineer (x2)Location: NewcastleDuration: 6 monthsRate: £51.32 per hour PAYE or £70 per hour UmbrellaAs a Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer, you will create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You will be responsible for the design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using...

  • Principal Firmware Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Morson Talent Full time

    Principal Firmware Engineer (x2)Location: NewcastleDuration: 6 monthsRate: £51.32 per hour PAYE or £70 per hour UmbrellaAs a Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer, you will create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You will be responsible for the design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using...

  • Principal Firmware Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Morson Talent Full time

    Principal Firmware Engineer (x2) Location: Newcastle Duration: 6 months Rate: £51.32 per hour PAYE or £70 per hour Umbrella As a Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer, you will create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You will be responsible for the design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using...

  • Principal Firmware Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Morson Talent Full time

    Principal Firmware Engineer (x2)Location: NewcastleDuration: 6 monthsRate: £51.32 per hour PAYE or £70 per hour UmbrellaAs a Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer, you will create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You will be responsible for the design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using...

  • Principal Geotechnical Engineer

    7 days ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

    Principal Geotechnical Engineer I'm looking for an experienced geotechnical engineer ready to take their career to the next level. You will be leading projects that protect communities, improve infrastructure, and combat the impacts of climate change-all while being part of an employee-owned company with a deep commitment to sustainability and...

  • Principal Geotechnical Engineer

    6 days ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Calibre Search Full time

    Principal Geotechnical Engineer I'm looking for an experienced geotechnical engineer ready to take their career to the next level. You will be leading projects that protect communities, improve infrastructure, and combat the impacts of climate change-all while being part of an employee-owned company with a deep commitment to sustainability and...

  • BIM Engineer/Senior BIM Engineer/ Principal BIM Engineer

    1 month ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Peregrine Full time

    Principal Hardware Engineer As a Principal Hardware Engineer you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors and other associated safety-critical technology. This role...

  • Principal Firmware Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Morson Talent Full time

    Principal Firmware Engineer (x2)Location: NewcastleDuration: 6 monthsRate: £51.32 per hour PAYE or £70 per hour UmbrellaAs a Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer, you will create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You will be responsible for the design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using...

  • Electrical Control and Instrumentation Lead

    2 weeks ago

    Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Westlakes Recruit Full time

    Job OverviewThe role of a Principal EC&I Engineer at Westlakes Recruit involves leading project delivery teams across various phases, from inception to completion. This position requires expertise in budget management, client relationships, and systems integration.We are seeking an experienced Principal EC&I Engineer to join our team in Newcastle, UK. The...