Principal Electrical Engineer

Join Stantec as a Principal Electrical Engineer in London

Are you an experienced Electrical Engineer looking for an exciting opportunity to advance your career? Stantec's dynamic MEP division in Great Suffolk Street, London, is seeking a  Principal Electrical Engineer to join our growing team.

It's an exciting time to be part of our MEP team With a strong presence in London, we're set to expand our 30-strong team over the next year. You'll work from our modern central office, conveniently located near Southwark, Borough, and London Bridge stations.

We work on a diverse range of building services projects, from heritage and refurbishment to data centres, healthcare, and defence. You'll benefit from the support of our leadership team, with excellent opportunities for career progression and training to help you achieve your professional goals.

Our MEP team are specialists in energy, sustainability, and engineering design. We bring buildings to life, creating award-winning, high-performance environments across all sectors, including commercial, industrial, leisure, retail, manufacturing, logistics, heritage, and residential.

Our work includes:

• Building performance modelling
• Building performance optimisation
• Carbon verification and validation strategies
• Daylight and sunlight studies
• Net-Zero strategy
• Sustainability benchmarking and environmental assessments
• Sustainable master planning
• Strategic utility management services 

You will be responsible for the day-to-day technical delivery of electrical design services for a variety of multidisciplinary projects. You'll ensure all projects meet our 'right first-time' standard and adhere to quality management procedures. Your responsibilities will include producing design deliverables such as specifications, drawings, and schedules.

Beyond technical delivery, you'll also support timely invoicing, manage work in progress (WIP), and contribute to forward workload and resource planning for your projects. You'll also play a vital role in mentoring our graduates and apprentices, supporting their learning and development.

Most importantly, you'll find us a lively, good-spirited team that's passionate about our work and enjoys each other's company – we're ready to give you a warm welcome

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll need a degree in Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a similar relevant discipline, and Chartered status with a relevant institution such as IET or CIBSE.

You'll have a proven track record within an M&E team, ideally gained in a design engineering consultancy, along with excellent stakeholder management skills to liaise effectively with clients and multidisciplinary teams. We're looking for in-depth knowledge and expertise in the design of electrical engineering services, including systems and equipment design, calculations, and drawing production. Familiarity with design tools such as Revit and IES is also essential.

Finally, a strong understanding of the wider built environment, including associated design influences and legislative requirements concerning carbon emissions reduction and sustainability, will be key.

Ready to make a real impact? Check out our MEP Team & Projects to see the exciting work we do

We would love to hear from you, apply today

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. 

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients' vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today's challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. 

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn't exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected]  and we will talk to you about how we can support you.