Principal Electrical Advisory Engineer

Job Description

Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

About the business unit

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview of the role

Our Transmission & Distribution Division is recruiting a Principal Electrical Advisory Engineer to be part of an integral team delivering large projects across the world. Working alongside our main project team you will have the opportunity to join our specialist group involved in advisory work for the energy sector specialising in electrical transmission and distribution.

Our clients are located in the UK and internationally and you will be a hands-on consultant dealing directly with clients at all levels. The role offers the opportunity to work on the examination and assessment of technical, economic, and commercial aspects of various types of energy networks projects.

Work may involve the following:

• Due diligence of electrical infrastructure including but not limited to electricity transmission and distribution companies, onshore and offshore grid connections
• Identification of project risks and development of mitigating measures (technical, commercial, financial)
• Informing financial models of electrical infrastructure assets including technical assumptions
• Review and appraisal of capital and operational expenditure plans for electrical infrastructure
• Review and appraisal of operation and maintenance plans and associated contracts
• Loss reduction studies
• Advice to support reorganisation and/or acquisition of electrical infrastructure businesses
• Post financial close construction and operation monitoring services
• Preparation of technical and advisory reports.
• In addition, the role would involve managing project work and project teams, retaining and developing relationships with clients, and potentially developing new business opportunities.

This role can be based in the UK or in Europe (Belgrade, Madrid or Genova Office).

Candidate Specification

• Degree qualified Electrical Engineer, preferably with Chartership status
• Excellent report writing and communication skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Sharp analytical skills and the ability to present quantitative knowledge to non-experts
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and produce quick turnover on an often reactive basis
• Preparedness to travel worldwide on short business assignments
• Excellent working ability of MS Office, knowledge in other economic/statistical packages welcome.
• Desired competencies / skills:
• Ability to work in and lead multi-disciplinary teams
• Previous experience in electrical infrastructure projects as Owner’s Engineer, Lender’s Engineer or similar role
• Appreciation of transaction finance mechanisms
• Appreciation of project risk and mitigation
• Appreciation of commercial sphere of project work including contract terms
• Project management experience
• Proposal experience.

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Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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