Principal Electrical Design Engineer

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

Our Contingent Workforce Solution (CWS) is one way we support our clients. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of our globally respected client who develop cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and competitive solutions to meet the planet's vital power needs we are looking for a Principal Electrical Design Engineer for a 12 month contract based in Bristol.

Job description - the role

What you'll do:

• Design, develop and verify Power Distribution Systems and Equipment, to meet specialist, highly demanding technical specifications.
• Liaise with a spectrum of multidisciplinary engineers to ensure a holistic design process.
• Present technical information and design specifications as part of the design review process.
• Support the manufacture and testing of electrical products through to delivery.
• Represent the Project/Company to customers, suppliers and operators as necessary, with the occasional requirement to travel to locations to RR, customer and supplier sites.
• Authoring technical documentation, reports, schedules, schematics etc.

The skills you'll need:

• Have extensive electrical design experience within Power Distribution Systems and Equipment, ideally have 440 volts marine/ naval experience, such as Class Society rules, IEC61439 and Def Stans.
• Possess knowledge of both AC and DC electrical power distribution systems, their components and sub-assemblies.
• Be able to proactively identify issues and independently apply problem solving techniques to manage them through to resolution whilst considering all requirements, whether functional, regulatory or safety related.
• Have excellent communication/influencing skills, being able to clearly and effectively articulate ideas, plans and priorities to engineers of other disciplines.
• Have the ability to get Security Clearance.

Next steps

We will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business