Principal Electrical Engineer

Principal Electrical Engineer Inverclyde (hybrid)circa £85.000 + benefits 2-stage interview Mon-Fri Certain Advantage is partnering with a key client to recruit a Principal Electrical Engineer. You''ll be acting as the shipyard technical authority and discipline lead for electrical, automation, control, navigation/communication and integration-related systems across assigned vessel projects. What will you be doing? Own electrical engineering strategy, standards, governance, resourcing and performance for the shipyard electrical function. Review, challenge and approve outsourced electrical designs for compliance, safety, buildability, maintainability, material availability and production readiness. Lead electrical input to design gate, maturity, constructability and production readiness reviews prior to release to build. Ensure compliance with Classification Society rules, Flag State, SOLAS, IMO, IEC/marine electrical standards, customer specs and shipyard QA procedures. Serve as primary technical interface with Class, Flag, client reps, design houses and major vendors on electrical/automation matters. Lead review of SLDs, load balance, short-circuit/coordination studies, cable schedules/routing, penetrations/MCTs, equipment layouts, schematics, terminations and interface control documents. A couple of things you should know: Degree/HND/HNC in Electrical, Marine Electrical or related discipline. Significant senior experience in shipyard/marine new-build, retrofit, ..... full job details .....