Principal Engineer

Overview

As Senior Lead Engineer you provide technical leadership across complex, regulated projects in power, pharma, oil & gas, nuclear and offshore. You will drive technical excellence and ensure compliance while guiding project delivery, positioning ABB as a trusted authority. You’ll lead multi-disciplinary teams, shape technical approaches and governance, and support bids and execution with strong relationships to customers and industry bodies. This role offers meaningful impact through enabling safe, high-quality solutions in critical industries.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme
• Private medical cover

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for assigned industry sectors and ensure regulatory and ABB practice compliance
• Lead, mentor and develop multi-disciplinary engineering teams and promote technical excellence
• Define technical approaches, quality standards, milestones and resource plans for concurrent projects
• Conduct technical reviews, risk assessments and compliance evaluations for safe delivery
• Lead regulatory change assessments and implement compliant solutions
• Serve as senior technical escalation point for complex engineering and regulatory challenges
• Build trusted relationships with customers, industry bodies and internal stakeholders across bids and project execution
• Ensure delivery to scope, schedule, budget and quality targets while driving continuous improvement

Key requirements

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or equivalent (HNC/HND with significant industry experience)
• Experience in highly regulated industries (Power, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Nuclear or Offshore)
• Proven experience leading engineering teams or as a technical specialist
• Strong knowledge of process control, industrial automation, instrumentation and multidisciplinary projects
• Expertise in ABB system upgrades/modernisation or gas turbine replacement/renewal systems
• Working knowledge of IEC 61508/61511, IEC 62682, IEC 61882 and sector directives
• Experience with PLC, SCADA and DCS architectures
• Strong delivery capability including risk management, resource planning and stakeholder engagement
• Professional Engineering registration and/or Functional Safety certification (desirable)
• Experience contributing to technical communities or energy transition technologies (desirable)
• leadership
• stakeholder engagement
• mentorship
• process control systems
• industrial automation
• instrumentation

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