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# Senior Principal Engineer (Team Leader)

- **Company:** SIEMENS ENERGY LIMITED
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Value Engineering
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.siemens-energy.com/en_US/jobs/Login?folderId=304792

## About the Role

* A degree in electrical engineering.
 * Extensive primary engineering design experience within the Electricity Transmission and Distribution industry, with at least 5 years in the UK as a lead design engineer.
 * Good working knowledge of grid connection requirements, constraints, and technologies.
 * Excellent knowledge of technology, product roadmap, and value engineering.
 * Fully conversant with the latest Transmission and Distribution standards & technologies and Health & Safety standards (including CDM regulations) applicable to the design of High Voltage substations.

## Description

As a Senior Principal Engineer within Siemens Energy's UK Grid Technologies business, your day will be centred on leading and guiding a team of engineers to deliver high-quality primary engineering designs for UK transmission operator substations, particularly in support of renewable grid connections. You'll balance technical leadership with collaboration-working closely with clients, project managers, civil teams, and fellow engineering leads-while overseeing progress, resolving issues, and ensuring designs meet safety, quality, budget, and programme requirements. Reporting to the Head of Primary Engineering (UK), you'll play a visible role in technical meetings, design reviews, and monthly reporting, while also investing time in coaching and developing your team.
How You'll Make an Impact

 * Lead a team to deliver the primary engineering design adhering to the process and the business strategy.
 * Hold technical responsibility for primary design on substations, accountable for approving primary engineering design within the department.
 * Coordinate with clients, civil teams, project management, and other interfaces to deliver high-quality technical output in line with agreed delivery timescales and budget.
 * Ensure design risk assessments/HAZIDs are in place for all design solutions and that residual risks are passed on to the H&S file.
 * Chair design reviews to ensure consistency in design and adherence to specifications and processes.