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Senior/Principal Engineer - Electrical Building Services

Job details
Posting date: 09 June 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: Competitive Salary + Car / Cash Allowance + Benefits
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 07 July 2025
Location: Scotland, UK
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Blue Octopus Recruitment Limited
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: BHKS192506

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Summary

At BakerHicks, our Electrical team is known for making the complex simple.

Providing expert solutions across various niche sectors, they work seamlessly within a multi-disciplinary team, trusted by our clients to deliver inventive solutions to complex technical design challenges.

With extensive experience in delivering solutions focused on the design, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical systems, we’re able to understand our client’s visions and support them in realising the potential of their products.

An in-depth understanding of the industry’s regulatory and safety requirements means we can control the process conditions and the risks. From feasibility through to decommissioning, we help clients at every project stage and scale, ensuring functional safety throughout.

As our team has grown, we have a number of opportunities for Senior and Principal Electrical Engineers to become permanent members of our friendly, supportive and creative engineering team in our Motherwell office.

About You

We are looking for people who:

Value quality and enjoy delivering technically excellent Electrical designs in the built environment
Want to take ownership, be innovative, use initiative and are driven by client satisfaction
Have experience in coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams
Have experience in leading and mentoring junior engineers
Hold a relevant degree and chartered or willing to work towards this
Eligible to pass criteria for security clearance and airside pass applications

Why this role?

With the opportunity to work in multiple sectors including Nuclear, Life Sciences, Defence and Aviation, you will work on exciting and innovative buildings, often with top-tier architects and clients.
Our growing team provides opportunities for progression, where you will be encouraged and supported to develop your role and challenge your skills to explore career paths that help maximise your technical and management skill sets.
You will work within a supportive team with the ability to plug into and access our wider network of professionals
You will have the opportunity to see your designs come to fruition through site visits and client engagement
About BakerHicks

We’ve been innovating in design, engineering and project delivery since 1957 and operate from 14 locations for a truly European reach.

Benefits

Working at BakerHicks means a chance to make your mark on some of the most exciting projects in our sectors. Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry.

Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry. There’s also individual performance-related rewards on offer, as well as:

Company car or cash allowance
Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
Life assurance scheme
25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
Family friendly policies
Employee assistance
Professional development

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