Principal Engineer, Building Services Engineering (Electrical)

Posted 2 February 2026 / Deadline for application 28 February 2026

Overview

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join the existing Mechanical & Electrical Building Services (MEP) team that provides engineering support to several Blue Chip International Brands. Experience within the automotive, commercial/industrial, retail, residential and education sectors is essential, with experience in steam and clean/dry rooms desirable.

Rolton is an established, award winning, professional multi disciplinary engineering practice with a passion for excellence, innovation and environmental sustainability. The successful candidate will be responsible, under the leadership of the Director/Associate, for the project management of medium to large scale projects and individual engineering tasks for numerous schemes across client sectors. This will include the creation, development of, and finalising of engineering design solutions for electrical services elements, working with other team members, project teams, and direct liaison with the client and other design professionals.

Technical Competence

• High Voltage (HV) and Low Voltage (LV) Distribution
• General and Emergency Lighting
• General LV Power
• Access Control, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and Intruder Alarms
• Fire Detection and Alarm
• Lightning and Surge Protection Systems
• Process Services
• ISO Clean/Dry Rooms

Additional Responsibilities

• Complete survey work and site inspections
• Undertake design calculations using various methods, from hand calculations to software based modelling
• Prepare drawn information
• Write technical specifications and reports
• Identify and resolve problems early
• Peer review and check design information prepared by others
• Manage a project specific team of engineers
• Represent the Rolton Group at meetings
• Allocate and manage project specific workload of Graduates, Project Engineers, senior engineers and Admin support
• Manage commercial aspects of projects, including responsibility for management of project income and costs
• Manage client relationships on specific projects
• Look for additional opportunities within existing and new client relationships
• Take responsibility for own professional and personal development
• Contribute to the professional and personal development of team members, performance and development reviews and mentoring.

Qualifications

We are interested in hearing from established building services engineering candidates who have been working within building services consultancy with at least Ten (10) years post graduate "hands on" design experience. The candidate should be a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with either the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) or Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and possess a building services/architectural engineering degree and/or master.

Skills & Tools

High level of computer literacy and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Autodesk Revit MEP, National Building Specification (NBS) and Amtech ProDesign. The successful candidate will be required to provide support to our other teams and/or offices from time to time.

Benefits

• Internal mentoring and training programme aimed at developing the individual as well as the "Engineer".
• Opportunities for professional development across a wide range of industry sectors.

Equal opportunities

The company is fully committed to fair and equal treatment of all employees and applicants; we discriminate on talent and talent alone.

Position Details

• Position: Principal Engineer
• Location: Peterborough, Higham Ferrers, London or Birmingham
• Reporting to: Director/Associate
• Reference: PEMEPPE0408

Application

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