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Principal Engineer

Job Posted: 18 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Whitburn, West Lothian

Expire in: 10 days

Job Description

Our client is a global engineering business supplying highly engineered products into the energy sector. They are looking to appoint a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across product design, engineering analysis and development projects whilst mentoring a team of engineers.

The Role

You'll play a key role in the design, analysis and continuous development of specialist engineered equipment, taking ownership of projects from initial concept through to manufacture and customer delivery.

Responsibilities include:

  * Mechanical design and development of specialist engineered products

  * Structural assessment using hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

  * Technical leadership across multiple engineering projects

  * Reviewing and approving engineering drawings, reports and calculations

  * Leading design reviews and technical discussions

  * Providing mentoring and guidance to junior engineers

  * Supporting customers with technical solutions and quotations

  * Working closely with manufacturing, projects and commercial teams

About You

You'll ideally have:

  * Degree qualified Mechanical Engineer

  * Extensive experience within mechanical product design

  * Strong FEA and engineering calculations experience

  * Excellent 3D CAD skills

  * Experience working with pressure equipment, subsea, drilling, oil & gas or heavy engineering products

  * Previous experience leading engineers or acting as a technical authority

  * Chartered Engineer status, or working towards CEng, would be advantageous

What's on Offer

  * Opportunity to influence the future development of market-leading engineering products

  * Technically challenging projects

  * Global engineering environment

  * Supportive engineering team

  * Excellent long-term career prospects

  * Competitive salary and benefits package

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