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Principal Engineer
Posted 6 hours 50 minutes ago by Pertemps
£70,000 - £80,000 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Other
England, United Kingdom
Job Description
Principal Engineer 
Up to £80,000 DOE Bedfordshire
A long-established UK engineering business is strengthening its senior technical capability and is seeking a Principal Engineer to help shape product direction, technical standards and future innovation. This role suits a technically authoritative engineer who enjoys influencing strategy, mentoring others and applying engineering judgement across complex, engineered products.
What You'll Be Responsible For- Providing senior technical leadership across product development and engineering delivery
- Acting as technical authority on design integrity and performance
- Influencing technology and product strategy in line with market needs
- Supporting commercial activity through technical input into bids, proposals and selections
- Driving value engineering, standardisation and continuous improvement
- Leading structured problem-solving and root cause analysis
- Ensuring compliance with relevant industry and regulatory standards
- Offering expert technical guidance to internal teams and external stakeholders
- Degree-qualified Mechanical Engineer
- Extensive experience (10+ years) in complex mechanical or rotating equipment design
- Strong grounding in design principles, analysis and validation
- Comfortable balancing technical excellence with commercial realities
- Confident communicator, able to influence at senior and customer level
- Regulated industry experience (e.g. utilities, infrastructure, energy)
- Chartered Engineer or working towards
- Experience with modern CAD/analysis tools
- Exposure to condition monitoring, diagnostics or reliability engineering
Please contact Kirk at Pertemps Bristol on with any questions on the role.
