Principal Technical Manager, Electrical

The Vacancy

We’re looking for a Principal Technical Manager, Electrical, to join our growing MoJ-focused team. These are exciting national roles supporting high-profile projects with a strong emphasis on collaboration, compliance and innovation. If you’re an experienced technical professional who thrives in a flexible, autonomous environment and enjoys working across diverse sites and teams.

About the Role

As a Principal Technical Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering technically compliant solutions across multiple MoJ projects. You’ll manage two direct reports, travel to sites (~ 3 to 4 days/month) and work closely with Tier 1 contractors and multidisciplinary consultants.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead technical delivery across 6–12 national sites
• Ensure compliance with operational frameworks and project plans
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Collaborate with Engineers and Technical Managers to share knowledge and drive success

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• Funded professional memberships/accreditations (up to 2)
• Career path to Regional Technical Director
• Supportive, non-micromanaged team culture

Ideal Candidate

You may currently be working as a Principal Engineer, Associate Director, or Senior Electrical Engineer.

We welcome applications from candidates with transferable skills and diverse backgrounds. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a supportive environment, apply now!

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.