Senior Engineer

  • Samuel Frank
  • Hopton, Staffordshire
  • Aug 28, 2025
Full time Engineering

Job Description

Senior Engineer Permanent Electrical / Software / Controls - Staffordshire - £60-65k + hybrid working + bonus + 30 days annual leave + BUPA

Must have a British passport for security clearance

Ambitious, growing company is recruiting for a Degree qualified Senior Engineer with experience of leading Engineers, who is ready to make the step up to Principal Engineer,

Key aspects of the Senior / Principal Engineer role include

  • Take charge of and lead project teams delivering electrical control systems, industrial software and electrical safety systems to customers in the defence sector
  • Have first class stakeholder engagement skills
  • Senior / Principal Engineer will initiate, oversee and lead all engineering activities on a project or group of projects
  • Knowledge of working to ISO 9001 standards is key
  • Oversee the activities of the team and help overcome problems by providing guidance
  • A Senior / Principal Engineer working towards Chartered status will be supported and mentored
  • You ll need to be a British passport holder and have lived in the UK for at least the last 5 years, as you ll be put through security clearance if you haven t already got it.
  • You ll need to comfortable working the defence sector
  • The management team encourages a sensible work-life balance which encourages everyone to leave the office by 4.30pm daily and have 30 days holiday per year, as well as the statutory Bank Holidays
  • Role will initially be based from the Stafford office (3 days per week) and home (2 days per week) with occasional day trips to customer sites

Senior / Principal Engineer package -

  • Up to 10% bonus
  • 30 days holiday + statutory days
  • Private healthcare includes family members after 6 months service
  • 6% pension contribution
  • 2 days a week from home (everyone works from home on Mondays and Fridays)

The clients' offices are easily commutable from Stoke, Stafford, Cannock, Lichfield, Telford, Uttoxeter, Stone.