Principal WTG Engineer

Principal WTG Engineer – Initial 12 Month Contract – Outside IR35 – Kingston‑upon‑Thames, Surrey – Hybrid working 3 days per week in office, 2 days per week from home.

New role with an outside IR35 contract based in Kingston‑upon‑Thames, Surrey offering a hybrid working setup of 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week working from home.

As the Principal WTG Engineer you will ideally have experience of engineering software including Bladed, Fast and Orcaflex. You will report to the Floating ILA Engineering Manager within the Offshore Wind business line and be responsible for all activities related to turbine design and interface with turbine OEM in offshore wind.

• Building and verification of aeroelastic model of the turbine
• Manage turbine controller tuning and development
• Perform all required checks of the turbine and controller
• Support turbine tower design
• Monitor, support and verify the ILA
• Liaise with external contractors related to the turbine model and controller
• Participate in technical meetings with clients
• Support the Offshore Wind business unit activities, in terms of advanced and non‑conventional structural analyses and numerical simulations
• Write comprehensive and top‑quality industry standard technical reports

Chartered Engineer (Engineering Degree – Aeronautical degree preferred)

10‑15 years in design for offshore wind covering both floating and fixed wind substructures.

Codes and standards, including DNV and IEC, turbine design, WTG.

Engineering software (Orca Flex, Bladed, Fast) and MS365.

• Job Title:
  
  Principal WTG Engineer
• Company:
  First Recruitment Group
• Location:
  
  Competitive
• Posted:
  Jan 7th 2026
• Closes:
  Feb 7th 2026
• Sector:
  Contract
• Hours:
  
  Full Time

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