Senior Electrical Design Engineer
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Location: Manchester, UK
Contract Type: Permanent
Purpose:
Manage the quality and technical aspects of electrical engineering designs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements.
- Produce design calculations and drawings for applications in the water industry.
- Direct and develop CAD technicians and more junior designers and graduates.
- Direct, prepare scopes for, and check the output of subcontract electrical design teams.
- Liaise with equipment suppliers and manufacturers.
- Prepare design investigations, reports, and specifications.
- Design in compliance with relevant technical, professional, and internal standards.
- Ensure project changes for design packages are fully implemented and recorded.
- Estimate hours required for design packages.
- Present and attend meetings and design presentations.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- 10 years relevant electrical design experience in the water industry.
- Significant experience in LV design.
- Degree or HND in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Good level of IT literacy.
- Registered with a professional body and working towards chartership.
Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
- Chartered engineer status.
- Experience in control and/or telecoms engineering.
- Experience with ATEX.
- Experience in HV, LV and ICA designs.
- Awareness of construction methods and materials.
- Knowledge of engineering drawing practices.
Key Skills:
- Strong communication skills.
- Results focused.
- Strong technical knowledge.
- Commitment to developing self and others.
- Effective problem solving.
- Technical main discipline expertise.
- Technical subsidiary discipline awareness
Location: Manchester, UK
Contract Type: Permanent
Purpose:
Manage the quality and technical aspects of electrical engineering designs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements.
- Produce design calculations and drawings for applications in the water industry.
- Direct and develop CAD technicians and more junior designers and graduates.
- Direct, prepare scopes for, and check the output of subcontract electrical design teams.
- Liaise with equipment suppliers and manufacturers.
- Prepare design investigations, reports, and specifications.
- Design in compliance with relevant technical, professional, and internal standards.
- Ensure project changes for design packages are fully implemented and recorded.
- Estimate hours required for design packages.
- Present and attend meetings and design presentations.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- 10 years relevant electrical design experience in the water industry.
- Significant experience in LV design.
- Degree or HND in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Good level of IT literacy.
- Registered with a professional body and working towards chartership.
Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
- Chartered engineer status.
- Experience in control and/or telecoms engineering.
- Experience with ATEX.
- Experience in HV, LV and ICA designs.
- Awareness of construction methods and materials.
- Knowledge of engineering drawing practices.
Key Skills:
- Strong communication skills.
- Results focused.
- Strong technical knowledge.
- Commitment to developing self and others.
- Effective problem solving.
- Technical main discipline expertise.
- Technical subsidiary discipline awareness