Electrical Engineer

Salary: £72,000 per year

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to work on a permanent basis in the Chester area.

Our client is ideally seeking an Electrical Engineer with nuclear industry experience but will consider candidates from a highly regulated background.

Salary is up to £72,000 per annum plus 25 days holiday and bank holidays, pension, bonus

Duties of the Electrical Engineer:

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
 Carry out all duties to the highest standards of health, safety and environmental requirements
 Implementation of electrical safety standards in equipment designs
 Production of detailed technical specifications including equipment functional specifications and system descriptions
 Specification and design for drive system hardware, medium frequency distribution and single machine drives
 Modelling and simulation of electrical systems including performance, rating calculations and harmonics
 Working with subcontractors including checking and approval of detail design drawings to confirm compliance with the client requirements
 Checking of suppliers’ test specifications and attendance of tests at suppliers’ factories and customer sites
 Provide routine maintenance, trouble shooting and training support to customers for their existing systems
 Liaise with key internal and external interfaces to ensure the satisfactory delivery of work
 Presentation of information for design and safety reviews
 Carry out development activities to generate new products and to improve existing ones
 Analyse plant process, commissioning and test data and to establish areas for performance and efficiency improvements
 Capability to develop project proposals including schedule and cost forecasts
 Ability to manage project deliverables and provide clear status reporting to internal and external stakeholders
 Requirement for travel to European suppliers and other the client/customer sites

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
 A good quality degree in electrical or electronic engineering or related discipline
 Experience in the design or application of variable speed drives in an industrial environment, including an understanding of power quality and EMC
 A good understanding of electrical safety and capital investment protection
 Experience of MV/LV distribution, standby generation and UPS would be an advantage
 Ability to produce high quality written reports and specifications
 Ability to lead technical discussions with suppliers, customers and internal stakeholders
 Experience of work with a range of subcontractors in a multinational organisation and supervision of the provision of design information by subcontractors
 Practical experience of equipment testing
 Good interpersonal skills and a high level of computer literacy.
 An ability to speak French or German in addition to English would be an advantage

If the Electrical Engineer role could be of interest, please call Rebecca at GPW Recruitment or press