Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Salary: £40.19 – £41.39 per hour

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Brighton

Permanent

Water Treatment

Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities:

Provide design solutions that meet all of the requirements the Sub-Programme Mandates
Produce design documents which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification and which can be purchased, installed and commissioned effectively. The term ‘cost’ is to embrace all costs associated with the design and the subsequent construction of the design. To be cost effective the whole out turn cost of the design solution must be considered including design time costs, material costs, erection costs and any impact that the design solution might have on other disciplines
Ensure that standard designs and design practices are utilised wherever possible
Produce outline electrical, instrumentation and control design on contracts
Attend internal design meetings
Liaise with other design disciplines
Liaise with Network Operating Companies (NOC’s)
Carryout surveys at site visits
Attend design meetings with Clients
Review and approve/comment on sub-contractor designs
Gain approval of designs from Clients
Attend Factory Acceptance Tests at suppliers premises and produce reports
Motivate team members by positive attitudes, knowledge, experience and guidance
Identify specialist training requirements
Ensure the Company Procedures are fully implemented
Ensure designs produced and those of sub-contractors meet the requirements of the specification
Ensure designs produced and those of sub-contractors are in accordance with all appropriate regulations
Champion Electrical design health and Safety
Ensure a safe working environment for all staff
Implement latest H & S regulations and legislation
Reduce waste to a minimum from all departmental activities
Ensure designs are within budget and produce the best overall outcome for the business

Qualifications:

Several years’ experience in EICA design in water / process industry
Working knowledge of industrial electrical distribution systems including 11kV
Appreciation of automated control systems based on Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) and Telemetry
Process instrumentation experience
Knowledge of Electricity at Work Regulations
Knowledge of power distribution systems and associated calculations
Electrical Engineering Degree, HND/BTEC
Desirable – Chartered Engineer Status or member of a Senior Engineering Institute such as IET and working towards Chartered Engineer status
17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations qualification
Written contractual communication
Verbal communication
Computer literate
Commercial awareness
Administrative skills
Financial skills
Team building
Negotiation
Technical report writing skills