Contract Design Engineer

Lucy Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucy Group is seeking a Contract Design Engineer to join the engineering team at our Dubai facility. The role focuses on producing engineering solutions to meet exacting customer specifications in a tight timeline, with a strong electro-mechanical bias.

You will work within a small team, interacting with pre- and post-sales to develop design solutions and ensure manufacturing readiness for product variants.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering with MV/LV switchgear background.
• 7 years in switchgear related activity.
• Experience in auxiliary electrical, electronic and protection systems for switchgear applications.
• Sheet metal part design experience.
• Good communication skills in a one-to-one or group environment.
• PC literate in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute allocated activities within specified timelines.
• Produce accurate and complete wiring schematics and generate manufacturing drawings.
• Develop mechanical design solutions to house and enable customer functionality within cost and quality constraints.
• Comply with Lucy Engineering design processes to issue drawings and Bills of Materials.
• Generate Customer Approval drawing packages to predefined requirements.
• Actively seek, offer and implement suggestions for improvement.

Skills

Switchgear experience

Electrical design

Mechanical design

Communication skills

MS Office

Attention to detail

Time management

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering (MV/LV switchgear)

Job description

Job Purpose

We are seeking an enthusiastic Contract Design Engineer to join our close-knit Team at LME.

This is a great opportunity for a motivated self-starter to bring their existing skills and develop them further to become a key contributor within the Contract Engineering team whilst focusing on producing engineering solutions to meet our customers exacting technical Specifications.

Job Context

You will work as part of a small Engineering team whilst interacting closely with other pre and post sales departments to develop the design solutions required.

Design tasks will be varied with a strong electro mechanical bias.

Work to tight timescales to produce accurate and complete design packages to enable our manufacturing facility to produce product variance with minimal disruption to its normal production activities.

Job Dimensions

The role will be permanently based in LME facility and reports locally to the Head of Commercial Engineering.

Utilising the Lucy PLM system to generate complete design solutions that meet the customer requirements in accordance with the companies required procedures and policies

Key Accountabilities

• Ability to plan and execute the allocated activities within specified timelines.


• Produce accurate and complete wiring schematics and generate their manufacturing drawings.


• Develop mechanical design solutions to house and enable the functionality required by the customer within the constraints of cost and quality.


• Comply with the defined design processes developed by Lucy Engineering to issue drawings and Bills of Material.


• Generate Customer Approval drawing packages to their predefined requirements


• Actively seek, offer and implement suggestions for improvement.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• Degree in Electrical and / or Mechanical Engineering with an MV/LV switchgear background.


• 7 years in switchgear related activity


• Experience in auxiliary electrical, electronic and protection systems for Switchgear applications


• Sheet metal part design experience


• Good communication skills in a one to one or group environment


• PC literate in Microsoft Office


• Excellent attention to detail


• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines

Behavioural Competencies

• Is a confident self-starter


• Able to work both independently and within a team


• Have a customer centred focus


• Good interpersonal skills with a pleasant and can-do attitude


• Highly organised


• Must have a positive and confident approach to tasks


• An ability to think logically and practically


• Ability to cope with work pressures and go the extra mile


• Proactive approach to plan project activities