Design Engineer - Cabling

Freedom's Professional Services; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Design Engineer specialized in cabling to join their Stowmarket or London office. The role involves managing cabling projects from concept to completion, mentoring junior engineers, and conducting site visits for assessments. Candidates should possess detailed knowledge of cable system design and be proficient in AutoCAD and CYMCAP. The company offers competitive benefits, including up to 8% employer pension contributions and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

25 days holiday

Personal wellbeing and volunteer days

Private medical insurance

Free 24/7 Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits including gym memberships

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of cable system routing and design is necessary.
• Ability to lead projects from concept to detailed design.
• Degree qualification is desirable, HNC/HND is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical demanding projects.
• Lead cabling projects ensuring cost-effectiveness.
• Conduct site visits to gather data.

Skills

Cabling project management

AutoCAD

CYMCAP

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Education

HNC/HND in relevant field

Tools

AutoCAD

CYMCAP

Job description

Freedom's Professional Services are looking for a Senior Design Engineer with a cabling specialism to join our team out of the Stowmarket or London offices to support the growth of work within Scotland. The role will work on the design, drawing and calculations of our projects, working with the wider Design team, with site visits to carry out surveys and data collection, as required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead technical demanding projects.
• Lead all types of cabling projects (including undertaking calculations and producing drawings) from concept design to detailed design unaided, ensuring that the project is cost effective and delivered on time with the deadlines in the proposal.
• Have good commercial awareness with the ability to work closely with our clients to build a strong relationship.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of cable system routing and design including very good knowledge of software packages including AutoCAD and CYMCAP.
• Understand and mitigate complex engineering problems such as SED's.
• Mentor and provide help / guidance to Design, Assistant and Graduate Engineers.
• Attend and chair design team meetings with the team/client via teams or in person.
• Provide engineering solutions to site-based problems through TQ/RFI process.
• Have the ability to review/authorise earthing reports and drawings to a high standard, providing constructive technical feedback to all engineering levels.
• Ability to confidently conduct, supervise and demonstrate site visits to carry out earthing assessments, design commissioning, and investigations after failures.
• Degree qualified is desirable, but fundamentals from HNC/HNC is essential.
• Someone autonomous and needs little direction to get the job done.

About the Company

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training. Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies. Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

Benefits

• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

Next Steps

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.