Electrical Design Engineer

Bennett & Game Recruitment; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A technical recruitment agency is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to design and manage projects for an electrical equipment supplier in the Liverpool area. The successful candidate will handle tasks from initial customer consultation to project completion, including diagram creation and collaboration with engineering teams. Knowledge of AUTOCAD, UK standards, and protection systems design is required. The role offers a salary range of £38,000–£48,000 and various benefits including private medical insurance and holiday allowance.

Benefits

On-site parking

Private medical insurance

24 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Performance bonus

Qualifications

• Knowledge of protection relays and experience creating settings and PSL files preferred.
• Familiarity with MV/HV industry standards and LV electrical installations would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Create diagrams and schematics for projects.
• Collaborate with production engineering for materials and component specifications.
• Assist in tendering, design, and manufacturing tasks.

Skills

Knowledge of AUTOCAD

Protection systems design

Knowledge of UK standards

Knowledge of EPLAN

Education

Formal engineering qualification

Job description

Electrical Design Engineer – Job Overview

Electrical Design Engineer required for an electrical equipment supplier based in St Helens. The successful candidate will design and manage the project from start to finish, from the first contact with the customer for the definition of the solution to the follow up of the order during installation and testing.

Electrical Design Engineer – Responsibilities

• Creation of diagrams and schematics required by the project (single line diagrams, Keyline diagrams, AC & DC, wiring, etc.).
• Work in collaboration with production engineering to create the list of materials and component specifications.
• Be involved and perform tasks under guidance from others during the tendering, design, manufacturing, FAT, installation, and commissioning activities of a project.

Electrical Design Engineer – Job Requirements

• Formal engineering qualification.
• Knowledge of AUTOCAD. Knowledge of EPLAN would be of interest also.
• Knowledge of the UK standards and presentation of electrical schematics within the MV/HV industry.
• Protection and control systems design experience according to DNO standards in the UK.
• Good knowledge of protection relays would be an advantage and experience creating settings and PSL files would be viewed favourably.
• As part of substation design, a knowledge of LV electrical installations and 18th edition wiring regulations would be useful but not essential.

Electrical Design Engineer – Salary & Benefits

• Salary – GBP38,000–GBP48,000
• On–site parking
• Private medical insurance
• 24 days holiday plus 8 UK bank holidays.
• Mon– Thurs 8am–5pm, Fri– 8am–1pm
• Performance bonus

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi–disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for.