Electrical Design Engineer

Vrieservice; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global aerospace, defence, and security company is seeking an Electrical Engineer for a 6-month hybrid role in Plymouth. The position involves managing technical deliverables and supporting design processes for both nuclear and non-nuclear projects, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Ideal candidates should have a degree in engineering, understanding of electrical building services, and a commitment to safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Degree or HND in an appropriate engineering discipline.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards chartership.
• Sound understanding of engineering design and safety practice.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and check designs, analyses, reports, and specifications.
• Participate in problem-solving for technical solutions.
• Support development and maintenance of facilities in compliance with design intent.

Skills

Engineering design

Safety practice

Problem solving

Education

Degree or HND in an engineering discipline

Chartered Engineer or working towards chartership

Job description

Role: Electrical Engineer

Location: Devonport(Hybrid)

Duration: 6months

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About Our Client

Our client is a leading global aerospace, defence, and security company specializing in delivering complex, mission-critical solutions. With a strong heritage in engineering and innovation, they provide essential services across aviation, marine, land, and nuclear sectors, supporting governments, armed forces, and commercial clients worldwide. Renowned for their commitment to safety, sustainability, and technological advancement, our client plays a vital role in ensuring operational excellence for their customers. Join them and be part of a team that drives innovation and delivers cutting-edge solutions in some of the world's most demanding environments.

The purpose

To assist the Discipline Lead in delivery of the Electrical engineering work packages to the required scope, quality, schedule and cost.

Responsible for managing the technical deliverables of the Electrical services engineering packages in line with the planned deliverables agreed by the Discipline Lead.

The post operates as part of the Major Infrastructure Projects Business Unit.

Principal Tasks And Responsibilities

• Within SQEP profile, preparing and/or checking designs, analyses, reports, drawings, specifications and other documents in support of Nuclear and Non-Nuclear related plant, facility and equipment within the company's licensed, authorised and operational sites, or in support of external contracts.
• Participate in the problem solving for development of technical solutions to deficiencies or in the development of new designs.
• Support the review and sentencing of new designs, methodology of construction and temporary works submitted to the Technical Authority.
• Supporting planning of activities, with respect to task durations, level of effort and estimated costs, through to provision of design deliverables with regular schedule reviews and progress reporting, utilising Earned Value Management methodologies, and construction support.
• Make effective use of Learn from Experience information to develop and disseminate theoretical knowledge in relation to practical engineering and to maintain a record of development to substantiate the skills achieved.
• Support development, construction, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of Facilities to ensure that they comply with the design intent and DNSP's for Nuclear related Works, together with all relevant Local and National Regulations and Legislation
• Maintain familiarity with procedures used within Facilities Engineering.
  
  

Qualifications And Experience Requirements

• Ideally Degree or HND in an appropriate engineering discipline.
• Ideally Chartered Engineer, registered with Engineering Council or working towards chartership.
• Sound understanding of engineering design and safety practice as relevant to discipline, post and project requirements
• Design of electrical building services, to include fire detection and alarm systems, industrial lighting and emergency lighting, site broadcast (PA) and HVAC;
• Sound understanding of company and departmental procedures relating to Health and Safety, Design and quality
• Ideally Experience of the design support to construction, operation, refit/repair of conventional and nuclear submarines
  
  

Please apply if you want to be part of a leading global defence, and security company that delivers complex, mission-critical solutions