Electrical Design Engineer - National

Royal Mail; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading postal service provider is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to join their engineering team. The role involves improving processes, driving innovation, and ensuring reliability within automation projects. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of a Level 4 qualification in electrical engineering and experience in product design within an automated environment. This full-time position offers a competitive national salary, car allowance, private healthcare, and generous leave benefits.

Benefits

£4,200 car allowance or £3,700 cash equivalent

Full family private healthcare

Annual bonus potential

Generous annual leave of 27.5 days plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Minimum level 4 NVQ or equivalent in electrical engineering.
• Experience in automated product design and development.
• Strong problem-solving skills with engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Work actively within the Design Engineering team.
• Drive in-house manufacturing capability and innovation.
• Collaborate with maintenance teams for reliability.

Skills

Electrical engineering discipline knowledge

Detailed product design and development

Problem solving and solution delivery

CAD/CAM software experience

Meeting product development deadlines

Education

Level 4 NVQ or equivalent

Job description

Electrical Design Engineer

• Work actively as part of the Design Engineering team, striving to modernise and improve existing processes whilst driving new and innovative solutions into our current ways of working to improve business performance
• Identify future opportunities to drive in‑house manufacturing capability to deliver key elements of engineering design project
• Champion new processes to drive in‑house capability, innovation and people development within engineering
• Work closely with maintenance teams to drive reliability into existing automation fleet
• Promote the business culture: Be Positive, Be Brilliant, Be Part of It and drive professionalism, positivity and engagement within all areas of RM Engineering
• A minimum of a level 4 (NVQ or equivalent) qualification in an electrical engineering discipline
• Experience in detailed product design and development within an automated environment
• A strong Engineering background with proven ability to demonstrate intuitive thinking towards engineering problem solving and solution delivery
• Strong knowledge and experience of using CAD/CAM software and design packages (e.g Autodesk)
• A proven track record of hitting product development deadlines and quality parameter targets
• A proven track record of successfully delivering improvements and initiatives in a challenging environment

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean "your" interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required. We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Electrical Design Engineer - National Competitive Salary, £4,200 car allowance or £3,700 cash equivalent, full family private healthcare, annual bonus potential, generous annual leave of 27.5 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years' service Permanent, Full time 41 per week, Monday to Friday with flexibility required National This is a national role where regular travel to various sites will be expected. It's an exciting time for Royal Mail… Engineering and Design are transforming how we work! Our Engineering vision is blossoming with the establishment of an in‑house engineering design team focussed on innovation; transforming operational processes to improve the pace and quality we provide for customers as well as help us to achieve the business net zero strategy. With some exciting improvements deployed and more underway, the demand is growing for us to scale up across the business.