Electrical Design Engineers

Trant; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Exeter is seeking Electrical Design Engineers at all levels. Responsibilities include managing design deliverables, conducting site surveys, and ensuring compliance with specifications. Candidates should have an appropriate electrical qualification and ideally experience in water or energy projects. The firm promotes career development and offers a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package, including hybrid working options and professional membership support.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company car or car allowance

24 days holiday increasing with service

Company Pension Scheme

Flexible working hours

Employee Assistance Program

Bike to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with water/wastewater and/or energy projects.
• Chartered Engineer status is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage project-specific design deliverables.
• Perform detailed design compliant with company procedures.
• Conduct design calculations modeling the complete power system.
• Prepare drawings for CAD production.
• Review vendor documentation for compliance.

Skills

Electrical design management

Client communication

Site surveys

Risk assessments

Education

Appropriate electrical qualification

Tools

CAD software

AMTECH

Job description

Our engineering design team is experiencing substantial growth and we are opening new design hubs through the UK and are now recruiting for Electrical Design Engineers of all levels, to join our team.

We are a friendly and professional multi-disciplined team, responsible for the design management of a variety projects within the water & process and energy sectors and this role is reporting to the Electrical Engineering Manager. Individuals will be responsible for managing all aspects of electrical design and there is a clear career path in place to help develop the careers of our valued Engineers.

Duties include but are not limited to :

• Management of project specific design deliverables
• Carry out design in accordance with M&E Design QA Procedures
• Responsible for the detailed design in accordance with the company procedures
• Interpret & understand the client requirements from client documents (drawings, specifications, correspondence, etc.)
• Communicate with the client, external design resources and subcontractors to ensure compliance with specification
• Site surveys of existing assets
• Optioneering and feasibility studies
• Assist with tender pricing
• Production of procurement specifications for electrical equipment and production of detailed design construction drawings
• Project managing third party designs and providing design assistance to installation and commissioning teams
• Review of vendors controls system Functional design specifications for compliance
• Review of vendor data and drawings for all electrical equipment and package plant, motor control centres, power distribution panels and field equipment panels
• Management of internal and external project specific design costs in liaison with the Project Manager
• Undertaking and checking of design calculations including modelling of the complete power system (AMTECH)
• Preparation of drawings for CAD production
• Assist in the development of process control philosophies with the Process Engineer and suppliers
• Production of electrical scope and works enquiry submission documents
• Estimation of material and labour costs
• Undertake design risk assessments to support detailed design proposals
• Preparing detailed electrical specifications
• Production of single line and block cable diagrams, load schedules, equipment specifications, cable schedules, equipment schedules, telemetry schedules, instrument schedules and I / O listings
• Record and document all design changes through to completion and issue of ‘As Built’ documents
• Liaise with clients and subcontractors

Qualifications / background :

• An appropriate electrical qualification
• Experience of working on water / wastewater and / or energy projects
• Chartered Engineer status would be advantageous but not essential

About Trant :

Trant Engineering Ltd has a long history of engineering and construction excellence, delivering high quality EPC engineering and construction services throughout the UK and overseas. We successfully deliver complex turnkey engineering projects within the Process & Water and Energy sectors.

Our in-house multi-disciplinary services include civil, process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation, supplemented by the design and manufacture of Control Panels, MCC’s, PLC’s, SCADA and automation systems.

We have over 1000 employees, a healthy forward order book and with a targeted turnover of £150m this year, it is an exciting time to join the business.

Benefits;

At Trant, we offer the opportunity for career development and progression within a professional working environment, and we strongly encourage employees to gain professional qualifications and fully support individuals on their journeys towards chartership.

• Competitive salary
• Company car or car allowance (some levels)
• Mentored support within our ‘Career Development Association’, to work towards chartership
• 24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays
• Options to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice
• Company Pension Scheme
• Flexible working based on a ‘core hours’ system
• 1 x Professional Membership paid annually
• Hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free onsite parking
• Bike to Work Scheme