Hardware Design Engineer

Jacobs; Warrington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks an engineering professional with a strong background in EC&I to produce and review design work packages. This role involves collaboration with design teams and stakeholders, contributing significantly to engineering projects, ensuring quality, and compliance with industry regulations. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and a proven record in EC&I project delivery.

Benefits

Free medical cover

Enhanced parental leave pay

Professional development reimbursement

Paid volunteering time

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Significant experience with EC&I Project Delivery.
• Experience in the design & delivery of Electrical Enclosures, Control System Panels, and Motor Control Centres.
• Competent in the application of IET Wiring and CDM Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Produce engineering design work packages that satisfy legal and functional requirements.
• Generate and review engineering design drawings related to control systems.
• Provide associated information like load and heat calculations, and electrical drawings.

Skills

EC&I Engineering

AutoCAD

Excellent Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Space Management

Panel Layouts

Cable Management

Education

HNC in engineering or substantial equivalent experience

Job description

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

Key Responsibilities:

• To produce with input and guidance from the engineering design team, engineering design work packages (specifications, drawings, analysis, verification or assessment of engineering) that satisfy the legal and functional requirements along with the associated performance conditions to the agreed time, cost and quality.
• The technical generation and review of engineering design drawings, mainly in relation to control system cubicles, enclosures, and interface panels. Ascertaining constraints and design impacts from site visits, collaboration with the engineering teams and stakeholders, and the oversight of manufacturing and assembly of such designs to a high-quality level.
• Provision of associated information such as Power Load and Heat Calculations, electrical instrumentation/interface drawings, I/O Schedules, Hardware Test Specifications, Inspection & Defect Reports, Purchase Order & Material Traceability, Lifetime Quality Records.

• HNC or evidence of substantial experience with a high emphasis on EC&I engineering.
• Significant Experience in the use of AutoCAD.
• S ignificant demonstrable experience in EC&I Project Delivery.
• Experience of the design & delivery of Electrical Enclosures, Control System Panels, Motor Control Centres etc.
• Competent in the application of CDM Regulations.
• Competent in the application of IET Wiring Regulations.
• Experience of space management, panel layouts, cable routing, cable management & cable calculations, and load & heat calculations.
• Have the ability to work as part of an Integrated Delivery Team, and individually, working within sometimes restrictive time constraints.
• E xcellent written and verbal communication skills.
• S trong interpersonal skills and be able to interact with people at all levels.

Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visitwww.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team .