Junior Electrical Design Engineer

RPS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a Junior Electrical Design Engineer to join their growing Water Consultancy team in Warrington. In this role, you will work on vital projects in the UK water industry, focusing on electrical and ICA design. As part of a dynamic team, you will engage in a collaborative environment and contribute to innovative solutions that address water treatment challenges. The position offers excellent career development opportunities and the chance to make a significant impact on communities.

Benefits

Personal development plan

Transparent career pathway

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering or closely allied subject.
• Familiarity with P&IDs and ICA principles.
• Experience in producing technical specifications and designs.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with clients to understand their needs and project requirements.
• Produce electrical and ICA design deliverables including calculations and specifications.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure project success.

Skills

Communication

Technical understanding of electrical engineering

Education

Degree-level qualification in electrical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Inventor

Job description

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We are currently in the market to recruit a Junior Electrical and ICA Design Engineer to join our dynamic and growing Water Consultancy team operating across the UK. You’ll work on exciting AMP8 and AMP9 projects, ensuring exceptional water services in a collaborative environment.

RPS, Tetra Tech are actively engaged in several long-term wastewater programmes across the UK water industry, helping our clients address major pollution and flooding challenges.As part of these programmes our wastewater consulting team undertake a broad range of projects including urban drainage and water quality modelling studies; WINEP, SOAF, DWMPs and catchment investment planning; and the development of engineering solutions from feasibility through to outline and detailed design.

About The Team

As part of Tetra Tech. RPS Water Consulting is a team of engineers, designers, modellers, and data analysts providing asset management and operational strategy development, to our water industry clients to support business planning and delivery. This is an evolving industry, providing challenges and opportunities that require innovation, dedication and teamwork to help us meet our clients’ needs.

About You

• You will have some experience in liaising with the client to understand their needs, interpret their data, and work to project plan. You will be able to work within multidisciplinary teams to ensure that the project as a whole meets its goals.
• You will be experienced in producing technical outputs such as technical specifications, schedules, reports, load and instrument lists, cable sizing calculations, single line diagrams and system architecture layouts, and be familiar with collaborative planning reviews and designs of solutions.
• You will be able to provide engineering inputs and design outputs in collaboration with other disciplines, producing general arrangement drawings, 3D models, 2D plans and sections, and piping & instrumentation diagrams.
• To be successful in this role, you will have good communication skills and be able to input into collaborative design discussions including technical workshops and safety reviews, including HAZOPs and ALMs.
• You will understand the principles of water and wastewater treatment processes and be experienced in assessing existing site infrastructure to develop and deliver the electrical and ICA design.
  
  

By joining us, you're not just taking on exciting projects and collaborating with leading minds. You're making a meaningful impact on millions of lives the UK, leaving a legacy for generations to come. As a valued member of our team, you'll play a crucial role in the water industry, and work with the largest water companies in the UK, ensuring a positive and enduring influence on the communities we serve. If you're ready to contribute your skills and expertise to a dynamic and innovative environment, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

Your Responsibilities

• Balance your workload across a wide variety of projects from a range of major long-term frameworks with water companies and contractors across the UK.
• Seek to achieve positive outcomes for projects and the community.
• Work closely with other junior and senior engineers and other stakeholders supporting project delivery.
• Interpret and understand technical drawings and help develop their production, ideally through AutoCAD and/or Inventor experience.
• Undertake asset condition surveys and prepare reports and recommendations.
• Contribute to the production of process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
• Prepare electrical and ICA design deliverables including calculations, reports, specifications, datasheets, drawings, schedules, and procurement documentation.
• Provide support to allow the project team to comply with the duties of Designer under CDM, including through the production of design risk assessments.
• Ensure quality assurance systems and procedures are followed, and that high standards are maintained.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge, And Experience

• A good technical understanding of electrical engineering and ICA principles.
• Water industry experience.
• Experienced in:
• Load assessment and LV and MV distribution systems design
• The use of P&IDs to create equipment schedules
• ICA and SCADA system architecture development
• Production of URSs, FDSs and control philosophies
• The production of specifications, reports and technical documentation.
• Complying with the Construction, Design & Management (CDM) Regulations and designing for safety.
• Managing your work to time, cost, and quality criteria.
• The ability to travel and visit operational and construction sites as required, to act in a safe manner, and to survey, inspect, and witness test mechanical equipment and installations.
• Knowledge of design tools and software such as AutoCAD or similar design packages would be an advantage but is not essential.
  
  

Qualifications

• A degree-level qualification in electrical engineering or a closely-allied subject, ideally IET- accredited .
  
  

What’s in it for you?

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you are part of the solution.

Why RPS?

We’re a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work-life balance that’s right for them. We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment. With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we work with you to find the right balance to meet client needs – this is a workplace that works for you.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023, RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

Come and join our team and truly make a difference in the future of water!

Mutual Dignity And Respect

Mindful that a truly welcoming organisation must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding principles of mutual dignity and respect in all People processes. This approach ensures that we reflect the communities and clients we serve, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.

To help us monitor our performance and continue to improve in relation to mutual dignity and respect we would appreciate your compliance in completing the questions in this section. The information provided will form no part of the selection process and will be treated in strict confidence.

Recruitment Agencies

We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.

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