Principal Engineer - Electrical Engineering (Power)

Morson Edge; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 112,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer (Power systems) for a 12-month rolling contract. Hybrid working – 2 days every 2 weeks – Barrow or Filton.

You will lead a small engineering team, develop power system design solutions, and ensure compliance with industry standards while delivering analysis, modelling, and documentation to support product and platform programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience working to industry codes and standards.
• Knowledge of defence standards advantageous.
• Strong understanding of power systems architecture and operation.
• Experience with design reviews and customer presentations.
• Proven ability to develop and prove design solutions to time, cost and quality constraints.

Responsibilities

• Develop design solutions to time, cost and quality constraints in line with project milestones.
• Manage requirements and acceptance criteria for systems or products.
• Support design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities.
• Produce documentation for design reviews: diagrams, specifications, calculations, evidence.
• Ensure compliance with contractual and company standards and processes.

Skills

Engineering lifecycle

Defence standards

Power systems

Power systems modelling

Power generation and distribution

Power system protection

Power electronics

Technical report writing

Complex design programmes

Submarines experience

Job description

Principal Electrical Engineer - Power systems

15 positions

12 month contract - rolling

Hybrid working - 2 days every 2 weeks

Barrow or Filton

£81.05 per hour Umbrella standard / £114.64 per hour Overtime

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrable experience of engineering lifecycle.
• Knowledge and experience in defence standards whilst not essential would be an advantage.
• Understanding of at least one of the following areas: Power system modelling generators switchgear protection power electronics.
• In depth understanding of at least one of the following areas:
• Power Systems Architecture
• Power Systems Modelling (Simulation and Analysis)
• Power Generation and Distribution – both AC & DC
• Power System Protection and Co-ordination
• Power System Operation
• Power Electronics
• Power System Earth Fault Monitoring
• Skills: (Recommended max 5 /statements)
• Technical report writing skills.
• Experience of working within a relevant Engineering role to industry codes and standards. Ideal but not essential, experience of supporting submarines or their subsystems/equipment.
• Experience of working in complex design programmes
• Experience of working on Electrical Power Systems covering elements such as Low Voltage AC, DC, Electrical Distribution and Protection, Lighting Systems and Power Systems Modelling

The Principal Engineer (C) – Electrical Engineering (Power) shall provide support to the Engineering Manager and/or external specialists during development and analysis of platform power systems. The Principal Engineer shall act as team lead, managing the day-to-day activities of the team and the production of deliverables. The Principal Engineer shall be responsible for developing and maintaining the competency and skills of the team, project plan and schedule project activities, while managing the resolution of any related issues.

Core Duties

Typical duties include (but are not limited to): (suggested 5-10 bullets/statements, indicative of the role at this level)

• Develop design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones.
• Develop and manage requirements and acceptance criteria specific to a system or product and/or across a system of systems, platform or programme
• Understand the contractual and performance requirements for various systems, and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities.
• Produce documentation required to support the design review process, including: diagrams technical specifications supporting calculations design evidence and justifications
• Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority
• Ensure compliance against contractual requirements and that work is undertaken in accordance with company, safety, environmental, contractual and local business processes, standards, procedures and documentation.
• Undertake design reviews and presentations to customers.
• Provide technical support to integrated performance and acceptance activities, including acceptance of equipment from suppliers through to system acceptance by the customer
• Review relevant supplier documentation and ensure it is captured and recorded appropriately.
• Support the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver it in order to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for various systems.
• Provide support to the Certificate of Design activities appropriate to the discipline and articulate and present complex technical argument clearly, logically and simply.
• Deliver technical input and engineering solutions in support of build activities, defect resolution and change management