Project Engineer - Electrical

Jobtailor; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering leader to design, deploy and test critical electrical services across instrumentation PLC, HMI/LOI and SCADA systems. The role involves hands-on design, site data networks and delivering projects with strong technical and financial oversight.

You will work on ensuring quality, statutory compliance including CDM, and provide input into short and long term strategic planning across Yorkshire sites. Travel across the region is expected.

Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent.
• Engineering Apprenticeship & ONC/HNC/BTEC in Electrical Engineering.
• Broad experience with electrical and ICA equipment and ability to use this experience to produce engineered solutions to resolve business risks and other issues
• Qualifications and experience to facilitate YW Electrical Authorisation (LV)
• Ability to suggest or challenge the use of PLC, HMI, SCADA, Telemetry and instruments commonly found on YW sites
• Ability to make changes to and diagnose issues with PLC, HMI, SCADA, Instrumentation and understand change control
• Understanding the principles of Construction Design Management (CDM)
• Current valid driving licence and flexibility to travel across the Yorkshire region

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy and test business critical Electrical services in Instrumentation PLC & HMI/LOI systems.
• SCADA systems applications.
• Site data networks.
• Take a technical and financial lead role on projects, responsible for delivering best value and ensuring technical outcomes align with business requirements
• Ensure projects are developed and delivered to the appropriate quality, standards and specifications
• Ensure projects are compliant with all necessary statutory legislation including Health and Safety and CDM requirements as appropriate, acting as Principal Contractor
• Ensure all projects follow a formal customer handover process against the agreed scope
• Ensure the creation and modification of assets results in safe, compliant, reliable, affordable assets that are aligned with operational risk
• Provide technical input into developing short and long term strategic plans

Skills

PLC & SCADA experience

HMI/LOI familiarity

Site data networks

Project leadership

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Engineering Apprenticeship

ONC/HNC/BTEC in Electrical Engineering

HNC in Electrical Engineering

BTEC in Electrical Engineering

YW Electrical Authorisation LV

Tools

PLC programming

HMI/SCADA tooling

Job description

Overview

Design, develop, deploy and test electrical services for instrumentation PLC & HMI/LOI systems, SCADA systems applications, and site data networks. Take a technical and financial lead role on projects, delivering best value and ensuring technical outcomes align with business requirements. Ensure compliance with quality standards, statutory legislation including Health and Safety and Construction Design and Management (CDM) requirements where applicable, and act as Principal Contractor. Ensure formal customer handover processes against agreed scope. Create and modify assets that are safe, compliant, reliable and affordable, aligned with operational risk. Provide technical input into short and long term strategic plans.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy and test business critical Electrical services in the following areas: Instrumentation PLC & HMI/LOI systems (Programmable Logic Controllers & Human Machine Interfaces / Local Operator Interfaces)
• SCADA systems (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) applications
• Site data networks
• Take a technical and financial lead role on projects, responsible for delivering best value and ensuring technical outcomes are aligned to business requirements
• Ensure projects are developed and delivered to the appropriate quality, standards and specifications
• Ensure projects are compliant with all necessary statutory legislation including Health and Safety and CDM requirements as appropriate, acting as Principal Contractor
• Ensure all projects follow a formal customer handover process against the agreed scope
• Ensure the creation and modification of assets results in safe, compliant, reliable, affordable assets that are aligned with operational risk
• Provide technical input into developing short and long term strategic plans

Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent
• Engineering Apprenticeship & ONC/HNC/BTEC in Electrical Engineering
• Broad experience with electrical and ICA equipment and ability to use this experience to produce engineered solutions to resolve business risks and other issues
• Qualifications and experience to facilitate YW Electrical Authorisation (LV)
• Ability to suggest or challenge the use of PLC, HMI, SCADA, Telemetry and instruments commonly found on YW sites
• Ability to make changes to and diagnose issues with PLC, HMI, SCADA, Instrumentation and understand change control
• Ability to highlight complex technical issues and support and contribute to resolution
• Understanding the principles of Construction Design Management (CDM)
• Current valid driving licence and flexibility to travel across the Yorkshire region

Certifications & Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering Degree
• Engineering Apprenticeship
• ONC in Electrical Engineering
• HNC in Electrical Engineering
• BTEC in Electrical Engineering
• YW Electrical Authorisation (LV)
• Current Driving Licence