Senior Associate Electrical and Control Engineer - Northern England

MOTT MACDONALD; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global engineering consultancy in Newcastle is seeking experienced EICA engineers to work on water-related projects. Main responsibilities include leading projects, ensuring design compliance, and mentoring junior engineers. You will have the opportunity to impact essential water projects while enjoying comprehensive benefits, including private medical insurance and generous holiday entitlement.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance equal to 4 x salary

Flexible holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Qualified to HND level or higher in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and mentoring to other electrical engineers.
• Check and review design documents and provide technical direction.
• Ensure designs meet current legislation and standards.

Skills

Electrical power distribution design

Control system design

Excellent communication

Prioritising health and safety

Education

HND in electrical, electronic or control engineering

Master's degree in electrical or related field

Job description

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs. We are proud to be one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values are: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

About the division

The Water Utilities Division is Mott MacDonald's centre of excellence for responding to water and wastewater challenges, offering fantastic opportunities to get involved in diverse and technically challenging work. The work we do is at the forefront of ensuring safe water supplies for future generations and protecting our environment.

Do you want to use your experience to make an impact? At Mott MacDonald we support all leadership potential, creating high-performing teams with a flatter hierarchy that fosters more autonomy and greater employee engagement.

Job Description

After recent framework successes, we have a range of roles available for experienced electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (EICA) engineers in our Manchester, Newcastle and Liverpool offices within our multidisciplinary Water Consultancy Division.

We work on a vast range of design projects covering, for example:

• Water treatment
• Water distribution
• Wastewater recycling
• Industrial process water
• Desalination
• Irrigation
• Hydropower
• Flood defence

We cover all phases of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies through detailed design, construction support, and commissioning to handover.

Providing leadership and mentoring to other electrical engineers, you will be responsible for checking and reviewing design documents and providing technical direction to projects.

Using your experience and expertise you will ensure that designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards.

You will lead the integration of the electrical & ICA design with that of other disciplines.

You will work in close partnership with clients and contractors, building strong relationships that will enhance the company's reputation and help secure further work.

Candidate Specifications

You will be knowledgeable about a wide range of EICA tasks, typically including:

• Electrical power distribution design
• Control system design
• Specifying local renewable and back-up generation systems
• Developing plant layouts
• Cabling and installation design
• Instrumentation selection
• Lightning protection assessment
• Writing system control strategies
• Factory and site acceptance tests of equipment

Essential:

• Qualified to HND level or higher in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Understanding of the importance of prioritising health, safety, and environmental issues
• Experience of successfully delivering high quality outputs in accordance with design, quality and safety standards

Desirable:

• Master's degree in electrical, electronic or control engineering or a related discipline
• Chartered status with the Institution of Engineering and Technology or an equivalent body
• Experience of working in the water and/or wastewater industry
• Good understanding of pipeline hydraulics
• Good understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.