Senior EC&I Design Engineer - Cumbria

Westlakes Recruit; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to join a dynamic team in Cumbria. This role involves leading engineering projects within the nuclear sector, ensuring compliance with regulations, and delivering high-quality solutions. Candidates must have a strong engineering background along with leadership experience in regulated environments. This position offers both permanent and contract opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading technical personnel in engineering.
• Experience in an engineering design environment.
• Strong understanding of nuclear industry regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Develop requirement specifications.
• Prepare delivery plans for projects.
• Manage production of design deliverables.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Technical knowledge

Regulated environment experience

Job description

Westlakes are currently recruiting for an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to join a dynamic team based in Cumbria. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a key role in delivering complex engineering projects within a regulated environment. We are considering candidates on both a permanent and contract basis. If you have a strong background in engineering leadership, experience in a design environment, and a passion for delivering high-quality solutions, we'd love to hear from you!

Role Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a multi-disciplinary engineering team to identify the feasibility of the approach
• Develop an outline requirement specification
• Identify the Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and development plans to deliver a viable solution
• Prepare a plan for the delivery of the appraise and select phase of the project and deliver to the agreed time, cost and quality
• Lead the multidisciplinary teams, responsible for estimating, scheduling, forecasting and the production of the agreed design deliverables
• Manage the JV teams in production of deliverables
• Develop the safety case(s), including attendance at HAZOPs, support to safety assessment, review of ES, and production of substantiation documentation
• Identify additional resource demand where required to ensure deliverables can be originated and checked in accordance with the project schedule
• Interface with other Project Discipline leads within the project(s)
• Interface and engage with Site clients and stakeholders

Essential Experience

• Background in engineering, demonstrating a record of successful delivery including recent leadership roles guiding technical personnel
• Significant experience in an engineering design environment with strong technical knowledge
• Recent experience working within a regulated and quality-assured system (preferably nuclear), where professional engineering judgment is key
• Knowledge and understanding of governing laws, regulations, and standards for the nuclear industry (equivalent experience in other industries will be considered):
• Health & Safety at Work Act
• The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Safety of Machinery, CDM, LOLER, Pressure Systems, DSEAR, Ionising Radiation
• Identification of Technological Readiness Levels and development of technology development plans

For more information on this role or to register your interest for future job updates, please contact Westlakes Recruit.

Why We're Different

Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.

Smarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge.

We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them! We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear.

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