Senior Electrical & Controls Project Engineer

ATA Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

Paid overtime

Job summary

ATA Recruitment Ltd in Lincolnshire is seeking a Senior Electrical & Controls Project Engineer to lead electrical and controls design on live projects in the food and beverage sector.

You will size equipment, produce drawings, specify and procure components, manage subcontractors, and travel to client sites for installation and commissioning; PLC skills are a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience sizing electrical equipment.
• Ability to produce electrical drawings.
• Experience specifying equipment and managing subcontract suppliers.
• PLC programming skills would be beneficial.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites for installation and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Map electrical requirements for the project – panel sizing, cabling, instruments, PLCs.
• Prepare cable schedules and loads.
• Produce electrical panel and cable layout drawings.
• Create specifications and source equipment from suppliers.
• Manage subcontract suppliers to meet delivery timelines for site installation.
• Plan labour for installation.
• Travel to customer sites for installation and commissioning.

Skills

Electrical sizing

Electrical drawings

Equipment specification

PLC programming

Travel to site

CAD (Electrical)

Tools

CAD (Electrical)

Job description

Senior Electrical & Controls Project Engineer

Lincolnshire

£50,000 – 60,000 + Company Car + Paid Overtime

The Company

Our client is a systems integrator who deliver bespoke equipment projects for companies in the food and beverage markets. The business deals with a wide range of incredibly well established customers and provide services that include process design, CAD draughting, mechanical design and commissioning of equipment at site.

As part of their growth they are looking to recruit for a Senior Electrical & Controls Project Engineer. This person will take the lead on the design and management of the electrical and controls systems required for projects.

This is a great opportunity for someone to break into the resilient food and beverage market as the business are more than open to considering people with the right skill sets from alternative engineering backgrounds.

The Role

The role of Senior Electrical & Controls Project Engineer will see you taking the lead for delivering the electrical and controls requirements against live projects. A typical project would be a process line consisting mechanically of all the pumps, pipework, tanks and vessels required.

Your role will then see you:

• Mapping out the electrical requirements for the project – size of panel, cabling, instruments, what PLCs
• Working out the cable schedules and loads required
• Producing electrical drawings for the panel and cable layouts
• Creating specifications and buying equipment from suppliers.
• Managing the sub contract suppliers to ensure equipment is on track for delivery for site installation.
• Planning the labour required for installation
• Going to customer site for installation and to oversee commissioning.

The Candidate

To be successful in your application for this Senior Electrical & Controls Project Engineer role you will need:

• To be comfortable sizing electrical equipment
• To be able to produce electrical drawings
• To be confident specifying equipment and managing sub contract supply
• Any PLC programming skills would be beneficial.
• To be happy travelling to customer sites for installation and commissioning as required.

The Benefits

For this Senior Electrical & Controls Project Engineer role the following benefits are on offer:

• £50,000 – 60,000
• Company Car
• Paid overtime of 1.5 x in the week and 2 x Sunday when commissioning

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation