Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Rullion; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel expenses paid

Job summary

My client, an engineering design consultancy, is seeking senior/ principal level engineers for a full-time role from the Manchester Office with occasional site visits. Hybrid working is possible with prior agreement.

The position can be contract (outside IR35) or permanent. Responsibilities include delivering water-industry design outputs, leading CAD teams, coordinating electrical design scopes, and ensuring compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• 10 years’ relevant design experience in the water industry.
• Registered with a professional body and working towards chartership.
• Chartered engineer (preferred).
• Experience in control and/or telecoms engineering.
• Experience with ATEX.
• Experience in HV, LV and ICA designs.
• Awareness of construction methods and materials.
• Knowledge of engineering drawing practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements.
• Produce design calculations and drawings for the water industry.
• Direct and develop CAD technicians and more junior designers and graduates.
• Direct, prepare scopes for and check output of subcontract electrical design teams.
• Liaise with equipment suppliers and manufacturers.
• Prepare design investigations, reports and specifications.
• Design in compliance with relevant technical, professional and group standards.
• Ensure project change for design package is fully implemented and recorded.
• Estimate hours required for design packages.
• Present and attend at meetings and design presentations.

Skills

Design leadership

Team mentoring

Stakeholder liaison

Presentations

Education

Chartered engineer status / working toward chartership

Professional body registration

Tools

CAD software

Electrical design tools

Job description

My client is an engineering design consultancy working closely with a wide range of clients, across a number of disciplines within the UK rail and utilities industries.

Full time role from the Manchester Office with occasional site visits for which travel expenses will be paid.

Hybrid working possible when required provided agreed in advance.

Can be contract (outside IR35) or permanent role.

LOOKING AT SENIOR AND PRINCIPAL LEVEL

Responsibilities:

• Provide design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements.
• Produce design calculations and drawings for the water industry
• Direct and develop CAD technicians and more junior designers and graduates.
• Direct, prepare scopes for and check output of subcontract electrical design teams
• Liaise with equipment suppliers and manufacturers
• Prepare design investigations, reports and specifications.
• Design in compliance with relevant technical, professional and group standards.
• Ensure project change for design package is fully implemented and recorded.
• Estimate hours required for design packages
• Present and attend at meetings and design presentations

• 10 years’ relevant design experience in the water industry
• Registered with professional body and working towards chartership

• Chartered engineer
• Experience in control and/or telecoms engineering
• Experience with ATEX
• Experience in HV, LV and ICA designs
• Awareness of construction methods and materials.
• Knowledge of engineering drawing practices.