Senior Electrical Design Engineer

TipTopJob; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

TipTopJob is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our Leeds team. You will design control systems across our product portfolio and coordinate cross-functional resources to meet technical project requirements.

The ideal candidate has a degree in Electrical Engineering with at least 5 years of electrical design experience in engineering or manufacturing, and strong AutoCAD Electrical 2020 skills; LV motor speed control knowledge is advantageous. Based at our Leeds office.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Minimum 5 years' electrical design experience in engineering/manufacturing.
• Experience with AutoCAD Electrical 2020; LV motor speed control knowledge advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop control system designs and specifications for product portfolio.
• Coordinate site, application and design resources to meet project tech requirements.
• Interface design, production, procurement and installation/commissioning teams to optimise costs.
• Develop understanding of applicable industry standards.
• Manage technical content of projects including cost, quality and documentation.
• Attend customer sites and liaise with customer engineering representatives as required.

Education

Electrical Engineering degree or above

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical 2020

Job description

Leeds

to GBP60k neg dep exp + generous benefits

Our client is part of a group that has been established for almost 200 years and employs more than 5,500 staff globally, specialising in a range of bespoke heavier engineering and materials handling activities for a diverse range of applications. Due to continued success and an ongoing programme of strategic growth, they are now seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Electrical Design Engineer to be based out of their prestigious Leeds Office environment and complement their successful electrical engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Developing designs and specifications for control systems across the portfolio of products available
• Co:ordinating site, application and design engineering resources to meet the projects technical requirement.
• Ensuring effective interfacing between the design, production, procurement and installation and commissioning site teams to optimise project costs and implementation.
• Developing a working understanding of applicable Industry Standards.
• Managing the technical content of projects with respect to cost, quality, contract documentation and specifications and the associated engineering content of projects to budget (i.e. design hours, outsourcing, site labour, etc.)
• Attending Customer sites and liaising with customer engineering representatives as required.

To be considered for this varied and genuinely interesting Senior Electrical Design Engineer opportunity it is envisaged that the successful candidate will realistically be qualified to Degree level or above in Electrical Engineering (although comparable qualifications will be considered) and demonstrate at least 5 years previous experience of electrical design work gained in an engineering or manufacturing environment.

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer you will demonstrate extensive design engineering experience in a drawing office environment along with proven project management awareness, with excellent communication skills at all levels and the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team and comprehensive skills in the use of AutoCad Electrical 2020 (or equivalent) with knowledge of low voltage motor speed control applications proving distinctly advantageous.