Senior Electrical Design Engineer in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Energy Jobline CVL; Leeds; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Electrical Design Engineer role based in Leeds. The position focuses on developing control system designs, coordinating design resources, and ensuring smooth interfacing across design, production, procurement and installation teams.

The successful candidate should have a degree in Electrical Engineering and about five years of relevant experience. You will work with AutoCAD Electrical 2020 or equivalent, applying industry standards and managing project content to meet cost and quality

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of around 5 years of electrical design experience in engineering/manufacturing.
• Proven ability to design control systems and supervise project content.

Responsibilities

• Develop designs and specifications for control systems across the product portfolio.
• Coordinate site, application and design resources to meet project requirements.
• Ensure interfaces between design, production, procurement, and installation teams.
• Develop understanding of applicable Industry Standards.
• Manage project content with respect to cost, quality, and documentation within budget.
• Attend customer sites and liaise with customer engineering representatives.

Skills

Electrical design

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical 2020

Job description

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Leeds

to £60k 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.

Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager, the successful Senior Electrical Design Engineer candidate will undertake a range of duties and responsibilities that will include (but not be limited to):

• Developing designs and specifications for control systems across the portfolio of products available
• Co-ordinating site, application and design engineering resources to meet the project's 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.