Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Water & Wastewater)

ZipRecruiter; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in sustainable design and engineering is looking for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join their MEICA team in Manchester. In this role, you will contribute to projects in the clean water and wastewater sector, leading design initiatives and mentoring staff. This position emphasizes technical delivery and innovative solutions, making it essential for candidates to have a robust background in electrical engineering and related fields. Join this dynamic team to work on critical projects that impact the environment and quality of life.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in water industry engineering projects.
• Experience with digital design processes.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex electrical detailed designs and calculations.
• Lead design and advisory services on water and wastewater plants.
• Mentor and develop assigned staff.

Skills

Technical delivery

Design leadership

Innovative problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status

Job description

Job Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

With AMP8 in mind, we are actively recruiting for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our MEICA team. You'll join a dedicated team of professionals where you'll contribute and apply your skills to stimulating projects in the clean water & wastewater sector, both regionally and across the UK.

The role itself will sit within our Resilience Global Business Area. Our Resilience Business Area prides itself on protecting our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for the future. Around the world, we're feeling the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we're seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for the future.

Role accountabilities:

1. Ability to self-start and work both independently and as a team member carrying out production and checking complex electrical detailed designs including calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
2. Supporting and/or leading design and advisory services relating to new and existing water and wastewater process plants, pumping stations, and ancillary assets.
3. Ensuring safety of yourself and others through design leadership and actions.
4. Technical delivery of multi-disciplinary projects, in a Design Lead capacity where assigned, using latest digital design techniques.
5. Identify and develop innovative and optimized technical solutions based on client needs and drivers.
6. Lead and coordinate work with multi-disciplinary teams (e.g., process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and ICA).
7. Establish and grow relationships with clients and capital alliance partners on project technical, commercial, and progress matters.
8. Ensure projects meet required technical, legislative, quality, safety, and environmental standards and objectives.
9. Mentoring and performance development responsibility for assigned staff.
10. Capture key project and technical knowledge, including innovations.
11. Promote MEICA team capability and achievements both internally and externally.

Qualifications & Experience:

1. Degree in Electrical Engineering or other directly related degree.
2. Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status and membership of a professional institution such as IET, InstMC, or CIWEM or working towards and nearing application.
3. Significant experience and track record in the technical delivery of process plant systems on complex water industry engineering projects, preferably related to water and wastewater industry.
4. Experience of working on design and construct projects using digital design.
5. Technical / Discipline Team leader with collaborative behaviors.
6. Feasibility to detailed design stage delivery experience.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life, and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together, diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of how we improve quality of life, and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Race, Gender, Faith, Disability, LGBT+, and Belonging. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.