Posted 16 May 2024
Job ref: 231850KRB
Principal Electrical Engineer
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
- Location:Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
- Salary: Open to negotiations
- Category
- Sector:
- Contract type Permanent
Principal Electrical Engineer
Role Location: Manchester Office
Sector/Division: Natural Resources
Salary: Open to negotiations
Summary of Role:
This is an exciting and challenging role where you will perform or support the Lead engineer position on one or more Projects. A range of deliverables from Concept Studies through to Detailed Design provide a variety of interesting work. Industries can range across Water, Transport and Energy including Green Energy, Nuclear and Oil and Gas
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsibility for electrical discipline technical input for projects and/or proposals; including preparation, checking and/or approval of engineering documentation
- Organising discipline staff, allocating work and ensuring delivery against plan
- Mentoring and developing graduates and less experienced engineers
- Deliver high-quality electrical engineering tasks to schedule, budget and client satisfaction
- Ensuring all applicable national and international codes of practice, legislation and company/client standards and procedures are complied with
- Preparing equipment and materials requisitions for HV and LV switchboards, transformers, UPS systems, power factor correction, trace-heating, lighting and other electrical equipment
- Preparing installation scopes of work
- Reviewing supplier’s quotations and preparing technical bid assessments
- More specific tasks could include:
- Protection grading studies
- Power system analysis including fault level calculations and load flows
- Electrical equipment ageing and Obsolescence Management
- Supporting site teams with operational issues such as high harmonics, mal operation of protection and fault level exceedance
- Provide oversight of verification and validation activities
Qualifications:
- Degree in relevant engineering discipline (e.g. Electronic / Electrical / Control Engineering) Apprenticeships may be considered
- Chartered or Incorporated engineer status with a relevant professional body or evidence of being close to gaining these professional titles
Technical Experience:
- Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline across a range of industries.
- Significant engineering experience in the Oil & Gas, Nuclear and/or Water sectors
- Extensive knowledge of UK legislation and standards
- Competence in the requirements for installation of equipment in process plants involving potentially explosive areas
- Experience in the requirements for CE marking of plant and equipment, including Atex, PED, Low Voltage Directive, Machinery Directive and EMC Compliance
- Awareness of risk identification, quantification, management and of HSE requirements
Personal Specification:
- Highly motivated without or with limited supervision
- Excellent communication skills and proactive in engaging with colleagues and relevant stakeholders
- Focussed on business improvement by proactively creating efficiencies, supporting the recruitment of talented people, promoting the clients brand and contributing to an excellent working environment
- Works with safety and risk management at the forefront of their minds
- Proactive in personal development
- Customer focussed