Senior Electrical Design Engineer in Billingham

Location and Hours of Work: Billingham. UK Travel is expected as part of the role, other (worldwide) destinations as and when required. Full Time role - 38h per week Monday to Friday.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Senior Electrical Engineer has ownership of all projects assigned to them and is responsible for meeting the respective schedule and budget of the project.
• This role requires you to lead and undertake electrical engineering design works, studies and site surveys to gather client technical data.
• Types of work include:
• LV & HV distribution design (up to and including 33kV)
• Power Earthing studies
• Protection co-ordination
• Load flow
• Arc energy calculations using industry standard software.
• Transient analysis
• HV Motor starting
• Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• The delivery of all assigned work in accordance with company procedures, standards and its Quality Management System within budget and to schedule.
• Production of design deliverables including calculations, drawings, line diagrams, connection schedules, and equipment specifications plus other technical information that usually result in a 'design package' suitable for sub-contract build and commissioning.
• Carry out technical investigations and produce technical reports.
• Project equipment and materials including managing procurement and carrying out enquiry bid appraisals.
• Lead engineer responsibility for technical delivery, budget, quality and programme.
• Ordering services and equipment and expediting sub-contractor and supplier work and deliverables.
• Project lead responsibility including management of suppliers and other internal team members.
• Assist in the preparation of tender estimating and client proposals when required.
• Provide guidance and mentorship of junior team members for their development and career progression.
• Develop new and maintain existing client relationships in regard to Consultancy Engineering services.

This role is a fee earning role meaning that weekly hours must be recorded on our time keeping software system and that this time must be optimised in order to meet weekly utilisation targets for the role.

General Responsibilities:

• Actively contribute to the efficient delivery of company projects and objectives (including carrying out internal office safety and quality documentation audits) in order to provide improvements in efficiency, working practices and business performance.
• You are required to uphold and promote safe working practices and behaviours with all members of staff at all times.

Person Specification:

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong focus on the understanding of project delivery and budget.
• The ability to increase knowledge and learn new techniques to assist in career progression.
• Good communication skills for internal management and external client liaison.
• Computer literate in MS Office desktop applications, company management systems, project management and discipline specific software (e.g. SKM Powertools, ETAP, Autocad etc).
• Flexibility to travel to client sites within the UK and beyond with proven experience of site investigation and data gathering.

Experience:

• A thorough understanding of Electrical Engineering in both High and Low voltages in an Engineering consultancy based industry.
• Experience in the delivery of small to medium size projects is required and this should include full project ownership from start to finish.
• You will be familiar with operating in a design environment on industrial projects with experience in the supervision of site activities including commissioning of electrical equipment.
• Minimum of 6 years industry related experience in the delivery of Electrical Engineering based projects.
• A proven track record of technical involvement on EPC type capital and/or revenue generating projects.
• Relevant experience in a senior supervisory role.

Knowledge:

• A thorough understanding of the requirements that Electrical Engineering plays in industry including a working knowledge of the relevant standards and practices covering these disciplines.
• A minimum of Degree level in Electrical Power Engineering and be proficient in utilising software modelling packages such as SKM Power Tools for calculation and report preparation.
• Working towards Chartered Status and membership of a relevant engineering institute is highly desirable.
• The ability to undertake electrical engineering studies including site survey, data gathering, fault level calculations, protection co-ordination, load flow, transient analysis, motor starting, arc energy calculations etc. all utilising industry standard software.
• Development/production of design deliverables including calculations, drawings, line diagrams, connection schedules, and equipment specifications plus other technical information that usually result in a 'design package' suitable for sub-contract build and commissioning.

Personal Attributes:

• The role requires a level of thoroughness and accuracy to reflect the level of work being produced.
• Identification of learning opportunities in order to make career progression is required however the need to meet any individual project related responsibilities should always be the primary focus.
• The role requires the ability to liaise with clients/customers and represent the company in a technical lead role.
• Intuitive, innovative and able to identify with and recognise client needs.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines with limited resources.

Planning and Organising:

• Working with the Project Manager, your workload should be optimised to meet client project requirements along with meeting company utilisation targets.
• You will have the foresight to anticipate potential delays or problems and be able to create contingency plans in order to mitigate any negative consequences to either or both the company and the client.

Problem Solving:

• The Senior Engineer role must be able to identify, work through and resolve engineering issues relating to projects as and when they arise.
• Your ability to solve problems will be reflected in improved project delivery by either technical improvement or cost saving.

Decision Making:

• The ability to make the right decision at the right time ensures project performance is maintained and/or improved.
• It is imperative that decisions relating to project technical or delivery requirements are always verified by another senior member of staff to ensure consistency and expectations.