EC&I Department Head in North East

Background TV Rheinland is a leading provider of technical services worldwide. We provide a broad range of testing, inspection and certification services to ensure the safety, reliability and regulatory compliance of engineering assets throughout their lifecycle. If you contribute your experience to us in the future, you will experience a surprisingly broad spectrum of national and international challenges, all of which are associated with safety, efficiency, and sustainability.

We are currently recruiting for an EC&I Department Head on behalf of our sister company TUV Rheinland Industrial Services (TRIS). The suitable person must be a graduate Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer, chartered with a minimum of 10 years experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare scopes of work and estimates to support proposals.
• Assist in preparing project documents including scopes, schedules and reports.
• Deliver the EC&I engineering design scope to budgets and programmes.
• Co-ordinate/liaise with EC&I and other Engineering disciplines/client/package vendors.
• Design authority for all EC&I.
• Prepare, check and/or approve design calculations, specifications, data sheets, reports, scope of work and drawings to British/International Standards and Codes of Practice.
• Design, develop, review and approve electrical and controls (IEC) engineering drawings, specifications and documents in line with national and international standards.
• Conduct electrical design calculations and approve calculations conducted by others including earthing, cable sizing, Short Circuit Calculation, Cantilever strength calculation, Battery Sizing calculations, voltage drop, lighting levels, cable tray fill and heat tracing etc.
• Prepare and review datasheets and/or procurement packages for electrical equipment.
• Preparation of key engineering design documents including SLDs, Schematic Diagrams, Cable Schedules and Layout Plans.
• Liaise with vendors, select and oversee purchase of EC&I equipment & components.
• Monitor work for compliance to applicable codes, accepted engineering practices and client standards.
• Provide specialist design input to 3D models.
• Prepare Technical Analysis of proposals provided by equipment manufacturers and contractors.
• Interpret vendor and other discipline drawings/information.
• Attend and participate in safety reviews, risk reviews, planning reviews, model reviews and constructability reviews.
• Manage conflicting priorities among simultaneous projects.
• Identify and raise scope changes.
• Comply with Company Quality Manager Systems.
• Other professional duties as reasonably required.

Key skills required include:

• Background in Heavy Engineering/Chemical/Petrochemical/Oil & Gas Industries.
• Minimum of 10 years of EC&I experience, preferably in oil & gas, chemicals and/or other high hazard process industries.
• Appropriate Technical Engineering Degree and preferably a Chartered Engineer with an appropriate institution.
• Knowledge of regulations, codes, manufacturing standards, and industry standard practices.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Ability to allocate work appropriately to design staff and monitor progress to meet project needs.
• Ability to work in both design office and operating plant environments.
• Comfortable dealing directly with both Clients and Vendors at all levels.
• Knowledge of ATEX and equipment for electrically hazardous areas.
• Knowledge or experience of Functional Safety, preferably holding a suitable Functional Safety qualification.
• Expertise using MS office suite and knowledge of AutoCAD.
• Experience in the use of AVEVA E3D.
• Experience in the design of HV and LV Power distribution systems, LHV/LV Switchgear Panels and MCCs.
• Experience in Relay Coordination, Load Flow, Short Circuit and Motor start studies.
• Exposure to IEC, IEEE, IS, CBIP & ANSI Standards.
• Proficiency in AUTOCAD, DIALUX, CG LUX Software.

What can we offer you?

• Full Time Permanent position.
• Company car.
• 25 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays.
• Annual bonus subject to company and individual performance.
• A package of benefits: Group life insurance, workplace pension scheme, employee discounts, Salary sacrifice options.
• Well-being Support.
• Work in a friendly, diverse and high-qualified team with positive and cooperative working atmosphere.

NB (please note that UK security clearance is very difficult to achieve within the timescales for non UK nationals, and you will subject to a screening process prior to interview to ensure that you meet the security clearance criteria).