Electrical Design Engineer

Electrical Design Engineer

Bristol

Salary Dependant on Experience

Permanent

My client is a high voltage electrical engineering company who specialise in electrical power infrastructure, grid connections and renewable energy generation. They are on the lookout for an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to join their team based in Bristol.

You will be given the opportunity to practice and develop a wide range of skills including specification of HV primary equipment, design of protection and control schemes, reviewing and conducting simulation and modelling studies to demonstrate compliance.

Key Responsibilities – Electrical Design Engineer

• Responsible for the delivery of designs within agreed time frames
• Work across multiple design projects and prioritise conflicting project deadlines
• Communicate effectively with clients, consultants, and project engineers, to understand their expectations and justify your design decisions
• Provide technical support for the project engineers for design queries
• Build relationships with clients, and attend design and project co-ordination meetings with clients, their consultants, and DNO and TNO representatives
• Ensure all designs are designed for safety and are compliant with CDM and Health and Safety regulations, including producing design risk assessments, and effectively communicating risks to project engineers and construction operatives
• Prepare design packages for DNO contestable works and balance of plant (private) works from 11 kV to 132 kV
• Work closely with the in-house CAD drafting team to generate SLD’s, equipment layouts, cable route drawings, construction, and legal plans for new HV connections
• Produce AC/DC schematics for protection, control, and SCADA panels, and liaise with our in-house panel assemblers on the construction of panels
• Select HV and LV cables and design cable routes using CYMCAP and Amtech software
• Prepare multicore cable schedules
• Attend sites for inspection and design purposes and attend manufacturers factory acceptance tests when required

Qualifications & Experience – Electrical Design Engineer

• Gained relevant experience of high voltage electrical engineering design (11 kV and above) within the electrical contracting or utility industries. You will possess excellent technical knowledge and be able to apply this in a practical way
• HNC/ Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Have obtained or be working towards professional registration with the IET at IENG / CENG level
• Full UK driving licence
• Right to Work within the UK without limitation

For more information on this role, please contact Harry Waller on (phone number removed) or send a copy of your CV to (url removed)

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