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Electrical Design Engineer: Switchgear: Hove
Responsible for supporting the Engineering Department in new product development and providing electrical engineering support of switchgear for railway electrification and other industries.
Ideally a candidate with some experience designing control systems. Somebody that understands relay logic, and has experience with AutoCAD or another brands equivalent.
The role is office based, primarily. But after a settling in period, they can accommodate some hybrid working.
Tasks and Activities
• Work closely with the client to produce drawings, specifications and reports of a high accuracy and standard.
• Use of AutoCAD to produce circuit diagrams, layouts, detailed drawings and wiring schedules as necessary.
• Apply relevant electrical theory to carry out fault and protection grading studies, protection settings, etc. to
develop and verify your designs and reports.
• Be familiar with SCADA and PLC hardware and software concepts and have a willingness to develop a PLC
software design role.
• Responsible for preparing the construction file for issue to the manufacturing team, which would include all
drawings, schedules, build manuals and equipment details.
• Product design, including; equipment layouts, arrangements & technical specifications, single line diagrams,
PLC system specifications.
• Interface design drawings, multicore cable schedules, production of termination drawings and associated
information.
• System analysis activities, including load flow and fault studies.
• Protection system design and analysis, including fault and grading studies.
• AC & DC Auxiliary Supply design.
• Current and Voltage Transformer requirements.
• Following rigorous change control procedures.
• Ensuring all relevant specifications and standards are adhered to.
• Attending kick off meetings, design reviews and performance meetings.
• Managing all engineering activities associated with each project i.e. design, development, materials,
procurement, implementation, commissioning and final handover.
• Managing follow-on engineering issues i.e. Technical Queries (TQ's) and Engineering Queries (EQ's).
• Complete technical close-out to allow commercial completion.
