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Electrical Design Engineer: Switchgear: Hove

Whitehead Recruitment Ltd
Posted 16 hours ago, valid for 25 days
Location

Hove, East Sussex BN3 7EX, England

Salary

£40,000 - £48,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Electrical Design Engineer position focuses on supporting the Engineering Department in the development of switchgear for railway electrification and other industries.
  • Candidates should ideally have some experience in designing control systems and a strong understanding of relay logic.
  • Proficiency in AutoCAD or equivalent software is required, along with familiarity with SCADA and PLC hardware and software concepts.
  • This office-based role offers a salary of £40,000 to £50,000 and requires at least 3 years of relevant experience.
  • After an initial settling-in period, the company can accommodate some hybrid working arrangements.

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.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.