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Electrical Design Engineer

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Birmingham

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GBP 35,000 - 55,000

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3 days ago
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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to join their dynamic team in Birmingham. This role involves analyzing design solutions to meet technical and legislative requirements while generating formal documents for customer approval. The ideal candidate will bring at least three years of experience in Control Panel and Low Voltage power distribution, with a strong understanding of power and electrical design. You will collaborate with mechanical engineers to ensure a fully integrated solution while documenting compliance with safety standards. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to innovative projects in a supportive and growth-oriented environment.

Benefits

Company pension
Health & wellbeing programme
Life insurance
Sick pay

Qualifications

  • Degree qualified with 3+ years in Control Panel and Low Voltage power distribution.
  • Hands-on engineering experience is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

  • Document technical compliance of electrical designs to customer specifications.
  • Work with mechanical engineers to develop integrated solutions.

Skills

Control Panel Design
Low Voltage Power Distribution
Power & Electrical Design
Variable Speed Drives
Motor Starter Panels
Distribution Systems
PLC Systems
Testing & Automation
E-Plan
Solid Works Electrical

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

E-Plan
Solid Works Electrical

Job description

Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Competitive

The Role

The Electrical Design Engineer role will have the ability to technically analyse the functionality and suitability of a design solution, in line with the specified technical and legislative requirements preferably with the ability to generate a range of formal documents for customer approval.


Key Responsibilities
  1. Experience in design documentation to substantiate the design and application to the project (performance calculations, test plans, material and component selection justifications, etc.) would be advantageous.
  2. Document the technical compliance of the electrical design to the customer's specifications, including (but not limited to) Safety and Legislative compliance.
  3. Work with the mechanical design engineers to ensure a completely integrated solution is developed.
  4. Follow the design process to ensure all mitigations and approvals of the design are in place at the correct stage.

Skills and Qualifications
  1. Degree Qualified, or equivalent experience, with Control Panel and or Low Voltage power Distribution experience (min 3 years).
  2. Power & Electrical Design capability - Including System design & Component Selection.
  3. Ideally experienced in Variable Speed Drives, Motor Starter panels, Distribution systems and PLC systems.
  4. An understanding of Testing & Automation, including writing test plans.
  5. Ability to use E-Plan is desirable & Solid Works Electrical would be advantageous.
  6. Hands on engineering experience is essential.
  7. Must work well within a team and be able to follow instructions, but also have the ability to work on their own initiative to progress tasks.
  8. Alternative CAD system experience may be considered as training could be provided to the right candidate.

Benefits
  1. Company pension
  2. Health & wellbeing programme
  3. Life insurance
  4. Sick pay

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please do not hesitate to apply.

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