Senior Design Engineer

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Senior Design Engineer

Your new company

The client I am representing is a growing company of designers, engineers, and technical specialists that offer a wide range of professional services within the Rail sector. They are looking for a Graduate or Post Graduate Electrical Engineer to join their Design Team who will work alongside their Designers and Project Engineers to deliver Electrical Designs relating to LV Power/Lighting on Network Rail Infrastructure.

Your new role

The successful candidate will undertake production of E&P design deliverables across the Network Rail project lifecycle, from feasibility studies and outline designs, through to detailed designs and project hand back documentation. As part of these designs, the candidate would be expected to successfully plan and undertake site surveys to inform designs.

Multi-disciplinary design coordination and collaboration is an integral part of the successfully delivery of complex and challenging projects and as such, the successful candidate must possess excellent communication, teamwork, and design collaboration skills

What you’ll need to succeed

Skills and Experience

• A HNC or Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• A member of the IET with Chartered Engineer status or strongly working towards professional registration.
• Personal Track Safety (PTS) qualification.
• City and Guilds 2382-18 – BS7671:2018 qualification.
• City and Guilds 2391 – Electrical Inspection and Testing qualification.
• Possess a full, clean UK driving license.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in producing E&P / M&E design deliverables including signalling power, points heating, station/junction/level crossing lighting schemes, station M&E, depot and sidings lighting and power, DNO supplies, and lineside building power supplies.
• Planning and leading site surveys.
• Good understanding of CDM and CSM hazard management as part of design process.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Network Rail, British and European electrical and lighting standards.
• E&P design CRE experience.
• Proficient in the use of industry standard calculation and design software packages including Trimble (Amtech), ETAP, Dialux/Relux, Bentley MicroStation and ProjectWise, and Autodesk AutoCAD.
• Excellent level of computer literacy in Microsoft Office tools.
• Checking and Reviewing design deliverables against contractual requirements and relevant Network Rail, British and European standards.
• Effective communication with clients and other design/construction disciplines and sub-contractors.
• Good understanding of project and engineering management processes and structures.
• Input into project bids and tendering.
• Planning and managing budget and resource to effectively deliver projects within expected timelines.
• Developing and mentoring junior staff.
• Self-motivated and pro-active in terms of checking and supervising design production.

Essential Experience:

• Knowledge of BS7671:2018 The IET Wiring Regulations.
• Railway experience or similar engineering discipline
• AutoCAD and design software experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, English fluency is essential.
• Team spirit and a desire to make the role their own, encouraging the team, recommending, and implementing changes to better the role, design team and business.
• Customer focused, be astute and able to work within a busy department and be motivated to deliver on the company’s high standards.
• Ability to multi-task, communicate effectively and provide the best possible products to internal and external customers.
• Working as part of a team on site when required.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary
• Excellent career development support
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Private healthcare cover
• 42.5hr standard work week with flexibility for remote working split.

What you need to do now

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