Electrical Design Engineer

FJA are partnering with a Global Manufacturing who are looking for an Electrical Design Engineer.
 
The role is based is Heywood, Greater Manchester.
 
The role is based in a busy department of Electrical, Mechanical and Software Designers. The Electrical Design Engineer will be involved in all aspects of design from an electrical perspective.
 
Main Responsibilities
 
Management:

• Project management of all aspects of machine electrical design
• Liaison with customers (internal and external) and suppliers

 
 Design Work:

• Ability to design and draw electrical control circuits (to relevant British & European regulations)
• To select components and cables taking into account all circuit and environmental conditions
• Adherence to internal and regulatory electrical drawing system and standards
• Development of electrical drawings from new sheet through to red line updates of electrical drawings

 
Development:

• Contributes ideas / innovation for continuous improvement on machine design
• Willing to develop existing skills
• Continuous self-appraisal of current and marketplace issues and applies this where relevant

 
Critical Skills and Personal Attributes
Functional and personal skills:

• Knowledge of relevant British and European EN Regulations is essential
• US regulations would be desirable
• Computer literate in Microsoft applications
• Ability to explain instructions and procedures to vendors and customers
• Flexibility to address business needs
• Needs to be willing, able, and available to travel on a worldwide basis
• Needs to be available for retrofit work on sites when applicable

 
Education

• HNC / HND or BEng. Electrical Engineering
• Chartered membership would be an advantage

 
Experience:

• Experience in using a SAP system would be useful
• Experience of Siemens PLC programming or fault finding would be desirable
• Practical / hands on understanding of engineering gained through a 5 to 10 experience years in a drawing office. Experience to include:
• Detail design work to EN60204
• Functional Safety ISO13849
• Experience in design and construction of electrical circuits and control panels
• Experienced in the use of control panel design within an Electrical CAD package (such as Promis-e, RSWire, EPLAN, Zuken E3)
• Experience in the use of Zuken E3 package would be desirable
• Experience in the use of Promis-e package would be desirable
• Experienced in component and cable selection
• Experience is expected in one or more of the following:-
• Pneumatic systems
• Hydraulic systems
• Rotating machinery and variable frequency drives
• Experience of working on capital machinery would be desirable
• Vacuum system experience would be an advantage

 
If you are looking for a challenging Electrical Design Engineer role and want to work for a forward-thinking Company, then click on the 'apply now’ button.
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