Senior Electrical Design Engineer

The Company:
Progressive forward thinking company, working on various nuclear contracts, winning new design work packages all the time. Our clients deliverables include full 2D and 3D design, stress analysis and FEA, together with all relevant documentation throughout the project stages.

The Role:
Our client is seeking an experienced Electrical Design Engineer on a contract basis.

Key Requirements:

Experience of working with PLC's and selecting / utilising equipment such as encoders/proximity switches from preferred supplier list.

E&I building services - (not HVAC /Structures) such as cable routing, power / small power layouts, 400 V distribution, specifying level 2 / level 3 distribution equipment, lighting, emergency / escape lighting.

Cable specification, installation and management including calculations which includes volt drop, fault currents, protective device response times (either doing manually but use of Amtech cablemaster preferred).

Control panel design / desk design.

Lighting calculations (Client uses DiaLux).

Generating the following detail design drawings - Block Cable Diagrams, Single Line Diagrams, cable routing, equipment (power / small power / lighting etc.) layouts, fire alarm zoning etc.

Some experience of liasing with client / plant personnel - conducting survey's etc.

IEC61508 / EG0090 - working knowledge of one.

Group Motor Starter Specification with DOL and VSD.

Essential Skills / Qualifications:
Experienced Electrical Design Engineer.
Relevant skills and experience to fit key requirements above.
Minimum HNC/equiv. relevant subject.
Good AutoCAD skills
Nuclear experience

Desirable Skills / Qualifications:
Dialux and/or Amtech experience beneficial.
Sellafield site experience