Electrical Engineer
East Lothian
£30,000 - £45,000 + £20 Per Hour Overtime/or £4,300 Car Allowance (plus uplifts on salary when overseas on projects)
The Company
My client is a process engineering specialist who design and manufacture turnkey process solutions for clients in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and materials handling amongst other industries. The company have a trading history that dates back over 200 years and a senior management and directorship team who are all home grown from within the business.
The company employs more than 250 staff of which over 100 are employed in professional engineering roles (many of whom are chartered engineers) across software, process, electrical and mechanical disciplines. The company are experienced huge growth in capital projects won and have grown from £25 million to £80 million in a four year period with plans to be a £100 million business by 2024.
The company are looking to recruit an Electrical Engineer who will be responsible for the electrical engineering aspects of projects the company run from electrical design, electrical equipment specification and procurement (panels and electrical installation) all the way through to overseeing the electrical aspects of projects through installation and commissioning at site.
The Role
After project has been won & a P&ID is created by the process design team, the Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the electrical aspects on projects. The role will involve:
- Creating the electrical design required for the system.
- Sizing all the electrical system required including cable sizing and motor sizing
- Creating single line diagrams, create cable schedules and layout for the electrical installation.
- Creating specifications for the electrical installation and controls panels and instrumentation required for projects and put these specifications out for tender with suppliers.
- Manging the suppliers for electrical equipment being procured for projects to ensure it is ready to go to site in time for installation and has been manufactured to specification.
- Managing and overseeing the suppliers building the control panels for the project – visit the supplier, invite the customer to the visit to ensure they are happy. Organise factory acceptance and functional testing for the panels once they are manufactured.
- Overseeing the electrical installation contractors carrying out the installation work and trouble shooting any issues during this process.
The Person
To be successful in your application for this Electrical Engineer role you will need:
• An electrical engineering qualification of HNC, HND or Degree.
• To be able to carry out electrical cable calculations
• To be interested in running electrical engineering projects from cradle to grave
• To be happy to travel to site to oversee the installation and commissioning phases of projects.
The Benefits
- £30,000 – 45,000
- Paid overtime at £20 per hour
- Or £4,300 car allowance (dependant upon experience)
- 50% uplift on salary when overseas for more than two weeks at a time on projects
Please apply online to be considered for the role
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