Electrical Design Engineer
Posted Today by Carrington West
£400 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Bradford
Summary: The Electrical Design Engineer role based in Leeds involves working within the water industry, specifically on wastewater treatment projects for Yorkshire Water. The position requires expertise in electrical design and a strong understanding of non-infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure compliance with client specifications and health and safety regulations. This is a hybrid position with a pay rate of up to £400 per day, outside IR35, for a minimum duration of 12 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ascertaining clients' requirements through site visits and specification documents.
- Collaborating with design managers and project managers to ensure designs meet specifications and compliance standards.
- Promoting innovation and cost-effectiveness in design activities.
- Providing outline and detailed engineering from inception to completion of schemes.
- Coordinating design production among in-house teams, external companies, suppliers, and clients.
- Ensuring design work is completed within agreed programmes, budgets, and KPIs.
- Liaising with clients' engineering staff for design approvals.
- Attending design reviews and progress meetings.
Key Skills:
- ONC/HNC/B.Eng or NVQ equivalent in a relevant field.
- Experience in the water industry with a contractor or consultancy.
- Understanding of water and sewage treatment processes.
- Commercial and contractual awareness.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office packages.
- Self-motivated and organized.
- Proactive approach to work.
- Excellent communication skills with a customer-focused attitude.
- High level of diplomacy.
Salary (Rate): £400/day
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Role: Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Leeds (Hybrid working)
Pay: Up To £400 per day - LTD Company/Outside IR35
Duration: On-going minimum 12 months.
Industry: Water/Wastewater Treatment (AMP8)
the business we are working with, a leading contractor covering the full range of MEICA services from design to installation and maintenance within the water industry are currently looking for an Electrical Design Engineer with water industry experience to complete their team in Yorkshire Water.
The successful Electrical Engineer will have the opportunity to contribute to projects relating to the Yorkshire Water complex Wastewater non-infrastructure framework for AMP8.
Please note experience with UK water experience on any UK water authority is essential.
Candidates can expect to work on a variety of upgrade schemes, averaging the £2m mark and up to £30m. Schemes include chemical dosing, Sludge tanks, green recovery and much more.
Candidates must have recent experience in the water sector and understanding of the electrical side of non-infra projects ideally in both clean and waste water.
Responsibilities:
- Ascertaining Clients requirements either through reference to their specification documents or more likely through visiting sites with their nominated personnel. A key requirement is the ability to determine the actual operational requirement and propose appropriate solutions.
- Working alongside the Design Manager/senior designer (team lead) and where applicable the Project Manager to ensure scheme designs are value engineered and adhere to client specifications whilst retaining appropriate levels of operational security and full compliance with all relevant Health, Safety and Environmental legislation.
- To promote innovation and challenge parties involved to ensure cost effectiveness in all design activities.
- To provide outline and detailed engineering from inception to completion of schemes utilising our design partners, individual knowledge, site installation and construction personnel.
- To closely coordinate design production between the companies in house design teams, external design companies, our suppliers and subcontractors and where applicable our clients designers.
- To ensure all design work is completed to agreed programmes, financial budgets and KPI's.
- Liaison with client's engineering staff or where applicable their design consultants to ensure designs are approved In accordance with the timescales stipulated within the contract.
- Attend internal and external design reviews and where applicable progress meetings
Skills and experience:
- An industry applicable ONC/HNC/B.Eng or NVQ equivalent
- Water experience with a contractor or consultancy ideal.
- Experience and understanding of water and sewage treatment processes
- Commercial and contractual awareness
- Working knowledge of Microsoft packages
- Self motivation
- Be able to organise yourself and others workload
- Be proactive in your approach
- An excellent communicator
- A high level of diplomacy and customer focused