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Client:

Our client are a highly experienced manufacturer who boast over 50 years experience in the design, manufacture, test, install, commissioning and maintenance of high-voltage sub-station protection and control equipment.

Job Summary:

The Lead Design Engineer is responsible for the technical management of customer orders within a project team. The ability to communicate with customers and internal stakeholders is essential. In addition, co-ordination of engineering resources to ensure completion of the most economical technical solution in a timely manner is crucial.

Role:

Technical management of projects in line with client expectations, procedures and programmed timescales.
Overall responsibility for all technical matters for each project within the project team.
Communication of technical information to all internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

Participating in the tender to project team handover meetings, where appropriate.
Participating in both internal and external meetings, such as project kick-off’s and project reviews.
Project lead from a technical viewpoint, for individual team projects. Including the monitoring and direction of Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers and other engineering resource for those specific contracts.
Conduct site surveys (where appropriate) at Customer sites respecting all relevant Health and Safety rules.
Help in maintaining or improving the project budget by use of “standard” parts and designs to minimise material and labour cost.
Lead the “design review” team meeting on all new projects to identify previous similar projects to work from, identify missing information from the customer and collect technical queries from the team.
- Work within any procedures, guidelines or specifications set by the customer, any relevant electricity supply industry, and / or any relevant International organisation / standards to produce and issue any drawings deemed necessary to allow review by the client and subsequent comment / approval of the required system design.
This could include [depending on contractual scope of supply] but is not limited to:
- Circuit diagrams
- Logic diagrams
- Single line diagrams
- Cable drawings/ schedules
- Interface drawings
- Equipment schedules

Relevant Skills:

Experience in technical management of projects
Produce electrical drawings
Excellent communication skills
Work to deadlines
Motivator of others
Attention to detail
Time management
Excellent stake holder management
People manager

Desirable Experience:

The following experience would be an advantage but not essential:

Experience working in a manufacturing / utilities environment

Factory acceptance testing experience

Commercial experience

Qualifications:

ESSENTIAL: HNC in Engineering – Electrical

DESIRABLE: HND in Engineering – Electrical

INDENG

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Client:

Responsibilities;

Goods Receipt Inspection

Check paint/fabrication of bought out panels to works instruction and relevant engineering drawings.
Check contact positions of switches to special order documentation and sketches.
Check bought out mimic panels for dimension and layout to relevant drawings.
Checking of any specialist bought out equipment.

Mechanical Inspection

Check tightness of fixings on assembled items.
Check layout of equipment to relevant engineering drawings and parts list.
Check fitting of labels to relevant engineering drawings and diagrams.

Electrical Inspection

Point to point wire check. Checking position, number and colour of connections.
Check contact position of switches.
Check colour, rating and fitment of fuse/links.
Check correct relays and instruments are fitted.
Check tightness of connections and security of wiring.
Insulation checks of wiring using 500V meggers and 0 – 5kV insulation testers.
High voltage insulation tests on pilot wire protection circuits up to 15kV.
High voltage insulation tests on bushing type insulators and outdoor circuit breakers using 0 – 100kV insulation tester.

Function Testing

Testing operation of relays/instruments using secondary injection test sets, voltage sources and measuring instruments.
Testing contact operation of relays using simulators and continuity tester.
Checking/testing functionality of circuits using schematic diagrams.
Programming of relays to supplied documentation or schematic diagrams.

Contacts

Reporting to the Operations Manager.
Liaise with all other departments to complete the job.
Liaise with suppliers.
Liaise with customers/demonstration of functional testing and factory acceptance tests.

Documentation

Raising test documentation. (Product inspection progress/fault sheets and standard test specification).
Raising goods return documentation for rejected products.
Raising warehouse acceptance documentation.
Checking correct drawings are issued to works instruction and correct testing procedure is carried out.
Raising test certification.
Raising special test documentation.

If you feel you can carry the above responsiblites and have experience as a Test and Inspection manager please feel free to call our Engineering department on 01865 257455

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By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Lead Electrical Design Engineer

Test and Inspection Manager

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