About this position

We are currently working with a innovative company who deliver safe, efficient and sustainable projects across the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. From their sales, engineering, and manufacturing hubs in the UK, North America, and beyond, their team offers innovative solutions that support their customer’s drive for operational excellence, whilst ensuring successful project delivery and embodying our commitment to ‘Process & Progress – Their Journey to a Sustainable Future’.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist other Electrical Engineers on projects to deliver required engineering outputs.
• Support on the quality, completeness, consistency and accuracy of deliverables necessary for the completion of assigned projects.
• Assist the Senior Electrical Engineer on Projects responsible for all aspects from cost management, design/engineering deliverables, site supervision and commissioning.
• Support with the Management of electrical installation contracts on time and budget including tender preparation, negotiation, and award.
• Will be involved in the management of project deliverables associated with the electrical works.
• Ensure progress, changes, costs, issues etc. are communicated to the Client regularly and appropriately, and to ensure that the Client is appropriately involved throughout the project.
• Provide input to the Sales & Proposals team as and when required including development of technical and commercial solutions.
• Attendance at both UK and overseas project sites as agreed with your Line Manager/ Director to suit the needs and demands of projects.
• Attendance at both UK and overseas project sites to oversee installations and commissioning support.
• Liaison and assistance with the overall project team, Client team and third-party suppliers.
• Be an active member of the Electrical Engineering dept mentoring and developing the Graduate and Apprentice Electrical Engineers
• Act as a positive role model and provide leadership within the business ensuring professional standards are maintained.
• Electrical and instrumentation design, supplier liaison, tendering and procurement.
• Control and MCC panel design, tendering and procurement.
• Specification of digital and analogue instrumentation
• PLC Hardware design, tendering and procurement.
• Preparation of drawings and schedules for an overall electrical scheme using E-Plan, AutoCAD, intelligent P&ID/Database.
• Monitor electrical design and installation quality throughout project.
• Supervision of electrical installation works.
• Develop and monitor project programmes.
• Testing and commissioning of electrical, control and instrumentation including fault finding and basic rectification.
• Finalise, check and issue ‘as installed’ documentation.
• Generate project reports to your Line Manager.
• Assisting the electrical engineering and automation department
• Ensuring all required national/international standards are worked to and wherever necessary/required adherence to client specifications.
• Being part of or leading a commissioning team.
• Assisting the commissioning team.
• Onsite training of client operatives as required.
• Being familiar with ATEX/SIL/Machinery safety.

Experience Required:

• Electrical Engineering Degree or HND or HNC, preferably MIET
• Prepared to work towards IEng or CEng status.
• Language – English (any foreign language skills could be considered beneficial)
• Minimum of 3 experience in Engineering preferably within the hygienic process industries (brewing/distil-ling/food/pharmaceutical/health & beauty).
• Excellent knowledge of engineering within batch processes within the hygienic process industries.
• Understanding of Briggs products and engineering services.
• MS office also proficient in Excel, Access, Microsoft Project.
• Working knowledge: AutoCAD, E-Plan, Trimble cable and protective device design capable, other bespoke engineering software packages.
• Technical knowledge of analogue process instrumentation, variable Speed Drives (VSD’s), digital instrumentation and PLC hardware.