Job Description
Senior Electrical Development Engineer
Up to £43,000
Clevedon based
Outsource UK's client is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services, and their Clevedon site is looking to recruit a Senior Electrical Development Engineer to work in the Sustaining Department.
Goals:
- To maintain the design of modules/sub-assemblies of existing products in accordance with procedures / engineering change process, ensuring that the required safety, reliability, quality and cost targets are met
- To ensure continual conformance to the relevant international, national and industry safety standards for existing products
- To verify that any changes or new designs conform to the relevant design standards by calculation and/or testing as appropriate
- Responsible for the detailed documentation and maintenance of the design (drawings, design data, BOM, test data) ensuring all relevant information is recorded/updated in a timely manner and placed in the correct location within Technical Construction File (TCF), project folder, or uploaded to the project SharePoint site as appropriate
- Provide support for manufacturing if there are issues in build or final test when required
- Provide electrical support for Continuous Improvement Projects (CIP) when required
- Provide electrical support for Customer Support Group when required
Tasks:
- To coordinate the design and development tasks on larger projects in assistance to the Lead Engineer and Project Manager
- To lead HAZOP, DFMEA studies and risk analysis techniques according to best practice ensuring that resulting actions are included in a verification test plan, factory acceptance test or final test and commissioning document
- To participate in the direction and development of more junior Engineers and Designers
- To carry out/participate in and record risk assessments as required in the execution of a project
- To ensure engineering changes are concluded in accordance with the planned schedule
- Type testing and compliance testing of designs, including design of experiment
- Perform engineering calculations
- Use ACADE for updates to existing / generation of new electrical schematics and cable assemblies
- Check electrical drawing packages, ensuring design specifications are met
- Data Analysis - to analyse experimental data, summarise and document conclusions in report format
- Design Reviews - to conduct high quality design reviews (specification, concept and critical)
- Sample Approval - to support sample approval of new parts and assemblies
- Problem Solving - to solve problems both in-house and on customers' site and resolve with practical solutions - use of a range of problem-solving techniques, e.g., 8D, Ishikawa etc.
- To generate innovative ideas and contribute to new processes and product improvements.
- To work closely with Marketing and other business functions including other electrical engineering teams
- To generate work packs for external drawing resources contracted to support achievable deadlines and provide feedback on their tasks (checking work, detailing any rework requirements, monitoring completion rate of tasks)
Qualifications & Experience:
- A good Electrical / Electronic Engineering degree (or other engineering qualification depending on experience)
- Ability to form and lead teams, coordinating actions to specific goals
- Used to working in a multidisciplinary environment
- Experience in directing the work, mentoring and supporting more junior engineers and designers
- A high level of CAD skills (AutoCAD Electrical preferred and/or other electrical drafting tools)
- A good understanding of system electrical schematics and preferably Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
- Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
- Ability to self-manage, plan and prioritise multiple tasks
- Confidence in communications to all levels of a business for project status
- Ability to convey design intent concisely to all levels (Upper management, Project Managers, Lead Engineers, peers and other members of the team) - to inform and to educate
For more information contact Liam Fahey on 0161 694 9207 or email lfahey@outsource-uk.co.uk