Kier Group
Electrical Design Engineer
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We're looking for an Electrical Design Engineer to join our MEICA team based in Salford within the water sector
Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.
Location
Salford
Hours
40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
Salary
starting from £40,000 per year
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role
Are you…
- A Chartered Engineer with membership of an appropriate Professional Body (IET or IMechE)
- Experienced within the water, wastewater or process related industries, including hydraulic design and pumping systems
- Knowledgeable in all relevant Engineering Standards and SHE requirements
- Competent with cable design software (Amtech) and interpretation of P&IDs, SLDs and loop diagrams
- Able to pass the BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) requirements
What will you be responsible for?
As an Electrical Design Engineer, you'll be working within the MEICA team, supporting them in delivering complex infrastructure projects from concept to commissioning.
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You'll be involved in specifying, designing, reviewing and assuring electrical and ICA installations, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, water industry standards, and company engineering specifications. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, you'll coordinate design activities, support project delivery, and ensure safe, reliable, compliant and cost-effective solutions that make a real difference to essential infrastructure.
Your Day To Day Will Include
- Agreeing Electrical and ICA design requirements from the client remit, ensuring it is fully understood and challenging where necessary
- Producing and checking technical specifications, functional design specifications, control philosophies, panel schedules and instrumentation schedules
- Specifying LV electrical equipment including MCCs, motor starters, drives, transformers and power distribution panels
- Conducting site visits, surveys and inspections, reporting on safety issues and attending meetings on behalf of Kier
- Working collaboratively with civil, mechanical and process engineers to ensure integrated and efficient asset design
Rewards And Benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
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Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
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