Nijhuis Saur Industries UK and Ireland
Lead/Principal Electrical Engineer

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Summary
Nijhuis Saur Industries are looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to assist with engineering activities across various project stages including Estimating, Pre-FEED, FEED, Detailed Engineering Design, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning for our Water, O&G and Petrochemical projects.
You will be responsible for leading the delivery of the Electrical Scopes of our projects from a technical perspective to meet quality, time frame and budgeting requirements as well as client expectations. HSE will be of paramount importance to ensure compliance with defined standards, improving working practices and systems.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Lead all Electrical activities of engineering, design, estimating, procurement, and eventual construction (EPC) commissioning through each phase of the project from Initial Concept / FEED to detailed design to final sign offs at site.
- Working alongside the Lead EC&I Engineer to produce detail design / construction / manhour estimates.
- Provide technical expertise on electrical discipline deliverables for projects.
- Have extensive experience when it comes to Management of Change.
- Be able to produce project schedules and to be able to work to a project schedule.
- Have National Grid connection experience.
- Fully adverse with the production of detailed design documentation, SLDs, BLDs, Wiring Schematics, Calculations, General Arrangements etc.
- Competent for the Checking / Approval of complex Electrical deliverables including calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
- Be comfortable commissioning large sites and producing commissioning procedures and plans as needed.
- Liaise with Project Managers to finalise the Electrical Engineering scope for the entire project.
- Liaising with third party companies to bring together the whole Electrical Design.
- Provide Electrical Technical Support to NSI UK sister companies.
- Work closely with Engineering Teams during the project to ensure facility integrity in terms of HSE and provide input into HAZOP / HAZIDs.
- Participation in design reviews, 3D Model Reviews, Value Engineering and Risk Management.
- Participate in site surveys / inspections to obtain field As-Built data and conditions.
- Extensive experience working within a multi-disciplinary team including instrumentation, process, civil, structural, piping, and mechanical.
- Liaise with manufacturers and suppliers to obtain necessary design data and incorporate this into the design drawings and specifications.
- Ensure design corresponds with all applicable codes and standards, with a knowledge of WIMES standards been preferred.
- Experience with using AMTECH / ETAP (preferred) / DIALux / AutoCAD (preferred) etc.
- National Grid Connection Experience (preferred)
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Required Skills/Qualifications
- Degree qualified in electrical engineering.
- Preferably chartered or working towards chartership.
- A minimum of 10 years of experience as an electrical engineer.
- Proficiency in site surveys and data gathering.
Working For Us Means
- The salary is open to negotiation depending on your professional experience.
- Holidays 25 days + bank holidays, option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year.
- Probationary Period – 6 months.
- Pension – Can join immediately or auto enrolled after 3 months - Employee 5% and Employer 5% via salary sacrifice.
- Eligible to join Private Healthcare after successfully completing probation.
- Enrolled in Group Income Protection and Death in Service (4 x basic salary) upon commencement of employment.
- Notice – 1 week during probation, increasing to 1 month thereafter.


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Environmental & Social Impact Goals
Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are committed to maintaining Environmental & Social Impact goals:
- To reach Net Zero emissions across our value chain by 2040.
- To continuously meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, accountability, maintaining B-Corp Certification.
- To be a socially responsible company creating a positive impact to all stakeholders including workers, communities, customers, and our planet.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.
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