Principal Electrical Engineer

Location: Renton

Our client Aggreko are looking for an Electrical Engineer at a Senior / Principal level for an initial 12 month contract opportunity. This is based in Dumbarton but offering hybrid working (flexible around this). Primary Purpose Responsible for electrical design engineering aspects of the continuing development and technical support of the Aggreko range of products as subject matter expert

Key Responsibilities
• Represents the electrical engineering subject matter expert for Aggreko Central Engineering and together with counterparts in the operating regions and central functions forms the group authority in this area.
• Ensures that all electrical design and development work is in keeping with sound engineering practice and compliant with relevant national and international standards and legislation.
• Develops and owns processes to maintain the standardisation of electrical engineering design throughout the range of products.
• Engages in providing electrical engineering support to both manufacturing and the operating companies.
• Provide SME support to major technical quality investigations, source and manage 3rd party specialist resource as required.
• Ensures that the Electrical aspects of the products are selected, engineered and packaged to meet a variety of applications and environments, taking into account efficiency of operation, reliability, maintainability, flexibility and lifetime costs of ownership.
• Develops the Electrical engineering aspects of the existing product range to achieve operating and manufacturing improvements and to meet new needs in the market place. This includes adapting the products to meet entirely different applications and the needs of new business sectors.
• Component and system cost reduction and the support of low cost economy sourcing are key aspects of this role.
• Works closely with internal and external customers, Product Managers, Product Engineering Managers, the Head of Engineering to arrive at engineering specifications that optimise the

Key responsibilities:

• Represents the electrical engineering subject matter expert for Aggreko Central Engineering and together with counterparts in the operating regions and central functions forms the group authority in this area.
• Ensures that all electrical design and development work is in keeping with sound engineering practice and compliant with relevant national and international standards and legislation.
• Develops and owns processes to maintain the standardisation of electrical engineering design throughout the range of products.
• Engages in providing electrical engineering support to both manufacturing and the operating companies.
• Provide SME support to major technical quality investigations, source and manage 3rd party specialist resource as required.
• Ensures that the Electrical aspects of the products are selected, engineered and packaged to meet a variety of applications and environments, taking into account efficiency of operation, reliability, maintainability, flexibility and lifetime costs of ownership.
• Develops the Electrical engineering aspects of the existing product range to achieve operating and manufacturing improvements and to meet new needs in the market place. This includes adapting the products to meet entirely different applications and the needs of new business sectors.
• Component and system cost reduction and the support of low cost economy sourcing are key aspects of this role.
• Works closely with internal and external customers, Product Managers, Product Engineering Managers, the Head of Engineering to arrive at engineering specifications that optimise the commercial potential of new and existing products. Ensures that the available technologies and components are appropriately exploited in product design.
• Supports the manufacturing facility by anticipating engineering issues that are likely to arise and by quickly resolving these issues when they appear.
• Designs test procedures, in conjunction with the Development Test Manager, to check that the product fully meets specification. Identifies the important operating parameters and the engineering factors that are…