Electrical Senior Design Engineer; HV & LV - Water

Role - Electrical Senior Design Engineer Location - Warrington (Other locations may be considered) Purpose of the role:

As a Electrical Senior Design Engineer you will be an important member of the Engineering Design Team and will be required to work with the Principal Engineer(s), Design Team, Design Manager(s) and Design Leads to deliver design to the highest quality to GT process and in compliance with the BMS and H&S Regulations. This is a technical role, engaged directly on projects, which requires competency in technical design delivery in the water and wastewater industry.

The Senior Design Engineer can have line management responsibility for design engineers of the same discipline, plus non-discipline design engineers/others if required.

As well as providing direction and assisting with innovations, you will be expected to contribute to the engineering governance of your discipline design activities, ensuring that design integrates with the other discipline design production activities, providing technical support to the supply chain procurement activities and supporting site activities as required. You will also be expected to support the Discipline Manager and Principal Engineer(s) for knowledge sharing and development of the discipline engineers, including mentoring and support of early careers.

• Provide technical compliance and quality on design outputs. Default checker for design outputs to ensure technical assurance and quality control.
• Operate as discipline lead for a project.
• Seek optimal solutions/efficient designs that balance capital and operational cost benefits.
• Assist the Principal Designer Lead in ensuring CDM regulations compliance.
• Design for buildability, safe construction, and operation, working alongside project delivery peers.
• Assist in ensuring procedural governance is adhered to.
• Working as part of the Design team to ensure scheme designs adhere to client specifications and standards.
• Working as part of the Design team to ensure full compliance with relevant Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation.
• Promoting innovation, value engineering and digital design.
• Technical problem solving throughout the project life cycle (e.g. from concept design through to final construction support), moreover, to ensure that potential issues are identified, mitigated and or safely managed through technical governance and risk and opportunity management.
• Assist with pre-contract design activities.
• Provide lessons learnt on projects to the Design Team and Discipline Design Manager(s), covering good and bad to feedback to be promoted or avoided on future schemes.
• Line Management of multi-disciplinary Design Engineers.
• Sharing and imparting knowledge to our teams, this is essential, as is the need to mentor and develop our expanding design team.
• Developing and supporting staff to encourage them towards accreditation with professional bodies (e.g., ICE, IET, IMechE, IChemE).

• Proficient in the use of modelling software such as ETAP to carry out HV & LV modelling, including the completion of protection & grading studies, system load flow and short circuit calculations.
• Proficient with AutoCAD/Draftsight.
• Competent in generating electrical installation packs, including but not limited to HV & LV cable calculations, single line diagrams, cable block diagrams, termination details & cable schedules.
• Competent in generating layouts for electrical switch rooms, cable routes & substations.
• Competent in the organisation & management of consultants in the formulation of earthing design & studies.
• Selection and appraisal of suppliers and their design submissions.
• Knowledge of C&G 2382-18 BS7671 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, NICEIC Electrical Installation Certificates and HV standards & compliance.
• Educated to Degree level in Engineering or other equivalent qualification preferable.
• Demonstrable experience of + 7 years working within the Municipal Water and Wastewater industries, working with a variety of clients.
• Preference for Chartered Member of a recognised professional Engineering body.
• Competent in a contracting / consulting environment, with commercial awareness.
• Excellent knowledge of multi-disciplinary engineering design in water engineering.
• Competent with strong experience in checking & approving discipline design packages.
• Competent with strong experience in reviewing subcontractors’ documentation.
• Knowledge of current H&S legislation and British Standards and experience in applying them across designs.
• Experience of working in accordance with QA and H&S procedures.
• Excellent Communication and Stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent IT skills – with experience of using Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Cost / Performance management systems.
• Provide leadership, direction and encouragement to the design team.
• Focus to drive and deliver results.
• Attention to detail.
• Alignment with the Galliford Try values – Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Collaboration.
• A flexible attitude to work.
• Strong…