Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Job Title:              Senior Electrical Design Engineer
Location:              Plymouth, Devon – Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    £49,943 - £55,870 dependent upon experience + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF58937

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Design Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer in the Power Distribution & Standby Generation Team, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will hold a lead design role, where the activities are generally focused on the provision of new, or modification to electrical power distribution assets/equipment and their supporting supervisory control and data acquisition systems.

Day to day, you’ll be involved in design projects where you’ll undertake a variety of activities in support of design development and produce design deliverables across the entire design lifecycle (start-up, concept, scheme, detail, and implementation).

Responsibilities as a Senior Electrical Design Engineer include:

• Leading design delivery activities including site visits, non-intrusive surveying electrical equipment and infrastructure and developing design solutions
• Capturing and developing project requirements and engineering delivery plans through stakeholder engagement
• Undertaking optioneering and value engineering activities
• Undertaking electrical calculations in Trimble Amtech and ETAP (Electrical Transient Analyser Program); and producing AutoCAD 2D and 3D design drawings in AutoCAD Revit 
• Producing design documentation such as engineering management plans, requirement traceability matrices, technical scope of works, design reports, equipment specifications, installation and commissioning specifications 
• Providing support to implementation phase of projects (including witness factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, responding to contractor’s technical queries & request for information and responding to technical submissions) 

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Electrical Design Engineer:

• Comprehensive understanding of electrical engineering principles for developing and maintaining power distribution systems
• A sound appreciation of legislation, regulations and standards that are applicable to electrical systems and equipment
• Experience of developing electrical engineering designs 
• A familiarity with recognised design lifecycles 
• Proficiency with producing and reviewing electrical engineering drawings and documentation
• Experience with one or more of the following areas: high voltage/low voltage power distribution, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, protection systems, switchgear, transformers, rectifiers, high voltage/low voltage commissioning

Qualifications for the Senior Electrical Design Engineer:

• A degree in an electrical engineering discipline or HNC with significant experience. 

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 
• Potential to develop skills.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 20/08/2024

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