Electrical Design Engineer

Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Bedford Outskirts

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 plus benefits

Electrical Design Engineer

We are well respected Bedfordshire based manufacturer of special purpose equipment for a food based clientele. We now have a requirement for an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to join our design office and carry out the duties associated with issuing electrical parts for machine builds, including producing CAD drawings, parts lists and safety circuit assessments to meet customer specifications. We invite applications from Electrical Design Engineers with a minimum of HNC/HND or equivalent in an electrical engineering related field ideally coupled with experience of using AutoCAD Electrical, excellent knowledge of electrical principle and an ability to understand customer and technical requirements and establish the impact on the design.

Electrical Design Engineer

• Produce detailed electrical wiring schematics and panel layout drawings including selecting components, connectors and cable types/sizes as appropriate.
• Produce Bill of Materials.
• Produce PLC Input/Output list.
• Carry out safety circuit assessments.
• Review panel build against drawings.
• Ensure compliance of design with customer and legislative requirements.
• Assist with troubleshooting during machine build process.
• Liaise with suppliers regarding components and improvements.
• Liaise with in-house personnel as required to resolve build and design issues.
• Updating of electrical schematics following machine build.

When applying for this role, please indicate your current salary (plus benefits package), minimum salary required, notice period and your reasons for wishing to move from your current company. Alliance Consulting is acting as an employment agency in this respect. Alliance Consulting specialise in the placement of engineers throughout the UK. By sending us your CV you are explicitly consenting to our processing of your personal data on a computer database and/or in manual files for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. This processing will be carried out in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998. By applying for this role you hereby consent to us submitting your CV to our client. If you do not wish your CV to be sent to our client then you must clearly state this to us. Equally, if there are any companies that you do not wish your CV to be sent to (for whatever reason), then please let us know of this when you apply.