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Our client, an adaptable and multifaceted engineering firm based in Darlington are seeking a committed and suitably qualified Electrical Project Engineer to join their growing team. This is a great opportunity to be involved across a diverse product portfolio.

Location: Darlington, DL1

Salary: £30,000 – £35,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Hours: 37 hours per week | Monday – Friday | 08.30 AM – 04.30 PM

Variable Hours Scheme – Friday finish from 12.00 PM

The Role

To lead a specific work package in a project from detailed design through to implementation and commissioning to provide right-first-time project delivery

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare quotations from customer specifications in an efficient and timely manner.
• Responsible for providing accurate costings for materials and labour that will become a template for manufacture and budgets
• Work with customer designs to create a bill of materials for procurement department, managing and controlling safety, engineering, and quality in addition to good design and installation practice throughout the project lifecycle.
• Preparation of drawings including layout general arrangements and circuit diagrams
• Put in measures for production targets to be met during manufacture
• Working with the rest of the department to produce new bespoke designs, and improving existing designs
• See that new projects fit within our capabilities and standards
• Put steps in place to meet customer and the company’s timescales
• Close liaison with other departments, customers, and suppliers to manage project interfaces
• Responsible for contract costs to ensure they meet or beat specified estimated costs
• Responsible for meeting the delivery and quality performance targets and/or objectives set by customers
• To provide a project engineering function within the department, estimating, design, development, procurement, manufacture, test, installation, commissioning, financial management and ongoing support
• Responsible for health and safety, quality, and environmental performance of the department personnel both at the company premises and site working.

Essentially Requirements:

• A relevant HNC or equivalent
• Excellent IT skills including MS Office applications
• Experience of Autocad LT
• Considerable industrial experience
• Good communication skills
• Good organising and planning skills
• Flexible approach to hours

Desirable

• Relevant degree
• Knowledge of company product range
• Experience of working in the rail sector, specifically electrical distribution, low voltage switchgears, control panels
• Familiarity with BS7671:2018 18th Edition regulations
• Have an understanding of product development lifecycles, design and document change control
• Experience of managing a team
• Continuous improvement mindset and ways of working – 6S’s/Lean methodology

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