Principal EICA Engineer - Nuclear

Costain; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure solutions company is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer - Nuclear in Manchester. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership on electrical projects, ensuring compliance with engineering standards. Required qualifications include significant experience in the Nuclear sector and a degree in electrical engineering. The role offers a full-time employment opportunity with a focus on engineering and design.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of design working practices in Nuclear sector.
• Experience within the Nuclear sector as electrical engineer.
• Comfortable working with UK legislation and standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input for electrical projects and proposals.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers.
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards.

Skills

Knowledge of design working practices

Significant electrical engineering experience

Security Clearance capability

Extensive knowledge of UK legislation

Competence for equipment installation on Nuclear plant

Experience for CE marking requirements

Awareness of HSE requirements

Education

Degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

Chartered or Incorporated engineer status

Job description

Overview

Join to apply for the Principal Electrical Engineer - Nuclear role at Costain Group PLC.

Responsibilities

As a client facing Principal Engineer, your responsibilities will/may involve:

• Electrical discipline technical input for projects and/or proposals; including preparation, checking and/or approval of engineering documentation
• Organising discipline staff, allocating work and ensuring delivery against plan
• Mentoring and developing graduates and less experienced engineers
• Production of high-quality electrical engineering deliverables to schedule, budget and client satisfaction
• Ensuring designs are compliant with all applicable national and international codes of practice, legislation and company/client standards
• Preparing equipment specifications and requisitions for a variety of electrical equipment including HV and LV switchboards, transformers, UPS systems, power factor correction, motors, VFD’s, trace-heating, lighting and other electrical equipment
• Preparing installation scopes of works
• Reviewing supplier’s quotations and preparing technical bid assessments

More Specific Tasks Could Include

• Protection grading studies and earthing calculations
• Power system analysis including fault level calculations and load flows
• Electrical equipment sizing calculations
• Commissioning support
• DNO engagement and procurement support

Essential

QUALIFICATIONS

• Good knowledge of design working practices and installation requirements of the discipline within the Nuclear sector.
• Significant electrical engineering experience within the Nuclear sector
• Security Clearance or capability to achieve it
• Extensive knowledge of UK legislation and standards
• Competence in the requirements for installation of equipment on Nuclear plant
• Experience in the requirements for CE marking of plant and equipment, including ATEX, PED, Low Voltage Directive, Machinery Directive and EMC Compliance
• Awareness of risk identification, quantification, management and of HSE requirements
• Degree in electrical engineering or suitable equivalent (e.g. Electronic / Electrical / Control Engineering) Apprenticeships may be considered
• Chartered or Incorporated engineer status with a relevant professional body or evidence of being close to gaining these professional titles

Desirable

• Experience of working in multi-discipline teams
• Experience of leading projects in a client facing role
• Experience in the requirements for ATEX
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Design
• Industries
• Civil Engineering, Engineering Services, and Construction