Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Water Industry

RPS; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting and engineering company in the UK is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join its Water Consultancy team. In this role, you will manage a variety of projects, deliver technical solutions, and collaborate with clients and multidisciplinary teams. Strong experience in electrical engineering with a focus on the water industry is essential. This position values personal development and offers flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Personal development plan

Transparent career pathway

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• A degree-level qualification in electrical engineering or a closely allied subject (IET-accredited preferred).
• Chartered engineer or working towards chartership.

Responsibilities

• Balance workload across various projects.
• Liaise with clients and interpret data.
• Produce technical outputs and design solutions.
• Deliver presentations and participate in design discussions.
• Assess existing site infrastructure.

Skills

Electrical engineering principles

Significant water industry experience

Load assessment and LV/MV distribution design

Use of P&IDs

ICA and SCADA systems

Time, cost, and quality management

Supporting junior staff

Site surveying and inspection

Education

Degree in electrical engineering or related field

Postgraduate qualifications (advantage)

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Water Industry

We are recruiting a Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Water Industry to join our dynamic and growing Water Consultancy team operating across the UK. You’ll work on AMP8 and AMP9 projects, ensuring exceptional water services in a collaborative environment.

About The Team: As part of Tetra Tech, RPS Water Consulting is a team of engineers, designers, modellers, and data analysts providing asset management and operational strategy development to support business planning and delivery for our water industry clients.

Responsibilities

• Balance your workload across a wide variety of projects from major long-term frameworks with water companies and contractors across the UK.
• Liaise with clients to understand needs, interpret data, develop project plans, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to meet project goals.
• Produce technical outputs such as technical specifications, schedules, reports, load and instrument lists, cable sizing calculations, single line diagrams and system architecture layouts; participate in collaborative planning reviews and design solutions.
• Provide engineering inputs and design outputs in collaboration with other disciplines; produce general arrangement drawings, 3D models, 2D plans and sections, and P&IDs.
• Deliver client presentations and input into collaborative design discussions, including technical workshops and safety reviews (HAZOPs and ALMs).
• Assess existing site infrastructure to develop and deliver electrical and ICA design, ensuring compliance with project requirements.
• Undertake asset condition surveys and prepare reports and recommendations.
• Contribute to the production of process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) and electrical/ICA design deliverables including calculations, reports, specifications, datasheets, drawings, schedules, and procurement documentation.
• Support the project team to comply with CDM duties for designers, including design risk assessments.
• Ensure quality assurance systems and procedures are followed and maintain high standards.
• Act as a project manager, package manager or design team leader as required.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• A good technical understanding of electrical engineering and ICA principles.
• Significant water industry experience.
• Proficient in:
  • Load assessment and LV/MV distribution design
  • Use of P&IDs to create equipment schedules
  • ICA and SCADA system architecture development
  • Production of URSs, FDSs and control philosophies
  • Production of specifications, reports and technical documentation
• Complying with CDM Regulations and designing for safety.
• Knowledge of contract procurement methods, ideally including NEC forms of contract.
• Managing work to time, cost, and quality criteria.
• Supporting junior staff in their technical and personal development.
• Willingness to travel and visit operational and construction sites to survey, inspect, and witness testing of equipment and installations.
• Knowledge of design tools such as AutoCAD or similar is advantageous but not essential.

Qualifications

• A degree-level qualification in electrical engineering or a closely allied subject (IET-accredited preferred). Postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
• Chartered engineer or working towards chartership.

What’s in it for you?

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway put you in control of your career, with support as far as you want to go. We value diverse ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking, and we prioritise wellbeing. You’ll join a diverse community and a company that puts people first.

Why RPS?

We’re a connected community that supports flexible working, collaboration, and social connection. With agile offices and hybrid working, we work with you to meet client needs in a way that suits you.

About the Company

RPS, a Tetra Tech company, represents an exciting new chapter. As of 24 January 2023, RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees across 550 offices in 120 countries, Tetra Tech is a leading global provider of consulting and engineering services. We offer market-leading development and project opportunities to solve complex problems.

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