Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Design Engineer

Reading
2 weeks ago
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Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Design Engineers

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package:

EC&I Design Engineers - £39,280 - £58,920 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Senior EC&I Design Engineers - £49,480 - £78,200 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is recruiting for several different roles across the Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Specialist Function. These roles include EC&I Design, Electrical design Engineers and Senior EC&I Design Engineers.

AWE is upgrading and replacing a wide range of facilities with unique requirements and challenges. These are exciting times, so if you want to be part of a team, delivering one-of-a-kind projects, we have a wide range of opportunities open for you.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

A Degree, HND/HNC or an equivalent vocational qualification, in an engineering discipline

Experience of working within a project environment

Experience in preparing technical reports and documents

Knowledge of developing, testing and evaluating engineering designs

Good written, verbal and presentation skills

Experience/understanding of any of the following would be advantageous, but not essential as role specific training will be given:

CEng, IEng or be working towards professional registration

Membership or associate Membership of a Professional Engineering Institution

Familiarity with British and ISO Standards

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) including configuration management and quality control

A good understanding of the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSAWA), Construction Design Management (CDM), risk assessments, Electricity at Work Regulations (EWR)

Experience of Safety Cases or working in a highly regulated (e.g. Nuclear, Pharmaceutical, Oil and Gas) industry would be beneficial

Experience working in 2D and 3D CAD

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

Electrical (E) Low Voltage (LV) design (BS 7671)

Control and Instrumentation (C&I) design (BS 6739) and the design of control panels (BS 60204)

Electrical (E) High Voltage (HV), distribution system, design

Functional Safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic, safety-related systems (IEC 61508 and IEC 61511)

Machinery Safety (ISO 13849 and / or IEC 62061)

Design substantiation and in service assessment of EC&I equipment and systems

Cyber security for industrial automation and control systems (IEC 62443)

Maintenance of EC&I equipment and systems

Commissioning and testing of EC&I equipment and systems

Alarm systems (IEC 62682 and / or EEMUA 191)

Lightning and surge protection equipment and systems

Explosive atmospheres (IEC 60079)

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) (IEC 61000)

Fire detection and alarm equipment and systems (IEC (phone number removed)-1)

PID controllers and drives

PLC and SCADA software, equipment and systems

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.

Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).

Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.

Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.

Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.

Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).

Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Important things you need to know:

You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.

We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.

Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

IF HYBRID POSSIBLE:

Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically 2 days onsite per week

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