Electrical Design Engineer

To provide robust, effective, product design solutions to the business to ensure the business meets its responsibilities to customers & regulatory bodies.,

• Provide high level of electrical design output through a thorough understanding of internal / external customer and regulatory requirements.
• Continuously apply innovative thought to ensure the companies electrical design services offer maximum value to our customers.
• Provide a high level of commercial awareness to ensure design solutions are delivered in the most cost effective manner and scope changes are managed in accordance with the company's standard operating procedures.
• Ensure schedules are understood and workload and resources are managed so that deadlines are achieved
• Ensure electrical design output is in line with the company's standard operating procedures and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Effectively communicate project status to team members, management, customers and suppliers.
• Play a pro-active role in the departments continuous improvement programme.
• Provide the business with the required information to establish a projects performance relative to its KPI's.
• Assist Technical Sales, Innovations and Applications Team to ensure that all proposals are technically viable through due diligence.
• Perform the role of Electrical Design Lead at internal and external design review meetings.
• Mentor Electrical Designers to ensure the quality of the design output and achievement of deadlines.
• Support the Engineering Manager in the management of facilities and tools.
• Always strive to add value to our customers, building partnerships based on trust, respect and flexibility. Communicate effectively at all times and provide unrivalled extra service, unexpected and beyond anything our competitors provide., Provide a high level of skill in interpreting the customer's and regulatory requirements to ensure electrical designs are perfectly aligned. This will ensure technical risk is reduced to acceptable levels and deliver solutions right first time.
• Being constantly commercially aware to maximise value to our customers and maintain a loyal customer base.
• Ensure the relevant design documents are issued in line with the schedule enabling agreed deliveries to be met.
• Ensure that design quality is maintained throughout the project by verifying that the output meets the company's standard operating procedures. This will ensure internal and external customers are satisfied.
• Communicate accurate project status to the Engineering Manager to ensure they can pro-actively plan.
• Contribute to the department's continuous improvement programme to ensure the business provides the highest possible value of service to our customers.
• Compile information and report to the business on the project performance relative to the departments KPI's. This will ensure the department is constantly aligned to the company's strategy.
• Apply technical due diligence by being risk aware and applying supplier and internal evaluations to mitigate risk. This will be achieved through a full understanding of all relevant customer & regulatory requirements ensuring our products are fully capable and compliant.
• Perform verification activities to ensure the as build installations are aligned with the design documents. (Yellow lining)
• Liaison with internal and external panel builders and electricians to ensure the construction is aligned to the design documents which will lead to the elimination of waste.
• Perform the role of Electrical Design Lead during internal and external design review meetings to ensure key design approvals are achieved in line with project schedules.
• Plan resource requirements with the Engineering Manager to develop project milestones and maintain the status report to give visibility to other departments so they can pro-actively plan.
• Ensure all relevant design documents are controlled and archived in accordance with the company's standard operating procedures.
• Work with all Mpac colleagues to ensure compliance with ISO14001, ISO9001 and ISO45001 and support a culture of Lean and Continuous Improvement by complying with appropriate Standard Operating Procedures. This will ensure that Mpac retains its accreditation and maintains its position as a provider of high quality service and that its employees are working efficiently and safely.
• Work with all Mpac colleagues to ensure that our internal customer ethos is delivered and maintained through everything we do including right first time, on time and in full.
• Always demonstrate respect, integrity, trust and excellence in interactions with all colleagues, customers and suppliers in line with Mpac internal customer programme.
  
  Initiative
• Self-Development
• Positive Self Image
• Flexibility
• Thoroughness
Role Specific Competencies
• Innovative Thinking
• Rational Persuasion
• Critical Information Seeking
• Analytical Thinking
• Interpersonal Awareness
• Results Orientation, Ability to perform the role of Senior Electrical Designer for multiple projects simultaneously.
• The generation and verification of design documents. (Assembly drawings, detail drawings, parts lists, P&I diagrams, electrical diagrams).
• Interpretation of customer requirements and presentation of design solutions at internal and external design reviews.
• Commercially aware of the effective use of resources, scope change and implications of choice.
• Experience of working in an innovative environment and providing innovative solutions.
• Experience in evaluating technical requirements and providing viable solutions.
• Experience in identifying and reporting long and short term project resource requirements.
• Applying technical due diligence, being risk aware, performing internal and supplier evaluation to mitigate risk.
• Knowledge of British and international standards relative to the design and installation of industrial automation systems.
• Experience in the electrical design of industrial automation in a manufacturing environment.
Desirable
• Experience of conducting assessments and generating technical documents in accordance with the Machinery Directive and other British and international standards relative to the design and installation of industrial automation systems.
• Experience in the validation procedures and application of GAMP
• Experience of supervising and mentoring an electrical design team, Essential
• Ability to prioritise work within tight timescales
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficient in the use and support of a range electrical design software packages including EPlan
• Proficient in the use of PDM software (Preferably Autodesk Vault).
• Min 5 years design experience.
Desirable
• HNC, HND, or BSC in a relevant engineering discipline
• Sound interpersonal skills
Relationship and Reporting Line
• Reports to Engineering Manager.
• Working relationships with: Mpac Design team, Mpac Departmental managers, Board, Customers, Suppliers, & Institutions.
  
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