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Randstad are recruiting for an Electrical Design & Controls Engineer for a client based in South Bristol. They are part of a global group and specialise in designing and manufacturing bespoke machinery for a variety of industries.
The role will require the successful candiate to design electrical control systems for machinery. This would involve using AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN for circuit designs, complete control system safety analysis using Sistema and issue BOM's using Agile.
Key Responsibilities:
- Direct design work on customer projects
- Attend specification meetings with customers, providing authoritative contribution regarding the Electrical design aspects of the project
- Communicate with other Design Engineers (mechanical and electrical) the design on projects to ensure that these are fully coordinated
- Contributing creative ideas
- Completing engineering design on time to the project plan
- Be aware of cost targets in design, purchase, and assembly
- Document and archiving all project related material
- Carry out risk assessments on machinery
- Attend project meetings
- Provide assistance to Assembly personnel during the build phase of a project
Duties
- Design Electrical control systems using the latest CAD software
- Produce Bill of Materials using product lifecycle management software
- Produce shop floor wiring plans
- Assist shop floor fitters with build instructions and face to face support
- Understand and complete safety system checks using Sistema
- Design to worldwide standards
- Work within a team of software engineers and mechanical engineers
Specific Features
- Extensive Electrical Engineering experience
- Valid passport to enable travel within EU and globally as required
- Valid driving licence
- Valid work permit to enable employment in the UK
- Willing to travel within the UK and abroad
Knowledge and Skills
- Electrical Engineering HNC or equivalent qualification
- Engineering Experience in capital equipment ideally broad experience within the packaging industry or equivalent
- MS office package
- Effective negotiation skills
- Problem solving ability
- Methodical and clear reporting
- Communication/Cooperation (Advanced)
- Engineering Design using AutoCAD electrical or EPLAN
- Ability to design for manufacture and assembly
- An understanding of the machinery directive, UKCA, UL, AS3000 and CE marking regulations
- An understanding of 60204 regulations
- Trained in using performance safety levels and the use of Sistema
- Design to cost targets - essential
- Problem solving/trouble shooting - essential
- Product handling - desirable
- Understanding of Servo motion technology
This is a full time permanent position with a salary of 45,000, flexible start and finish times with flexitime and one day a week working from home.
If you are interested, please make an application at your earliest convenience.
Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
