Address Reference Number - 78517
This Graduate Electrical Design Engineer will report to the Lead Design Engineer and will work within the Capital Programme directorate based in our London office. You will be a Fixed Term Contract (24 Months) employee.
You will attract a salary of £39,732.00 and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote
Close Date: Friday 10th May
We also provide the following additional benefits
Annual Leave
Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Occupational Health support
Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
Discounted access to sports and social clubs
Employee Assistance Programme.
Be part of something powerful.
We are the UK's biggest electricity distributor delivering power to 8.4 million homes and businesses across London, the east and south east of England. We keep the lights on across 29,250 square kilometres, serving 19 million people from Cromer in the east to Brighton on the south coast, including our capital, London
In addition to keeping the lights on, safely and sustainably, we care for our customers in the most vulnerable circumstances across our communities.
If you want to play a part in powering the lives of over 8.4 million homes, this is the place to be. We are a big business with a big responsibility, but we feel like a close-knit team. Join us, and we'll give you every opportunity to fulfil your potential and have a successful career, where you'll help us shape the future of the energy and utility industry.
The Programme
The 2-year structured graduate programme will offer you the opportunity of 9 months rotational placements, relevant to your role, helping you better understand the role of UK Power Networks and its directorates. The second year will see you placed in your first supported role. Working towards the roles and responsibilities outline below, you will start contributing to your team's success and meeting objectives. Throughout the programme you will develop the knowledge, competencies and leadership skills through embedded training sessions to help you excel at UK Power Networks, along with mentorship from a senior leader.
The Job
Capital Programme is responsible to the delivery of large scale, high value projects for UK Power Networks. You will work across an Assets and Connections Portfolio and be involved with producing high quality Electrical Designs to an agreed scope and within UK Power Networks and CDM standards. You will work as part of a diverse team, providing design technical excellence.
Key responsibilities of an Electrical Design Engineer
Produce compliant Electrical Designs, ensuring the design eliminates any hazards which may give rise to risks; and reduce risks from any remaining hazards
Contribute to the production of technical, commercial and contractual documents for procurement of engineering products
Prepare concept and developed design, from specifications and drawings within defined periods.
Provide an excellent service to the customer and work across teams to ensure a smooth process from initial enquiry through to final energisation and project closure.
What you'll need:
You will have achieved or be on target to achieve a minimum of an Honours bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
We're also looking for someone who is:
Looking to develop their project management skills
Passionate about Health & Safety
Able to build relationships and deliver great customer service
Flexible and resilient
Able to work unsupervised, set and comply with own targets, as well as part of a team
Health & Safety Responsibilities
Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.
Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.
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