Senior Design Engineer/ Technical Project Manager

at  Ormazabal UK

We are agile, innovative, and professional.

Our work environment includes:

• Modern office setting
• Work-from-home days
• Growth opportunities
• Casual work attire
• International workforce
• On-the-job training
• Flexible working hours

Do you want to be part of the energy revolution, a more sustainable future and grow your career? Join our Engineering team.
Ormazabal is the leading provider of personalized solutions to electrical utilities, electrical and users as well as renewable energy systems applications based on its own technology.
We encourage the development of the electrical sector towards the challenges of future energy needs. We cooperate with the world’s leading local, regional, and global companies in the electrical sector with a strong commitment to innovation toward personal safety, network reliability, energy efficiency, and sustainability.
Our highly qualified and focused team of innovation-motivated professionals have developed our own products and solutions during our more than a century long consolidated history, always by establishing close relationships with our customers aimed at achieving mutual long-term benefits.
At our Ormazabal UK facilities, we design and manufacture complete solutions for our customers. From medium voltage connection points to complex solutions such as energy storage substations, electric vehicle superchargers, solar power substations, wind farms substations.

Benefits:

• Flexible working options
• Private medical insurance
• Ability to work from home (1 or 2 days per week).
• 24 days holiday plus 8 UK bank holidays.
• Bonus Scheme
• Regular team socials (Subsided by the business)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing Committee
• Free parking
• Pension Scheme (3%)
• Bereavement Leave

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Mon- Thurs 8am-5pm
• Fri- 8am-1pm

Work Location: Predominantly office based in St. Helens
A Senior Electrical Design engineer will manage the design of multiple switchgear/package substation project from start to finish. From the first contact with the customer for the definition of the solution to managing TQs during installation and testing.
As a senior member of the engineering team, you will be responsible for the on time and on budget delivery of multiple major projects with contract values ranging from £100k to £1million plus.
Directly reporting to the Engineering Manager.

Senior Electrical design main responsibilities include:

• Project management of electrical projects (from cradle to grave).
• Understanding customer requirements.
• Creation and or checking of electrical diagrams and wiring schematics required by the project (single line diagrams, Keyline diagrams, AC & DC, wiring, etc.,).
• Checking of technical documentations such as load schedules, cable calcs…etc.
• Working in collaboration with production department to create the list of materials and component specifications.
• Give technical support to the rest of the team (Commercials, production, etc.)
• Give technical advice and assistance within the organization on electrical (HV, LV and P&C) matters.
• Be involved and lead the project during the manufacturing, internal verification testing, customer facing FATs, installation, and commissioning activities.
• Delivering training to internal colleagues and external customers.
• Developing engineering standards and providing support in developing standard solutions.
• Developing substations design both with GRP substations and Metal Enclosures
• Managing sub-contractor designer and checking of third party works.
• Undertaking business development activities to improve design processes and company procedures and develop engineering standards to improve quality and lead times.

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of experience within the electrical industry ideally specialising in 33kv design.
• Formal engineering qualification BEng within electrical engineer discipline.
• Knowledge of power system protection schemes, at 11kV & 33kV.
• A good working knowledge of AUTOCAD.
• Demonstrable Project management skills manging multiple projects at once.
• Knowledge of the UK standards and presentation of electrical schematics within the MV/HV industry.
• Protection and control systems design experience according to DNO standards in the UK.
• Good knowledge of protection relays and experience creating settings and PSL files would be viewed favourably. Familiarity with ABB, SE and GE relays of benefit.
• As part of our substation design, a knowledge of LV electrical installations and BS7671 18th edition wiring regulations would be useful but not essential.
• Awareness of relevant ENA standards would be advantageous.
• A flexible approach. We sometimes must assist with and cover colleagues’ duties. We work as a team to achieve our company goals.
• The candidate may be required to occasionally visit sites and possibly our factories in Spain.
• Basic knowledge of SAP also of interest.
• We are a solutions company, problem solving is an essential skill.
• Experience testing numerical relays using a Omicron CMC356 or similar test equipment would be seen as favourable.
• Experience managing customer and running factory acceptance tests or similar customer facing roles would be beneficial.

Inclusion, equity, and non-discrimination are fundamental pillars of our culture. Our selection processes are conducted following transparency criteria, regardless of gender, racial origin, religion, political ideology, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability. We embrace and acknowledge the uniqueness of each of our future collaborators and value diversity in all its expressions.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £55,000.00-£65,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Performance bonus

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• St Helens WA9 5XH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment Visa status?

Experience:

• Project Management: 1 year (preferred)
• Electrical engineering: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In perso

• Project management of electrical projects (from cradle to grave).
• Understanding customer requirements.
• Creation and or checking of electrical diagrams and wiring schematics required by the project (single line diagrams, Keyline diagrams, AC & DC, wiring, etc.,).
• Checking of technical documentations such as load schedules, cable calcs…etc.
• Working in collaboration with production department to create the list of materials and component specifications.
• Give technical support to the rest of the team (Commercials, production, etc.)
• Give technical advice and assistance within the organization on electrical (HV, LV and P&C) matters.
• Be involved and lead the project during the manufacturing, internal verification testing, customer facing FATs, installation, and commissioning activities.
• Delivering training to internal colleagues and external customers.
• Developing engineering standards and providing support in developing standard solutions.
• Developing substations design both with GRP substations and Metal Enclosures
• Managing sub-contractor designer and checking of third party works.
• Undertaking business development activities to improve design processes and company procedures and develop engineering standards to improve quality and lead times