purpose of job as the electrical engineering technical expert to support new and existing product development and provide support to design sales and technical teams throughout the full product lifecycle principal accountabilities design and commissioning of equipment specification and selection of appropriate electrical components eg switchgear relay logic plc variable speed drives providing technical support and issue resolution which may be onsite assist with new product development including building and testing of new products and software provide technical leadership to the electrical engineering team work within company quality and safety procedures control the electrical estimated and actual costs clarify any scope of supply issues with the project manager and agree timescales work with the client to discussclarify control requirements conduct mechanicalelectrical design review meetings with the client andor internally produce electrical drawings using e packages produce control software for proprietary plc software packages produce variable speed drive software if required for the project produce software for any human machine interfaces hmi s required on projects produce specifications for electrical sub contract packages and ensure they are competitively tendered ensure all sub contract work is carried out to the required standards and regulations enter project details onto the company document system including project drawings software and testing documentation and sales quotations provide sales support ensure all health safety objectives are met compie risk assessments method statements and health safety plans check and approve all drawings produced by other electrical design engineers andor subcontractors compliance with all relevant procedures nowledge and experience essential the jobholder must be qualified to hnd level or equivalent in electrical engineering ideally degree level and be proficient with electrical cad systems ideally e be used to working to industrial machine standards ie bs en be familiar with safety of machinery safety integrity levels and risk assessments have experience of electrical power and control systems have experience of electrical motor control using variable speed inverter drives be able to utilize plds have experience of using switchgear be capable of utilising spreadsheets and mathcad be able to work at heights be able to regularly visit client sites occasionally abroad desirable management experience relevant software design and development skills eg visual basic scripting familiar with safety design principles emc assessment experience behavioural competencies leadership results orientated flexibility planning and organisation