Electrical Design Engineer

Job Description

Your Future Team:

The successful candidate will join the Design Authority (DA) team, a multidisciplinary group responsible for ensuring the safety, integrity, and design assurance of defence infrastructure. The team operates across the full system lifecycle, overseeing safety justifications, design compliance, operational performance, and change control for systems and structures.  Acting as the Intelligent Customer and Approving Authority, the team plays a pivotal role in maintaining the operational readiness and regulatory compliance for equipment.

Your Mission:

The Electrical Design Engineer will join a multi-disciplinary team within the Approving Authority,  supporting both client sites. The team develops and maintains design substantiation , ensuring safety, compliance, and operational effectiveness in line with regulatory standards and best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage design substantiation & change documents

• 🛠️ Create and update EIMT schedules and operating procedures

• 🧾 Produce Periodic Review of Safety (PRS) reports

• 🧑‍🔬 Present designs to nuclear safety committees

• 🗣️ Provide expert advice to internal/external stakeholders

• 🔍 Conduct Independent Technical/Peer Reviews (ITA/IPR)

• 🧠 Apply engineering knowledge in high-risk nuclear environments

• ✅ Justify and support civil/structural design changes

• 📄 Review contractor reports and safety case submissions

• ✔️ Check calculations and technical documents from team members

Key Requirements

Essential Criteria ✅⚡

• 🧑‍🔧 Experienced Electrical Engineer with strong HV (up to 11kV) plant & distribution knowledge (LV considered with HV exposure)

• 📘 Familiar with British & European design standards and industry best practices

• 🛠️ Skilled across concept, detailed design, and construction phases in electrical projects (ideally industrial/maritime)

• 🌩️ Experience in assessing electrical equipment hazard resilience

• 📄 Proven ability to author technical justifications for electrical design changes in high-hazard industries

• 🤝 Track record of providing electrical input on multi-disciplinary projects

Desirable Criteria ⭐

• ⚓ Prior experience high-risk environments

• 🔎 Familiar with safety case methods (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP)

• 📚 Understanding of UK/US nuclear regulations and relevant nuclear-specific standards

Qualifications

Skills to be successful

Experience:

Qualifications & Training:

• 🎓 Essential: HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.

Incorporated Engineer status or equivalent experience and standing

Degree or equivalent qualifications and experience in a relevant engineering discipline

Additional Information

Why Join the Switchers Community?

🔹A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions

🔹Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects

🔹Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text

🔹Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs

🔹Enhanced sick pay

Permanent Staff or Umbrella Contract position

Sole UK National, SC required to start

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.