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Senior Electrical Design Engineer

£45000 - £60000 per annum 23 days leave, annual bonus, progression
 

Job Description

Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Data Centres - To £60K

Due to the continued demand for cloud-based infrastructure, artificial intelligence, big data and IoT the UK European data centre industry will continue to boom.

That's great news if you are an Electrical Design Engineer or a Senior Electrical Design Engineer as my client are urgently looking for Engineers for their offices in either London or Paris. You'll initially be working from home until it's safe to return to work and receive ongoing virtual support from a team of committed and enthusiastic Engineers as well as from the hands-on and relaxed Directors.

You'll enjoy a large amount of autonomy and be trusted to use your own initiative and knowledge to drive projects through to completion. You'll continue to liaise with your colleagues daily and weekly to discuss project progress. You'll enjoy working for a global MEP consultancy that genuinely considers their employees to be their greatest assets and feel good that you contributing to one of the most important industries globally.

Role

  • Design of highly resilient electrical services on a range of new build and refurbishment projects.
  • Calculating resilience for critical loads including UPS and generators.
  • Checking the calculations produced by other engineers for cable sizing, protection and discrimination studies.
  • Writing technical specifications and producing equipment schedules.
  • Representing the client at client and design team meetings.
  • Reviewing technical submittals and construction drawings.
  • Liaise with manufacturers.
  • Maintain a good CPD record in order to stay up-to-date with the trends and technology used within the Data Centre industry.

Requirements

  • Good understanding of the different Uptime Tier classifications.
  • Able to lead a project through all stages of the lifecycle; ie from initial load assessment to end packages and construction.
  • Able to use Amtech or ETAP and ideally Bluebeam live and Navisworks.
  • Effective communicator, able to build rapport quickly with clients, contractors and colleagues.
  • Excellent team player, willing to roll up your sleeves and get on with things.
  • Able to speak French and ideally having knowledge of French regulations such as NF 13-100, NF13-200, NF15-100.
  • Ideally have an awareness of Environmental ICPE.

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