Electrical Design Engineer

About the role

The Electrical Design Engineer will lead the creation and review of electrical designs for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will ensure that all designs meet health, safety, environmental, sustainability and quality standards.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and integrate HSE, sustainability and quality requirements into all design outputs.
• Collaborate with process, mechanical, control & automation, civil and structural disciplines to achieve optimal solutions.
• Conduct site surveys, condition reports and generate electrical load balances, medium‑voltage and generator designs.
• Produce detailed designs for lighting, earthing, lightning protection, cable sizing and control panel schematics.
• Review specialist reports on harmonics and specify mitigation equipment.
• Support procurement of LV and MV packages, evaluate tender returns and provide technical recommendations.
• Prepare handover documentation for site delivery teams and assist with tender pricing.
• Promote digitalisation, off‑site manufacturing and sustainability initiatives.

Required profile

• Level 7/8 degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience, preferably in the water & wastewater sector.
• Full clean driving licence.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and teamwork abilities.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Autodesk design packages.
• Working knowledge of Trimble ProDesign (Amtech) or ETAP calculation software.