Junior Engineer Winchester, Hampshire

Our Client, a well-established design consultancy situated in Hampshire, is seeking to recruit a Junior Engineer to join their Electrical Control and Instrumentation design division on a full time permanent basis. This is a development opportunity for someone who has already gained the qualifications and experience within an electrical, control or instrumentation role and is looking to further their career. On offer to the successful candidate is a negotiable, albeit based on relevant experience, basic salary, together with a fully comprehensive benefits package.

The Junior EC&I Engineer will become a central part of the EC&I team, reporting directly to the EC&I Design Manager. The Engineer shall support the delivery of individual projects (Concept to Detailed Design), work alongside contract members of the team and provide at times on-site support to their clients.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks will be:

• Conduct site surveys and liaise with the client, throughout projects, to develop the process electrical and instrument design.
• Attend internal and external project meetings.
• Assist in the coordination of the project design, alongside Process, Piping, Building Services and CSA Designers and Engineers, through 3D model review.
• Engineer General Arrangement Drawings, Layout Drawings, Cable Route Drawings, Location Drawings, Block Cable Diagrams, Single Line Diagrams, Circuit Diagrams, Wiring Diagrams and Instrument Loop Diagrams.
• Engineer Instrument and I/O Lists, Instrument and Electrical Cable Schedules (including cable-sizing calculations), MTO/BOMs.
• Produce instrument datasheets.
• Produce Requirement Specifications and Scopes of Work
• Provide Technical input into Invitation to Tender Packages

The following industry experience is desirable; Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Fine Chemicals, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Petrol Chemical & Water industry. However, experience within other industries, working at different levels will also be considered.

The successful person shall ideally have knowledge and experience, bringing a high degree of competence, in the following areas across electrical, instrumentation and control disciplines:

• Instrument and actuated valve technologies.
• Instrument loop design.
• Analytical and weighing instrumentation.
• Integration of vendor packages
• Industrial automation and industrial system communications.
• Control and Safety System architectures.
• Process Control technique.
• Design of LV electrical circuits including motor controls, LV distribution, lighting and earthing and compliance to BS 7671.
• Electrical requirements in Hazardous Areas, where a risk of explosion from dusts and gases exist, in particular the implementation of Intrinsically Safe circuits.
• Use of Amtech Electrical Design software.
• Use of Microsoft Office applications.
• MCC design.
• Lightning Protection.
• GAMP V standards and guidance.
• Functional Safety IEC 61508/11 and Machinery Safety IEC 60204.

Qualifications & Experience ideally required:

• You will possess a BSc or BEng degree in a related engineering subject or relevant technical qualifications such as BTEC, City and Guilds etc.
• It is essential that all applicants have previous experience working within an electrical, control or instrumentation role.

Forbes HR Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

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