Electrical Design Engineer
The Electrical Design Engineer role will be responsible for the efficient electrical design of our Isolator equipment to client requirements. This exlusive client is a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical isolator equipment and is based in Cork.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design the electrical wiring layout and panels for process instrumentation and control devices using documents such as P&ID, Instrument Schedule and customer specifications
- Design of PLC control Loops, Motor controls and variable frequency drive circuits
- Design pneumatic circuits for process control and instrumentation
- Create and design the required design document such as Electrical Schematics, Electrical drawings and Instrument Schedule (IS) and provide input into other documents as required
- Construct wiring schematics Generate assembly designs for power distribution panels, control panels and remote I/O panels. Design is achieved using documents such as schematics, customer specs, and applicable codes and standards
- Support existing equipment with after-sales support
- Typical tasks will include the management of specifications, design, purchasing of equipment, interpreting electrical schematics, overseeing the Build of projects within budget, allocated time, and corporate guidelines, commissioning, and handover.
- Interfacing with Engineers and other design disciplines to provide an integrated system design
- Work with sales team to help deliver competitive solutions to the industry as directed by the Manager
- Responsible to help maintain a safe, healthy, ethically and environmentally responsible workplace and business
- Responsible for Automation Variation Change Requests (VCR) with clients where scope deviates from "as sold" specification.
- Management of procurement of long lead time items for projects with the procurement team to meet project timelines.
- Conduct electrical design review meeting with larger engineering team
- Interface with project management and project engineers during the design, execution and start-up phase of projects
JOB DESCRIPTION
SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- 2-3 years of previous Electrical Design Engineering experience with industrial control systems,process control loops, motor controls and instrument connections
- Competent working with technical and electrical drawings and specifications, and have previously demonstrated the ability to build strong working relationships both within their team and working across multi-disciplinary teams
- Strong project management skills are a distinct advantage for this position with proven problem[1]solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills through English
- Multitask ability to work with several projects at a time
- Experience of Good Documentation Practices (GDP) as used within the Life Sciences industry
EDUCATION/TRAINING REQUIRED:
- Degree or equivalent certification in Electrical Engineering
- Experience in AutoCAD and See Electrical CAD systems
- PLC/DCS hardware experience, preferably Weidmuller, Siemens and Allan Bradley Knowledge of Atex Guidelines an advantage
- Knowledge of communications protocols and networking a distinct advantage such as Profinet, Ethernet IP, ModBus, Profibus
- Knowledge of regional regulatory standards such as CE and NRTL Panels standards, and ATEX (EU) and HazLoc (US) certification
