Description of role:
Design Engineer
(Mechanical components, piping layouts, P&IDs, electrical diagrams, civil, manufacturing drawings, detailed 3D models)
Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our Energy client for a Design Engineer to join their design engineering team onsite in East Lothian near Dunbar.
This role will involve the creation, modification, analysis, and optimisation of engineering design proposals. You will work to deliver innovative and practical design solutions that support small to large-scale engineering projects.
Key aspects of the role
- This role will involve the delivery of high-quality design work, focusing on mechanical components, piping layouts, P&IDs, electrical diagrams, civil, manufacturing drawings, and detailed 3D models.
- You will be interfacing with mechanical, process, electrical and civil engineering teams.
- The role will be working within a team of designers to ensure consistency of high-quality outputs to clients with a “right first time” approach.
- This role involves managing multiple design tasks and ensuring technical accuracy and compliance with relevant codes and standards.
- Additional days for team collaboration and at client/supplier sites for projects as required.
- Knowledge of safety case and engineering change process would be required where onsite training will support you through the specific client processes.
Key Responsibilities
- “Right first time” with continuous improvement attitude
- Supporting and managing a design process including authoring safety case amendments.
- Qualification to HNC/HND standard in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience).
- Extensive experience in a regulated industry, particularly in design for assembly and manufacturing processes.
- Knowledge of electrical diagrams and schematics
- Knowledge of civil structures
- Knowledge of safety cases
- Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail and understanding of technical design standards.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
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