Caerphilly, South Wales

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Developing earthing and lightning protection designs to ensure the safety of workers and members of the public
• Using CDEGS and other design software to create effective and innovative earthing and lightning protection designs
• Undertake and contribute to earth return current calculations
• Creating technical engineering drawings to represent earthing and lightning protection systems
• Undertake Soil Resistivity and/or FOP analysis
• Write technical reports for typical earthing, impressed voltage and lightning protection project scopes
• Have responsibility for the delivery of design on projects, directing the work of the site-based teams and liaising with clients
• With the support of Senior Engineers, developing scope for typical new engineering projects and quotations
• Developing a good rapport with clients to be able to obtain all necessary data to complete a project
• Having financial management responsibility for any project or project element they are responsible for (including understanding value/time input, not going outside scope without VO / part-invoicing etc)
• Undertaking a wide range of field testing and site surveys
• Mentoring graduate and junior engineers.

Health & Safety and Quality Systems

• Follows company Health & Safety procedures and policies

Qualifications and Experience:

• Qualifications
  • An Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
  • Working towards IEng with the IET or another appropriate body
• Skills
  • A full driving licence
  • Working knowledge of CDEGS and associated software
  • Good understanding of electrical fundamentals and able to apply them to new situations
• Personal qualities
  • A positive attitude, flexible approach with a good work ethic
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Enthusiasm to learn and get involved.
  • IT literate and have a good standard of English both verbal and written.
  • Good report writing skills
  • Willing to occasionally undertake site testing and surveys
• Experience
  • Experience of different types of earthing, lightning protection and impressed voltage project
  • Relevant CDEGS design software modules to undertake relevant designs/analysis
  • Relevant Field Testing and site survey experience