Electrical Project Engineer

Job Title

Job Description

Reports to:Project Manager (Engineering)

Location: London Heathrow

Introduction to role

The UK engineering team works as an integrated part of the Worldwide Vanderlande Engineering team consisting of over 1000 engineers from all automated handling disciplines. An Engineer joining the UK team has the opportunities and potential to join a wide and diverse range of projects we are looking for an Engineer with the passion and willingness to engineer and develop designs for projects the ability to follow challenging standards and overall to add value to our customers at home and abroad.

Role Responsibilities

As an Electrical Project Engineer you will support our automation projects by creating the electrical circuits and layouts for our intralogistics equipment and systems.

The area of work is of a specialist/technical nature and the person fulfilling the role should be friendly and have the ability to communicate facts within the required area of knowledge and expertise. Standard operating procedures are important aspects of this role and as such it will require an individual who is persistent organised structured selfcontrolled and kind. The person fulfilling this role should be consistent in approach analytical sensitive precise logical and systematic

Your responsibilities and activities will be:

• Read the user requirements analyse the feasibility and considers technical standards
• Agrees in consultation with the Project Leader the necessary engineering activities for the deliverables and planning details
• Reports progress and deviations of worked hours to the Project Leader
• Participates in decision making with all the relevant disciplines regarding the electrical components and interfaces to be used
• Designs specifies and calculates the complete electrical controls installation (including the supply and power distribution) consisting of cabinets field wiring cable trunking and mechanical supports for the electrical components
• Creates power calculations (required max. power) cable calculations for the cable layout drawings and selectivity determination
• Designs controls drawings layouts and produces all information necessary for manufacturers installation managers special design engineers wiring contractors and purchasing department
• Designs according to known procedures rules and follows UK legislation like the supply of machinery regulations where applicable
• Produces engineering instructions
• Instructs subcontractors on the working principles of the hardware (drawings and documentation)
• Supports subcontractors with problem analyses and engineering changes/reviews

Role Qualification and Skills

• Exposure in developing electrical design for industrial installations and low voltage installations
• Ideally previous experience in working with engineering tools like Autocad and Eplan.
• Electrotechnology/ Energy technology qualification preferable.
• Knowledge of industrial networks like ProfiNet ASi bus and Profibus
• Preferable experience in used technologies and equipment for Material Handling Systems.

What we offer

• 28 days of annual leave (excluding public holidays)
• Bupa Medical Cover
• YuLife Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
• A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with Aviva
• Access to Achievers an awardwinning recognition platform that inspires to recognise your coworkers Where points are awarded that can be exchanged for a range of goods and discounts.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying we are always happy to discuss or explore any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.