Electrical Power Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Power Engineer

Location: Bristol - 1 day per week on-site

Role Type: Permanent

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 depending on experience + bonus + benefits

Our client, an established marine engineering firm, require an experienced Electrical Power Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team in Bristol.

** Please note we can only consider sole UK Nationals (no dual nationalities) due to security restrictions **

Due to the nature of this role and its seniority within the team, you would be expected to visit other sites for meetings as & when required. This travel would be fully expensed.

What the role of the Electrical Power Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the Electrical Power Engineer will include:

• Acting as the electrical SME providing technical leadership and guidance to a range of cross discipline internal and external stakeholders including equipment suppliers
• Managing the electrical interface with the electrical power system ensuring that a best for programme approach is adopted
• Technical ownership of the end to end delivery of key technology readiness projects essential in demonstrating an appropriate level of maturity is achieved in the end product prior to platform integration
• Supporting technical delivery of facility requirements needed to deliver technology readiness projects including the facilities to support the end product verification and validation activities
• Undertaking technical risk analysis and developing risk mitigation plans in support of equipment delivery into the platform
• Supporting the development and resilience planning for the Steam IDTs engineering team ensuring succession planning is in place in support of an enduring SQEP capability
• Independent governance, authoring and approval of technical artefacts

What experience you need to be the successful Electrical Power Engineer:

Essential

• Relevant 1st degree in Electrical Engineering BSc (Hons) / BEng (Hons) / MEng (Hons)
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward Chartership
• Knowledge of the integration of power electronic conversion equipment into power system designs (Inverters, rectifiers, Active Front End, filter interactions)
• Knowledge and experience of key Power system interface requirements (power system stability, power quality and protection co-ordination)
• Experience in developing and delivering power system / equipment level verification and validation plans (including technology readiness level strategies)
• Knowledge of the complete engineering life cycle of delivery an equipment or system in a complex engineering environment with many competing requirements (requirement generation through to test and commissioning)

Desirable

• Relevant 2nd specialised degree or further education in Electrical Engineering (power systems / power electronics / electrical machine design) e.g. MSc(Eng) / MPhil(Eng) / PhD / EngD
• Knowledge of permanent magnet rotating machines
• Knowledge of Power System Analysis of AC and DC systems and modelling of Generation and control: Generators, AVRs, Govenors/Speed controllers
• Knowledge of the interface requirements of power system control and instrumentation for key equipment's and components within a power system design

This really is a fantastic opportunity for an Electrical Power Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

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