EC&I Design Engineer / Designer

EC&I Design Engineer / Designer

Location: Hybrid / North West / Preston / South Lancashire

Job type: Permanent staff

Salary: Competitive

Company Overview

Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company for safety-related and mission critical systems in highly regulated sectors, including aerospace, clean energy and maritime sectors. Our offer incorporates: engineering design, technical consultancy and systems integration.

We believe that engineering is not just about technology, manufacturing and innovation. It’s about the people behind it. Delkia ensures that its teams are the focus of its business through passion, belief and simply a better way of working, resulting in great outcomes for our customers. We’re also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and invest in future talent through supporting STEM initiatives, apprenticeships, placements and summer interns.

The company’s Head Office is at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria, with systems integration, assembly & testing facilities in Egremont, Cumbria and design offices in Preston, Lancashire. This is augmented by a network of staff working across the UK, creating a dynamic and highly skilled team.

Come and join a company that values our people and is growing fast.

Overview of the role

The successful candidate will be a competent and proven EC&I Design Engineer, capable of producing, checking and facilitating designs, drawings, supporting calculations and technical documents (inc. plans) with minimum supervision. They will have the ability to translate a client's requirements into a meaningful engineering and technical solution. Good communication skills are essential.

Key responsibilities

Maintain the engineering quality of the project delivery, ensuring compliance with client specifications and engineering standards and local domain policy and procedures.

Assist in production of conceptual designs, optioneering studies, requirements capture, user requirements specification and use cases.

Experience in designing for functional safety systems is desirable.

Have experience of lifecycle and maturity management.

Quickly self-deliver pragmatic systems solutions from a brief problem statement.

Maintain compliance with Engineering Standards and applicable legislation.

Participate in Design and System Level Reviews. Ensure that subsequent design meets the project and client requirements.

Ensure the confidentiality and security of data and information received from clients is upheld.

Ensure effective project delivery to time and cost.

Support and mentor apprentices / graduates (where appropriate).

Desired Qualifications / Prerequisites:

Good working knowledge of EC&I design software; E.g. Autocad Electrical, E-Plan P8 or similar

Ideally educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline or relevant experience

Must be able to obtain or hold suitable security clearance and be a British National

Conversant with the Office 365 suite of software

Plant process knowledge and experience

Knowledge of one or more of a variety of PES technologies – PLC, SCADA,DCS, SQL Server, Modicon M, MIS/HLS

What we offer:

Competitive salary

Flexible working

Training and development

Excellent company standards

Cycle-to-work scheme

Health care

Company bonus scheme

Birthday leave

Great team spirit

Organised social events

Professionalmembership

Our Vision:

To be the UK’s leading engineering and technology partner for safety-related and mission-critical systems.

Our Mission:

To enable a safer, more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safety-critical systems, ensuring the protection of people, assets, and missions that matter most.

Our Values:

Collaboration and teamwork

Integrity, trust and accountability

Safety and security

Client focused

Positive social value and impact

Continuous improvement

Our Purpose: At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.

Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to security vetting restrictions. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and obtain full security clearance.

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch to discuss.

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