Power and Controls Design Engineer

The Rewards and Benefits on offer:

• A Competitive basic salary
• Company pension
• Holiday allowance
• Private Medical cover
• Free onsite parking
• A permanent role from day 1!
• You will have the opportunity to work on a range of diverse and unique technical projects.

MTrec’s new opportunity:

MTrec recruitment are proudly representing our well-established engineering company based in Northumberland, specialising in the design, manufacture, and installation of advanced turnkey solutions for the oil and gas industry. The role will focus on delivering bespoke hydraulic and pneumatic systems tailored to offshore and onshore applications.

As a Controls and Power Design Engineer, you will be involved in the end-to-end design and delivery of specialist products and collaborating with a range of integrated project teams to bring the clients requirement into reality.

If you are an experienced design engineer and have experience of designing and implementing Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems, apply now for an immediate response!

The Job you will do:

• Design and development of equipment to suit specific project requirements.
• Undertake and check hydraulic and/or pneumatic design calculations as dictated by the project requirements.
• Plan, perform, monitor and control the day-to-day engineering tasks assigned for their allocated projects.
• Ensure that the areas of works allocated are completed in accordance with the companies Technical Specification, Client Specifications and Class Approval requirements, as dictated by the requirements of the project.
• Complete allocated project tasks within agreed timescales, man-hour allocation, to the required technical accuracy and report on the same when required.
• Review and understand all relevant contract information and data from the Proposal Team.
• Review and comment to Line and/or Project Management on Project Costing, Scope of Work and Project Schedule.
• Assist the Engineering Manager, in determining the required execution strategy of the project taking account of project schedule.
• Attend the project handover meeting and participate in a start-up meeting with the engineers assigned to the project from the Drawing Office and other engineering disciplines.
• Ensure the completeness and on-time delivery of the Design scope of supply (i.e. calculations and documents) according to Contract requirements, Project requirements and all Engineering Office procedures and standards.
• Monitor progress of allocated power and controls project activities within the Engineering Office scope of supply from a quality and time schedule point of view.
• Prepare progress reports, update cost reports and forecasts for the power and controls scope of works on their allocated projects
• Initiate, implement and control corrective actions within power and controls and report any schedule/ cost/ technical deviations.
• Ensure feedback/ lessons learnt from the project is communicated to the relevant Engineering parties or other disciplines within the organisation.
• Participate actively in design reviews.
• Ensure that any allocated actions defined by the reviews are performed in a controlled manner, closed on time and regularly report on the status of the open action items.
• Provide any pertinent construction information to the Project Engineer for inclusion in the Operation, Installation & Maintenance manuals and, on request, review and comment of the same.
• Provide any pertinent input to the Quality Engineer for the preparation of the project-specific Inspection and Test Plans.
• Assist with the preparation of any other engineering deliverable as is required to support other function.
• Organise proper filing and archiving of all project relevant Design Office documentation on project closure, according to the applicable requirements of ISO 9001and Engineering Office procedures

About you:

• Recognized Engineering Apprenticeship would be beneficial
• HNC Engineering Discipline (or equivalent).
• 3 years related Power and Control design Experience
• Previous experience with a similar industry would be advantageous
• Practical experience of hydraulic/ pneumatic systems would be highly desirable
• Effective technical skills, including a good working knowledge of AutoCad
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Be able to technically represent their discipline in a multi-disciplined team.
• Be able to effectively plan and control their own workload as dictated by project requirements.
• Be self-motivated and proactive in producing the Engineering deliverables required for their projects.
• Be willing to adapt to change.