Description
An Oil & Gas client of mine is seeking an Electronic/Electrical Application Engineer who will be involved in the design of Explosion Protection Equipment.RESPONSIBLE TO: LEAD ENGINEER
JOB SUMMARY:
1. Responsible for the electrical design of a number of explosion protection equipment conversion projects, to meet budget, schedule and quality expectations.
2. To operate within the guidelines of Company Procedures, ISO 9001, Euro Norms and all other relevant standards and specifications.
3. To be responsible for all aspects of the design and modification of electrical equipment, to be converted to operate in explosive atmospheres.
4. Support Customers Services, Production and Quality departments with all relevant technical documentation, and create Work Instructions for the assembly of new products, where necessary.
5. Liaison with all departments, giving technical information as requested.
6. Where financially viable, develop new products to enable effective simultaneous engineering to continually drive for better equipment conversion.
7. Drive for cost reduction, value engineering improvement in reliability of explosion protection equipment conversions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. The Electronic/Electrical Application Engineer is responsible for all aspects of the explosion protection conversion, which can be broken down into the following key phrases:
* Equipment pre conversion technical assessment
* Engineering design of explosion protection solution
* Specification of all procured parts and engineering design of all parts to be produced in-house
* Assisting production giving necessary technical instruction on equipment conversion and problem solving
* Assessing final test if necessary to confirm integrity of explosion protection conversion
* Support product with all necessary documentation (e.g. Technical construction file, operation manual, data sheets etc).
2. Support Sales with technical assessment of project 'specials'.
3. Work with key OEM's to develop product standard conversion, where appropriate.
4. Work with Product Development with the objective of finding new solutions to reduce the cost of the conversion or find ways of improving product reliability and ergonomics etc
5. Take technical ownership of whole conversion to streamline, where possible, and look for continual improvement opportunities.
6. To support, where necessary, Service to understand warranty issues and drive for a lower lifetime cost product.
7. Lead the defining of new products for this area of the Company's business, especially in dealing with new OEM technologies or product improvements.
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Formal electronic/electrical engineering education at degree or higher national diploma/certification level.
2. A broad knowledge of electrical and electronic control systems, for example industrial controllers, plc's, AC invertors.
3.Practical 'hands on' track record, comfortable at resolving technical issues at a shop floor level.
4.Understanding of the principals of explosion protection engineering.
5. Good appreciation of mechanical systems, such as hydraulics, electrical motor drive system and braking systems.
6. Project engineering skills, to ensure that all aspects of the project are being co-ordinated effectively. (e.g. managing budgets, scheduling priorities, dealing with technical changes).
7. Commercial awareness, to represent the Company with technical visits at customer sites.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
1. Technical knowledge of engine controllers would be an advantage.
2. Experience of working in a 'special product department', where 'engineer to order' is part of the work process, would be useful.
This will be for a 3-6 month rolling contract.
Please send across your up to date CV and availability.