NES has discipline specific consultants throughout the UK, providing recruitment consultancy services to clients and jobseekers working in a wide variety of fields. One of the most popular is that of Electrical Engineering, and NES is regularly asked to recruit for electrical engineers. Jobs typically cover a broad range of projects and across a diverse range of industries, ranging from power generation to offshore oil and gas.
Electrical engineering has many sub-disciplines, the most popular of which are listed below, although there are some electrical engineering jobs that focus exclusively on one of these sub-disciplines, many deal with a mixture of them. The sub-disciplines are: power engineering, control engineering, electronic engineering, microelectronics, signal processing, telecommunications engineering, computer engineering, and instrumentation engineering.
Electrical engineering jobs obviously vary according to the industry and sub-discipline they're part of, but broadly can include such things as: design of electrical systems; preparation of design and installation specifications; testing electrical systems and electronic devices; design calculations; support installation, commissioning and decommissioning, etc.
Experience requirements largely focuses on power distribution and control of power (230v and 440v primarily); with professional qualifications generally deemed to be a minimum of an HND or above, in Electrical Engineering (preferably degree of chartered status). CAD proficiency is often desired, as is knowledge of power management systems, UPS systems, commissioning procedures; and the ability to prepare manuals and procedures, design calculations; and manufacture, testing and commissioning support.
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