About the Role
Freedom's Professional Services is seeking a Senior Design Engineer with expertise in cabling systems and/or cable routing. This role involves the design, drawing, and calculation of projects, collaborating with the Design team, and conducting site visits for surveys and data collection. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement.
Responsibilities
- Manage and lead technically demanding projects.
- Lead all types of cabling projects from concept to detailed design, including calculations and drawings, ensuring cost-effectiveness and timely delivery.
- Demonstrate commercial awareness and build strong client relationships.
- Understand and mitigate complex engineering problems such as SED’s.
- Mentor and guide Design, Assistant, and Graduate Engineers.
- Attend and chair design team meetings.
- Provide engineering solutions to site-based problems through the TQ/RFI process.
- Review and authorize cable design reports and drawings, providing constructive technical feedback.
- Conduct, supervise, and demonstrate site visits for cable route assessments, design commissioning, and failure investigations.
Requirements
- Fundamentals from HNC/HNC are essential.
- Must be autonomous and require little direction to complete tasks.
Skills
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of cable system design.
- Very good knowledge of software packages including CYMCAP.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of cable routing design.
- Very good knowledge of software packages including AutoCAD.
Location
- London
- Stowmarket
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Degree qualified is desirable
- HNC/HNC fundamentals are essential
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive Salary on offer
- Car or Car Allowance
- Flexible Benefits
Benefits
- Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
- 25 days holiday
- Company vehicle (or car allowance)
- Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
- Private Medical Insurance
- Sick Pay
- Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
- Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
- Personal development programme
- Hybrid working arrangement between office(s), home and site
About the Company
- Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK.
- Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees.
- Proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.
- Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry.
- Innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.
- Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.
Equal Opportunity
- As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect.
- This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.
- We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice.
- If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
