Electrical Safety Senior Test Engineer Ref. 939
Department
Manufacturing
Salary
£48,021
Job description
Recruitment and Retention Allowance £1,123 per annum
This role is available full-time for 37 hours per week.
Flexible or compressed working patterns available.
Do you want to work somewhere a little bit different? Where you also play a part in national security engineering? Do you want to expand and develop your existing electrical safety testing skills? Maybe in an environment that you have never experienced or considered before?
Working in our advanced manufacturing facility, you will use your existing skills and experience within a team of manufacturing engineers working on projects critical to protecting national security.
You will use your skills and knowledge in areas such as: consultation with design engineers; evaluation of products and documentation to the applicable test standards; writing and reviewing evaluation reports; and mentoring less experienced colleagues. No two days are the same. One day you could be diagnosing a fault, the next you could be providing a design engineer with advice on creepage and clearage.
You will have hands-on involvement in evaluating products for use in a wide range of scenarios from small, compact, individual devices to large, rack-mounted systems.
You'll enjoy working as part of a diverse team and the opportunities that provide to both develop and share your knowledge and skills.
More About You
To apply for this role, you will already have:
1. Extensive experience in product safety testing.
2. A broad understanding of safety engineering and assurance principles.
3. Experience and knowledge in two or more electrical safety standards e.g. BS EN 62368, BS EN 61010, BS EN 60335.
4. IT skills; particularly in Microsoft Office applications.
To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you also have:
1. Experience of safety critical function design/development of electrical products.
2. An understanding of different certification schemes.
3. The ability to fault find down to component level.
4. 18th Edition wiring regulations qualified.
Your Personal Skills
You will be the type of person who:
1. Enjoys coming up with creative solutions.
2. Wants to improve on yesterday - striving to be the best you can.
3. Makes mistakes. And learns from them.
4. Enjoys being part of a team.
5. Can go with the flow.
6. Likes to ensure that high standards are achieved but isn't afraid to challenge the standard.
7. Wants to make a difference.
Putting your skills to use
Using your diverse range of skills within the electrical safety team, you will:
1. Complete electrical safety evaluations and reports.
2. Evaluate products and documentation to ensure they meet the requirements of applicable test standards.
3. Ensure evaluations are completed to standard and within set timescales.
4. Liaise with design engineers to provide the latest advice on standards, techniques, and components.
5. Support the development of less experienced team members through mentoring and coaching.
6. Utilise your knowledge of processes and standards to develop and build the capability.
What we Offer
Now that we've explained a bit about what you will be doing, here's what we can offer you:
1. 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years' service.
2. 8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
3. 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
4. Paid overtime or time off in lieu.
5. Training. Lots and lots of training.
6. Pension. Our Pension scheme is Alpha.
7. Sports & Social Society.
8. On site nursery (subject to availability).
9. 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
10. Free parking.
11. Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
12. Relocation Loan*.
13. Affinity Groups.
About HMGCC
We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK's national security. We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.
Equal Opportunities
Inclusion and diversity really matters to us. HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Apply now
Discover more by clicking 'apply'. Our Recruitment Team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.
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