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EC&I Design Engineer (Subsea Equipment)

Newcastle upon Tyne
5 months ago
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Position: EC&I Engineer (Subsea Equipment)

Job ID: 264/24

Location: Newcastle 

Rate/Salary: £45,000 to £60,000 DOE

Type: Permanent

HSB Technical Ltd is a specialist recruiter within the Power & Propulsion, Shipbuilding, Shipping & Energy and Aerospace sectors. We have a number of permanent and contract vacancies for multiple businesses across the UK and overseas.

The below job description will outline this position of: EC&I Engineer (Subsea Equipment)

Typically, this person will be responsible for designing and developing offshore and subsea equipment, participating in every phase of the project life cycle. Their involvement spans from understanding client requirements through design, development, installation, testing, customer acceptance, documentation, training, and occasionally providing post-sales support. Additionally, they offer support to other business functions, including Sales, Project Management, Procurement, Production, Commissioning, and Documentation.

HSB Technical’s client is a very established and well-regarded business entity.

Duties and responsibilities of the EC&I Engineer:

Design of offshore and subsea equipment 

Design of distributed control systems (PLC, SCADA) 

Design of network and communications systems including RS485, MODBUS and Ethernet protocols 

Design of low voltage and extra low voltage control circuits 

Measurement systems & instrumentation 

Selection and integration of subsea surveillance, vision and lighting systems 

Using CAD to design and produce top level system diagrams, interconnecting wiring drawings, and detailed electrical, control & instrumentation schematics 

Qualifications and requirement for the EC&I Engineer:

Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar 

Practical experience/background in the subsea industry

Experience of machine control systems / automation 

Autodesk AutoCAD 

Autodesk Inventor 

This vacancy is being advertised by HSB Technical who have been appointed to act as the recruitment consultancy for this role

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