Merit
Merit is an offsite construction and digital manufacturer, specialising in the design, manufacture and build of high-quality facilities for the healthcare, life sciences, education, semiconductor and battery tech sectors.
At the core of Merit’s mission is a commitment to transforming the construction industry into a more productive and efficient sector. By completing projects in a third of the time compared to traditional methods, we offer significant time and cost savings to our clients. Our dedication to quality, efficiency, and personalisation ensures that we deliver facilities that exceed expectations.
Further company information is detailed on Merit’s website: www.merit.co.uk
The Role
As the Electrical Engineering Design Manager at Merit, you will lead the Electrical Engineering Design Team in producing technically accurate electrical systems design in accordance with BS7671 & the Health Technical Memorandum (HTM), whilst producing and ensuring consistency of electrical design estimates and budgets.
Purpose and Objectives:
- Review and control the technical content of the model and drawings produced and to check and approve drawings
- Specify electrical components are systems in line with Merit’s platform design.
- Liaise with relevant personnel regarding modelling and CAD requirements to produce fully co-ordinated models supporting the project from design to final completion
- Facilitate all key documents for the model and layout through engineering reviews (CDM, Design Reviews, Design Workshops, constructability and maintainability etc.)
- Advise management to stop or change working techniques where legislation or procedures are being breached
- Prepare and issue regular progress reports to Engineering Design and Project Management
- To check design consultant work and design calculations within individual capabilities or to identify and specify such SQEP resource required
- To produce engineering working practices and quality plans as required
- To manage and specify a scope to subcontractors on different disciplines. To align designs with the model and maintain drawings up to date
- Carry out value engineering reviews through leading a collaborative workshop process and fix the final design for earliest procurement and manufacture
- Ensure designs make use of best practice technologies and offsite manufacturing techniques
- Ensure alignment of drawings with the model and the client requirements
- To take lead over electrical workshops with the client
- To lead a team of engineers to see through the whole life cycle of a project
- To maintain continuous collaboration with different teams; mechanical, architectural, coordination, factory and site.
Personal Qualities and Experience:
- An appropriate Electrical Engineering qualification and relevant experience in a related Electrical Design role to ensure ability to complete the role
- Experience of site project management and team management essential
- Track record of improving cost efficiency through detailed costs analysis versus design outcomes
- Hospital, cleanroom and laboratory design and construction experience
- An understanding of engineering technologies
- Significant Building Services experience
- Experience of MMC including off site manufacturing
- Experience of working on and controlling multiple projects throughout their life span to ensure effective completion to the standards required
- Experience of working with all aspects of Microsoft Office
- Experience of modular wiring solutions.
- Experience of BS7671, BS5839, BS6701, HTM06 & HTM08.
Proven Capability in the following areas:-
- Proactive leadership with a focus on bringing innovative solutions and overcoming obstacles
- An ability to work either independently or part of a team, adopting the most effective approach to ensure all team tasks are completed to the best of everyone’s ability.
- A tenacious self-starter always looking for a better way to deliver and pushing the boundaries of what is possible
- Positive communication skills in dealing with stakeholders so that customer satisfaction and awareness is maintained, and problems are satisfactorily resolved in a timely and effective manner.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Strong project management or project engineer skills
- Sound understanding of engineering technologies
- Ensuring all designs are monitored, controlled and implemented to Company quality requirements, legislation standards and within the allocated timeframes.
This role demands a proactive, detail-oriented individual who can lead and coordinate design efforts effectively, contributing to the overall success of Merit’s projects and objectives.
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