At Cressall we design and manufacture power resistors for use in the electro-technical markets all over the world. Our customers range from the smallest of local companies right up to multi-national corporations such as GE, Siemens and ABB.

Offering the very highest quality of products and service levels to such a wide range of customers and markets is made possible by our highly skilled personnel.

Location: Leicester, LE5
Salary: Competitive
Contract: Full time (37.75 hours per week) permanent

About us

Cressall Resistors is an electrical equipment manufacturer based in Leicester with over 100 years’ experience. We design and manufacture electrical equipment used in electricity generation, transmission and distribution as well as in the industrial automation, marine, telecoms and rail transit markets. We supply to large contractors, OEMs and end users throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

About The Role

We are looking for an electrical design engineer who can provide expertise to support the engineering team with the design of electrical equipment for a range of industrial applications. This will include electrical best practice and implementation of industry standards. This is a pivotal role to the business as the design team continue to develop innovative solutions to meet customer specifications and develop products for new market applications.

The specific nature of the product make it essential that you have an excellent grasp of mechanical and electrical engineering principles. The successful candidate will be expected to have had several years hands-on design experience.

Principal responsibilities include:

• Review design requirements & assist engineering team with technical aspects of designs including specification of materials.
• Produce design calculations and corresponding paperwork to manufacture designs (resistor element and design overview sheets).
• Produce and Approve drawings, Bills of Materials and other design information issued for equipment manufacture.
• Conduct technical investigations, develop and maintain appropriate design and support processes, carrying out root cause analysis and initiating corrective action as necessary.
• Provide technical support to Production, Sales, Service and Customer Support.
• Deliver projects on schedule and on budget, demonstrating the ability to handle the pressure of managing a complex range of projects, a high volume of work, within a fast pace of implementation.
• Understand and apply relevant design, regulatory and industry standards.