Electrical Engineer

Job Purpose

As an electrical engineer at CDE, you’ll be at the heart of designing smart, efficient, and environmentally conscious solutions used across the world. You’ll transform customer requirements into high‑quality electrical designs that power our cutting-edge processing systems. Your work will directly influence our mission of reducing waste, protecting natural resources, and delivering world‑class engineering.

About The Role

What you’ll do

You’ll transform customer requirements into robust, compliant, and efficiently manufactured electrical systems for world‑class wet‑processing solutions. Day to day, you will:

• Produce accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs) and interpret client requirements into practical electrical designs.
• Create detailed control and power distribution panel drawings and general arrangements to the latest standards and safety regulations.
• Specify site‑specific cables, components, and plant electrics; prepare documentation for testing, inspection, and commissioning.
• Apply IEE 18th Edition requirements, manage CE Marking obligations, and compile the electrical section of Technical Files.
• Drive cost and cycle‑time improvements, stay current with technological advances and global legislation, and collaborate closely with suppliers.
• Use EPLAN and AutoCAD to deliver high‑quality drawings aligned to company processes and quality systems; contribute to continuous improvement and project reviews.

Required Criteria

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or 5+ years’ relevant experience.
• BOM creation; strong analytical and problem‑solving capability; clear communication with technical and non‑technical audiences; excellent organisation and prioritisation.
• proficiency with Windows‑based tools, AutoCAD, and EPLAN; familiarity with quality reviews and process control systems; sound project management aptitude

Skills Needed

About The Company

WE ARE CDE. ENGINEERED FOR YOU

We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy.

We help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before. Our unparalleled speed and scale are down to our proximity to our customers and our deep understanding of their challenges. Our track record of proven solutions consistently meets our customers’ needs precisely, operating in challenging environments from the Arctic to the Equator.

Wet processing is our sole focus –our experience and expertise is unmatched in this field.

Every day, in everything we do, we strive to do it right. We want to be the best at what we do and deliver the maximum benefit for our customers. We pull together, as a team, in pursuit of this common cause. Our “Customer for Life” mentality fortifies each of our projects, with CDE engineers delivering continuous, limitless support.

Company Culture

We recognise that it is our people that have established CDE as market leader in developing solutions for the wet processing industry both within natural materials processing and waste recycling sectors.

OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME.

To do that, we must continue to build our global team by adding the most ambitious, driven and talented people. We will challenge you, elevate you and broaden your horizons. We will help you to be the best you can be both personally and professionally.

We are renowned for our energy and can do attitude…. and at times seemingly delivering the impossible. We also know that all the will in the world won’t take us anywhere unless we work together. And we like to have fun together - life’s too short and we spend most of it at work. If we lose the power to laugh, we lose the power to think.

We will continue to add the most dynamic, ambitious and talented individuals to the CDE team.

Company Benefits

Health insurance, Vacation, Paid time off, Retirement plan and/or pension, Employee development programs, A diversity program, Opportunity to travel, Free parking, Cycle to work, Referral bonus, Open office, Competitive salary, Long service recognition, Free parking or Discounted parking , Employee Assistance Scheme, Wellbeing Scheme, Work With Charities, Social Opportunities, Employee Recognition Scheme, Hybrid Working, Culture of recognition, On the job learning, Progression opportunities, Access to Health & Wellbeing app, Bereavement leave, Long service awards, Service recognition increases to annual leave, Staff celebration events

Salary

Not disclosed