Graduate Electrical Engineer

CDE Group, Cookstown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Location:

CDE Global Cookstown Location

To complement the core operations team with electrical and control knowledge to ensure all systems and components of the plant are installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the operational requirements of the customer and delivered in a safe and orderly manner. A key part of the role will be ensuring control philosophies, design specifications and materials that are unambiguous, accurate and agreed with the client prior to project delivery.

• To produce accurate BOM’s for electrical components
• Create and read electrical layouts and schematic drawings
• Manage electrical projects
• Specify electric components and cables for plant, control panels and site wiring.
• Focus on reducing cost and cycle time on current plant equipment and projects.
• Co‑ordinate with all departments relative to all aspects of electrical offices.
• Co‑ordinate with the design and technical team to support the sales team through preliminary technical specifications, site visits and technical advice on the products/process for electrical requirements.
• Electrically support the presales team in the creation of price books and quotations.
• Liaison with suppliers to ensure electrical design is per manufacturing capabilities.
• Co‑ordinate and update Electrical manager on project status.
• Fulfill administration duties in the electrical office.
• Understand and manage Electrical CE Marking Requirements and create the electrical section of the Technical File for each product and project.
• Understand and apply the requirements for IEE wiring regulations 17th edition.
• Participate in quality reviews and processes.
• Follow electrical processes and procedures to ensure high quality drawings and BOM’s are in line with company processes.
• Ensure electrical drawings are with‑in BS standards.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities to enhance product quality, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
• Adhere to CDE’s HR and H&S policies.

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.

We recognise that it is our people that have established CDE as a 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  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.

• Good level of secondary education with high degree of numeracy and literacy
• Educated to degree level in an Electrical Engineering discipline 2.1 or above
• Experience in BOM creation

Closing Date:
Friday 30th January, 2026

Contract Type:
Full‑time

Salary:
Based on Experience

Seniority level:
Not Applicable

Employment type:

Full‑time

Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology

Industry: Machinery Manufacturing