Cable Design and Costing Engineer
Connect Appointments · Dundee, Scotland
Cable Design and Costing Engineer at Connect Appointments, based in Dundee, Scotland. This is a permanent role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Dundee, Scotland
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 10 hours ago
- Closes
- 24 Sep 2026
- Sector
- Creative & Design
Reference https://www.connectappointments.co.uk/job/cable-design-and-costing-engineer/
About the role
Connect Appointments is recruiting a Cable Design and Costing Engineer to join an established manufacturer in Dundee.
This is a role with genuine influence, you’ll take customer requirements and turn them into manufacturable, cost-effective solutions, working directly with customers on technical proposals and closely with production to make sure every design stacks up both technically and commercially.
What’s on offer?
- Full-time permanent position
- Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
- £40,000 to £50,000 per annum – depending on experience
- Discretionary tax-free bonus scheme + online employee discount platform
- Private medical insurance and life cover
- Company pension, Cycle2Work and on-site parking
As a Cable Design and Costing Engineer, your duties will include:
- Designing wire and cable products to meet customer specs and industry standards
- Producing construction drawings, material specs and manufacturing instructions
- Costing designs across materials, labour and production to keep pricing competitive
- Preparing technical proposals and quotes directly for customers
- Working with production to make sure designs can actually be built
- Running feasibility studies and suggesting changes to improve performance or cut cost
To be considered as a Cable Design and Costing Engineer, you will need:
- A degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Materials Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Proven cable design experience in manufacturing – conductors, insulation, shielding and jacketing
- Strong costing and estimating skills
- CAD experience (TurboCAD preferred), plus Excel and Visio
- Working knowledge of standards such as UL, CSA and IEC
- The ability to explain technical detail clearly to non-technical people
Interested in this Cable Design and Costing Engineer role? Apply now or call us on [phone removed].
CAKIR
Reference: https://www.connectappointments.co.uk/job/cable-design-and-costing-engineer/ · Posted 10 hours ago · Closes 24 Sep 2026 · Listed via Connect Appointments
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