Electrical Engineering Manager in Pontefract, ENG

Electrical Engineering Manager

Location: Pontefract, West Yorkshire

Working Arrangement: On-site

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Job Type: Permanent

We are recruiting an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager to lead and develop an established team of Electrical Engineers within a highly innovative engineering and technology business.

The organisation delivers complex, bespoke engineering solutions for the global live entertainment, events, attractions and experiential technology sectors. Combining precision engineering, advanced technology and creative design, its projects are delivered internationally for some of the world's most recognised brands and entertainment organisations.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Electrical Engineering professional to take ownership of a technical team, oversee multiple engineering projects and drive design quality, technical standards and continuous improvement.

The Role

As Electrical Engineering Manager, you will provide technical leadership and day-to-day management of an Electrical Engineering team, overseeing projects from initial system architecture and design through to manufacture, testing and site installation.

You will be responsible for allocating workloads, managing resources, maintaining engineering standards and developing the technical capabilities of your team.

Working closely with Controls Engineering, Project Management and other departments, you will ensure engineering solutions meet project specifications, safety requirements and relevant electrical compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a team of Electrical Engineers.
• Oversee electrical engineering activities across multiple projects.
• Delegate engineering tasks and manage project deliverables.
• Work alongside Controls Engineering to establish system architectures and appropriate control technologies.
• Conduct technical design reviews, ensuring quality, compliance and engineering best practice.
• Ensure electrical designs are prepared and released for manufacture.
• Provide technical support throughout fabrication, testing and installation.
• Manage engineering workloads, resource planning and project priorities.
• Coach and mentor engineers, supporting technical and professional development.
• Drive engineering standards, procedures and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with Project Managers and senior management to ensure successful project delivery.
• Support project bidding, including technical proposals and engineering estimates.
• Identify technical challenges and implement effective solutions.
• Promote a strong culture of engineering quality, safety and compliance.

Experience & Technical Requirements

Essential:

• Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering or a relevant technical discipline.
• Ideally 7+ years' experience within a relevant electrical engineering environment.
• Previous leadership or team management experience, ideally 2+ years.
• Experience implementing control systems across complex engineering applications.
• Strong understanding of functional safety standards, including ISO 12100, IEC 62061 and ISO 13849.
• Extensive experience using EPLAN P8 and ProPanel.
• Experience preparing electrical designs for manufacture.
• Understanding of ERP and PDM systems and engineering change control.
• Familiarity with PLC and control hardware from Beckhoff, Siemens and Allen-Bradley.
• Strong technical leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of project delivery.

Desirable:

• Experience within entertainment technology, automation, special-purpose machinery or complex systems integration.
• Knowledge of specialist control system architectures and proprietary engineering products.
• Functional Safety Engineer (FSEng) certification.

Additional Information

• On-site position based in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
• International travel expected to account for approximately 10% of working time.
• Opportunity to lead a specialist engineering team working on technically challenging international projects.

Interested?

If you have a strong electrical engineering background, experience with EPLAN P8 and the leadership capability to develop a high-performing engineering team, we would be interested in hearing from you.

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