HPS ECI Manager

The EC&I Engineering Manager will lead the Electrical, Instrumentation & Control discipline across HPS. This dual-role position combines technical leadership and team management with a strategic commercial focus — supporting proposal development, client engagement, and the wider growth of the business. 

You will be responsible for managing the EC&I department’s operations, developing talent, ensuring project delivery, and actively contributing to client satisfaction and commercial success. 

In the early stages of the role, the EC&I Engineering Manager is expected to spend approximately 80% of their time on fee-earning project work. This will naturally be reviewed as the department and workload grow. 

EC&I Department Management 

• Line management for 4 EC&I engineers, 4 designers, and 1 apprentice designer. 

• Weekly task alignment, workload balancing, and milestone tracking. 

• Facilitate weekly 30-minute team meetings to assess progress and priorities. 

• Conduct monthly one-to one sessions and annual performance appraisals. 

• Guide, mentor and support apprentices by providing regular feedback, and opportunities for skill development, ensuring alignment with both departmental goals and engineering standards. 

Project Alignment 

• Collaborate with Project Managers during project kick-off to align scope, resourcing, and deliverables. 

• Assist project managers with identifying and mitigating project delivery risks 

• Ongoing support and oversight of EC&I resource deployment across projects

Technical Assurance & Design Governance 

• Implement and maintain HPS EC&I checking and approval procedures in line with company-wide technical assurance requirements. 

• Act as EC&I discipline approver for defined deliverables, delegating checking responsibilities appropriately within the team. 

• Ensure EC&I designs are consistently safe, compliant, and phase-appropriate across all projects. 

• Escalate novel, high-risk, or safety-critical technical issues to the Technical Director. 

Planning & Reporting 

• Participate in weekly resource planning with the Operations Director and the Director of Projects. 

• Attend quarterly management meetings to review departmental performance, inter-discipline coordination, and continuous improvement opportunities. Present departmental KPI’s, providing analysis of trends, opportunities, and risks. 

Performance Management 

• Define and track department-specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). 

• Drive process improvements and maintain high-quality technical delivery. 

Recruitment & Growth 

• Support recruitment of EC&I personnel, including assessing technical competencies. 

• Mentor and develop the team to build future leadership and technical expertise. 

Culture 

• Embrace and actively promote company values through collaboration, ethical behaviour and teamworking. 

• Build trust with client teams to make HPS the partner of choice through project delivery excellence. 

EC&I Engineering  

➔ Lead assigned projects from an EC&I perspective, overseeing engineering               deliverables and quality.  

➔ Recognises that EC&I professionals typically specialise in one or two disciplines and therefore must demonstrate a sound technical grounding and working understanding of core principles across their weaker EC&I areas.  

➔ Able to competently review, challenge, and integrate Electrical, Instrumentation, and   Control designs by understanding intent, limitations, and interfaces, even where not a   subject-matter expert.  

➔ Demonstrates sufficient cross discipline technical awareness to identify risk, ensure   design coherence, and make informed engineering decisions across the full EC&I   scope.

➔ Holds a good working knowledge of hazardous area design (ATEX/BS EN 60079)   suffucient to act as design authority, review compliance, and provide hands-   on support where required.  

➔ Demonstrates a sound understanding of functional safety to BS EN 61511, enabling   effective oversight of safety lifecycle activities and informed technical decision-   making.  

➔ Has a strong appreciation of EC&I requirements on GMP projects, including design   intent, documentation standards, and verification expectations.  

➔ Attend weekly internal design reviews to report progress and identify technical or   commercial risks.  

➔ Provide guidance to designers and review technical outputs before submission.  

➔ Lead external design reviews with clients to ensure alignment and satisfaction.  

➔ Input into project planning: manhour estimation, scheduling, and cost reporting.  

➔ Ensure all designs meet applicable UK, EU, and client specific standards and   regulations. 

Commercial, Client & Continuous Improvement    

➔ Lead EC&I input on proposal development: attend client sites for initial sales   meetings, contribute to scope definitions, and produce manhour estimates.  

➔ Provide strategic input into business development efforts to win new work and retain   existing clients. 

➔ Identify and follow up additional opportunities emerging from ongoing projects Client   Relationship Management  

➔ Build and maintain long-term relationships with key clients, understanding their     needs and aligning HPS services accordingly.  

➔ Maintain strong client satisfaction throughout project delivery, ensuring effective   communication and professional representation of HPS.  

Continuous Improvement  

➔ Capture lessons learned across projects and implement improvement actions within     the department.  

➔ Foster and promote a culture of accountability, client focus, and commercial   awareness throughout the team. 

Essential skills and qualifications   

➔ Demonstrable experience leading and managing engineering teams.  

➔ Proven ability to act as technical lead / design authority on EC&I projects.  

➔ Degree-qualified in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.  

➔ Strong experience in EC&I engineering within process industries.  

➔ Track record of successful multi-disciplinary project delivery.  

➔ Ability to contribute to and review commercial proposals and client scope documents. 

➔ Comfortable engaging with clients and internal stakeholders at all levels.  

➔ Knowledge of relevant UK and EU design regulations and standards.  

➔ Familiarity with project controls including scheduling, cost tracking, and reporting.  

Desirable skills and qualifications  

➔ Experience of functional safety design and good working knowledge of BS EN 61508 / 61511. TUV functional safety qualification or similar. 

➔ Experience of ATEX hazardous area design and good working knowledge of BS EN     60079. CompEx Ex12 qualification or similar.  

Working Conditions:   

➔ Full-time position with occasional travel to project sites.   

➔ Flexitime  

➔ Flexibility in work hours may be required to accommodate deadlines and international time zones.  

➔ Company Health shield provided   

➔ Package: Performance-related bonus, pension, flexible working, and progression       opportunity within a growing consultancy.