Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

£65-70k + 15% Bonus, c£5k Sign On Bonus, to £8K Relocation, 3 months rent + Benefits

West Highlands / Inverness-shire

Ref: 25467

Are you ready to take technical ownership of critical electrical infrastructure at one of the UK's most unique industrial facilities?

This is an exceptional opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join a major UK manufacturing and energy operation, playing a key role in maintaining and developing the electrical systems that support large-scale industrial production and renewable power generation.

Whether you're an experienced Electrical Engineer looking to step into a senior technical leadership position or an established Senior Engineer seeking greater responsibility across reliability, safety, capital projects and asset management, this role offers long-term career development, technical challenge and the opportunity to make a genuine impact within a nationally important operation.

Senior Electrical Engineer - The Role:

From electrical safety and reliability improvement through to capital project delivery and technical leadership, this varied role offers the opportunity to take ownership in areas such as:

• Acting as the technical authority for electrical systems across a large industrial manufacturing site
• Supporting the safe operation and maintenance of substations, transformers, motors, drives, UPS systems and control systems
• Maintaining reliable power distribution to critical production and utility assets
• Supporting electrical isolations, permitting activities and system re-energisation
• Troubleshooting electrical power systems and control system issues
• Leading electrical safety initiatives and ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and industry best practice
• Participating in audits, risk assessments, incident investigations and HAZOP reviews
• Delivering reliability improvement projects for critical electrical assets
• Developing preventative, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies
• Managing electrically biased CAPEX and improvement projects from concept through to commissioning
• Supporting plant outages and breakdown response activities
• Working closely with automation teams on PLC, HMI, SCADA and power monitoring interfaces
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and support to engineers, technicians and contractors
• Maintaining engineering standards, documentation and asset management plans

Senior Electrical Engineer - What We're Looking For:

We're open to experienced Electrical Engineers ready to take the next step into senior technical leadership or established Senior Engineers looking for a new challenge within heavy industry. You could be a great fit if you have experience or interest in:

•  High-voltage and low-voltage industrial power systems
•  Electrical distribution networks and substations
•  Transformers, switchgear, protection relays, motors and VSDs
•  Industrial manufacturing, utilities, power generation or process industries
•  Electrical safety, isolation procedures and permit-to-work systems
•  Reliability engineering, maintenance strategy and root cause analysis
•  Electrical project engineering and commissioning activities
•  Technical leadership and mentoring of engineering teams
•  Supporting plant operations during critical breakdown and outage situations

The following would also be beneficial:

•  Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
•  Experience within metals, mining, chemicals, utilities, power generation or other heavy industrial environments
•  Knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, SCADA and power monitoring systems
•  Experience using AutoCAD, CMMS or asset management systems
•  Contractor and supplier management experience

Senior Electrical Engineer - Why Join?

•  Join a nationally significant manufacturing and renewable energy operation
•  Opportunity to lead critical electrical infrastructure and reliability projects
•  Attractive bonus scheme worth up to 15% of annual salary
•  Relocation package available
•  Company pension contributions up to 9%
•  Life assurance (6x salary)
•  Healthcare cash plan and employee wellbeing initiatives
•  On-site gym and wellness facilities
•  Education support grants for children attending university
•  Cycle-to-work scheme and employee discount programmes
•  Strong focus on learning, development and long-term career progression
•  Early finish every Friday

Interested?

If you're looking for a role where you can combine electrical engineering expertise, project leadership and asset reliability within a major industrial operation, we'd love to hear from you!

Based in The West Highlands, this position would suit candidates from the Highlands / Inverness-shire and surrounding areas, with relocation support available for those looking to make the move.

For further information please contact John Anderson.