EC&I Department Head

TÜV Rheinland Group; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

25 days’ annual leave

Annual bonus

Pension

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Job summary

TÜV Rheinland Group is seeking an EC&I Department Head to lead engineering design activities in the UK, delivering projects within budget and schedule. The role requires extensive EC&I experience in heavy industries, chartered status, and strong standards knowledge.

You will coordinate with clients and multidisciplinary teams, supporting procurement and 3D model development while ensuring safety and quality across projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ EC&I experience in Oil & Gas, Chemical, Petrochemical, or Heavy Engineering.
• Chartered engineer status or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of IEC/IEEE/ANSI and hazardous area (ATEX) standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver EC&I design within budget and schedule.
• Prepare scopes, estimates, calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
• Act as EC&I design authority and ensure compliance with relevant standards.
• Produce and review SLDs, schematics, cable schedules, and layout drawings.
• Perform electrical design calculations (earthing, cable sizing, short circuit, load flow, battery sizing, lighting, voltage drop).
• Coordinate with clients, vendors, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support procurement, technical reviews, and 3D model development.
• Participate in safety, risk, and constructability reviews.
• Manage project priorities, scope changes, and quality requirements.

Skills

EC&I design

Project leadership

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Client coordination

Education

Chartered Electrical Engineer

Tools

AutoCAD

AVEVA E3D

DIALux/CG Lux

MS Office

Job description

Background TÜV Rheinland is a leading provider of technical services worldwide. We provide a broad range of testing, inspection and certification services to ensure the safety, reliability and regulatory compliance of engineering assets throughout their lifecycle. If you contribute your experience to us in the future, you will experience a surprisingly broad spectrum of national and international challenges, all of which are associated with safety, efficiency, and sustainability.

We are currently recruiting for a EC&I Department Head on behalf of our sister company TUV Rheinland Industrial Services (TRIS). The suitable person must be a graduate Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer, chartered with a minimum of 10 years experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver EC&I engineering design within budget and schedule.
• Prepare scopes, estimates, calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
• Act as EC&I design authority and ensure compliance with relevant standards.
• Produce and review SLDs, schematics, cable schedules, and layout drawings.
• Perform electrical design calculations (earthing, cable sizing, short circuit, load flow, battery sizing, lighting, voltage drop, etc.).
• Coordinate with clients, vendors, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support procurement, technical reviews, and 3D model development.
• Participate in safety, risk, and constructability reviews.
• Manage project priorities, scope changes, and quality requirements.

Key Requirements

• 10+ years’ EC&I experience in Oil & Gas, Chemical, Petrochemical, or Heavy Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of IEC/IEEE/ANSI and hazardous area (ATEX) standards.
• Experience with HV/LV distribution, MCCs, switchgear, relay coordination, and power system studies.
• Knowledge of Functional Safety (preferred).
• Proficient in AutoCAD, AVEVA E3D, DIALux/CG Lux, and MS Office.
• Strong communication and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
• Permanent full-time role.
• Company car.
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Annual bonus.
• Pension, life insurance, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, and wellbeing support.
• Work in a friendly, diverse and high-qualified team with positive and cooperative working atmosphere

NB –(please note that UK security clearance is very difficult to achieve within the timescales for non UK nationals, and you will subject to a screening process prior to interview to ensure that you meet the security clearance criteria)

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