Electrical Engineering Manager

Chemring Energetics UK Ltd; Stevenston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Cycle to Work

Employee assistance program

Discounted services

Job summary

Chemring Energetics UK Ltd is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager to lead technical direction for safe, reliable electrical infrastructure on site. This role requires someone who can set and enforce standards, manage risk, and collaborate with engineering, maintenance and HSSE teams.

You will shape electrical safety practices, oversee HV/LV systems, and drive asset integrity across a busy plant while participating in capital projects and continuous improvements.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of UK electrical legislation and standards.
• Experience with HV systems and electrical safety management.
• Experience in hazardous area regulations (ATEX/DSEAR).
• Experience in asset management, maintenance, or project delivery.
• Ability to provide technical assurance and sound decisions.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern electrical engineering standards across the site.
• Act as Electrical Duty Holder or support the appointed holder.
• Oversee HV/LV distribution system compliance, inspections, and certification.
• Develop and improve electrical safety rules and permit-to-work processes.
• Lead ATEX/hazardous area compliance and inspections.
• Manage asset integrity and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Support capital investment projects and design reviews.
• Lead MoC processes and manage contractors and service providers.

Skills

Electrical leadership

Electrical safety

HV/LV distribution

ATEX compliance

Asset integrity

Project oversight

Budget management

UK driving licence

Education

BEng/BSc Electrical

Job description

Chemring Energetics UK is a global leader in the provision of energetic material-based equipment for defence, civil defence, and key commercial markets. We are now seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager to join our team and provide technical leadership for the safe, reliable, and legally compliant operation of the site's electrical infrastructure.

As our Electrical Engineering Manager, you will take a key technical leadership role within the site, providing expertise and direction across electrical safety, HV/LV distribution, hazardous area compliance, asset integrity and engineering standards.

Reporting to the Head of Site Engineering, you will be responsible for ensuring the continued safety, reliability and compliance of the site's electrical systems, while also supporting exciting capital investment projects and driving improvements across our electrical infrastructure.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced electrical engineer who enjoys working in a hands-on, technically challenging environment and wants to have a real impact. You will have the opportunity to shape electrical engineering standards across the site, influence investment decisions, improve asset reliability and work collaboratively with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations and HSSE teams.

Key Accountabilities & Duties

• Take ownership of electrical engineering standards across the site, ensuring all activities comply with Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, Company policies and procedures.
• Act as the site's Electrical Duty Holder, or support the appointed Duty Holder, providing technical leadership for electrical safety management.
• Own and manage the compliance of the site's High Voltage (HV) and Low Voltage (LV) electrical distribution systems, ensuring statutory inspections, maintenance, testing and certification activities are completed effectively.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve electrical safety rules, safe systems of work, isolation procedures and permit-to-work standards.
• Provide technical leadership for ATEX and hazardous area electrical compliance, ensuring installation, inspection and maintenance activities meet applicable standards and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain the site's hazardous area equipment register and inspection programme, ensuring any deficiencies are appropriately assessed, prioritised and managed.
• Lead electrical asset integrity activities to support the safe, reliable and compliant operation of critical electrical infrastructure and equipment.
• Support reliability improvement initiatives, equipment failure investigations and root cause analysis, identifying opportunities to improve long-term performance.
• Provide electrical engineering expertise across the site's capital investment programme, including design, specification, technical review and assurance.
• Review and approve electrical design packages, ensuring they meet legislative, engineering, company and operational requirements.
• Provide engineering oversight throughout project installation, commissioning, modification and handover activities.
• Support Management of Change (MoC) processes, assessing the impact of proposed electrical changes on safety, compliance and plant reliability.
• Manage electrical engineering contractors and specialist service providers, ensuring work is delivered safely, competently and to the required standards.
• Establish and maintain technical standards, engineering procedures and specifications for electrical systems across the site.
• Develop asset replacement and obsolescence management strategies for critical electrical infrastructure.
• Prepare and manage departmental budgets associated with electrical compliance, asset integrity and maintenance programmes.
• Lead investigations into significant electrical incidents, near misses and equipment failures, ensuring effective corrective and preventative actions are implemented.
• Work collaboratively across Engineering, Maintenance, Operations and HSSE to promote a strong culture of electrical safety, asset care and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to improve the site's electrical systems, processes and standards, helping to deliver greater reliability, efficiency and long-term value.

About You

We are looking for an experienced electrical engineering professional who can combine strong technical knowledge with a practical, solutions-focused approach.

You will be someone who is comfortable taking ownership, making informed technical decisions and working with a wide range of stakeholders.

You will be:

• Personally committed to maintaining high Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental standards.
• Proactive and action-oriented, with the ability to identify issues early and drive practical solutions.
• Technically confident, with the ability to provide sound engineering advice and challenge where necessary.
• A strong communicator who can build effective relationships and influence across different teams and levels of the organisation.
• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively in a complex engineering environment.
• Naturally focused on continuous improvement, reliability and delivering tangible business benefit.
• Organised and able to manage competing priorities while maintaining a high standard of technical work.
• Confident using IT systems and engineering documentation to support effective decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree (BEng/BSc) in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline, or equivalent relevant engineering experience.
• Strong practical knowledge of UK electrical legislation, standards and industry best practice.
• Experience working with High Voltage (HV) systems and electrical safety management.
• Working knowledge of hazardous area regulations and ATEX/DSEAR requirements.
• Experience in electrical asset management, maintenance, engineering or project delivery.
• Ability to provide technical assurance and make sound engineering decisions.
• Full UK driving licence.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to join a specialist engineering environment where your expertise will have a direct impact on the safety, reliability and future development of the site.

You will be part of a collaborative Engineering team, working on technically challenging projects and playing a key role in maintaining and improving critical electrical infrastructure.

In return, we offer a competitive salary, reflective of the experience and technical expertise you bring to the role, alongside an excellent benefits package including pension, healthcare, employee assistance programme, and access to flexible benefits such as Cycle2Work and discounted services.

If you're ready to take the next step in your electrical engineering career and play a key role in shaping the future of our site, we'd love to hear from you!