Electrical Improvement Engineer

British Steel; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

27 days leave plus holidays

Early Finish Fridays

Life Assurance

Sick pay scheme

Health cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Standby/call-out payments

Maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Job summary

British Steel is seeking an experienced Improvement Engineer Electrical SRSM to partner with manufacturing and maintenance, driving asset improvement and reliability in line with plant priorities. The role requires leading safety, standards, and budgeting activities, with strong CAMF knowledge and KPI-driven performance.

You will mentor teams, oversee improvement plans, and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations while delivering value within defined budgets.

Qualifications

• Degree level in engineering or related field.
• Proficiency with CAMF standards and reliability tools.
• Strong leadership and communication to motivate teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead asset improvement and reliability initiatives.
• Develop improvement plans with budgets and timescales.
• Monitor KPI performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide technical leadership during peak activity periods.

Skills

Engineering degree

Reliability tooling

Leadership

KPI analysis

CAMF knowledge

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

CAMF

Job description

Job Title: Improvement Engineer Electrical SRSM

Reports to: Plant Engineer

Salary: Up to £54590 p.a.

What you need to know about this role

Working in partnership with manufacturing and maintenance to ensure that processes, systems, equipment and people are maintained and developed in an effective way to meet plant management priorities for asset improvement and reliability whilst maintaining safe and legal compliance.

• Ensures engineering activities are carried out in a safe manner in compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation.
• Conducts safety tours and audits.
• Sets / agrees standards and goals with Plant Management.
• Provides / sources specialist technical support as required for the department.
• Ensures that a consistent approach is in place for the use of agreed CAMF standards and work principles.
• Mentors and coaches Engineers and Craft as appropriate to the discipline and activity.
• Monitors plant performance by use of agreed KPI's in conjunction with Maintenance Engineers and develops improvement plan.
• Interfaces with business support teams and organisations both internal and external including RD&T, P&T etc.
• Lead and or participate in installation or process reviews.
• Building on analysis develops improvement strategy to support goals for designated area. Liaises with Plant Management and others to gain approval and agreement on way forward.
• Owns agreed MM, SRE & capital budgets.
• Develops and delivers the improvement plan agreed for the area within agreed timescales and budgets. Prioritises projects using a recognised tool i.e. RAM & 'J' score.
• Supports and provides technical leadership to the maintenance team when required to do so, for example during peak activity periods such as shutdowns.
• Provide technical leadership when required to do so based on skill set
• Prioritises key Performance improvement activity across the area.
• Monitors success of delivered improvement plan.
• Establish and deploy best practice principles within the department. e.g. CAMF.
• Ensure that a KPI driven culture exists down to all levels in the organisation and monitors the use to aid performance improvement, accountability and improvement plan development.
• Sets maintenance team Engineering professional competence requirements.
• Develops maintenance team succession plan.
• Ensures delivered improvements align with to the QMS.

What we need to know about you

The jobholder will be an experienced engineer, ideally educated to degree level with a detailed knowledge of their appropriate engineering discipline and with a working knowledge of other disciplines.

They are required to be proficient in PC skills. The jobholder must have capability in use and knowledge of best practice tools and techniques and key performance indicators in order to determine improvements and developments required for equipment, processes, systems and people.

The jobholder must be self-motivated, a good communicator and be capable of motivating and leading others.

Knowledge and understanding of Reliability management tools and techniques are key prerequisites; these include a full working knowledge of CAMF in use and Study design and build principles.

What we can offer you

We know our employees are our greatest asset and alongside the great benefits packages we offer, we continue to invest in their careers by providing a huge range of training and development opportunities.

Whatever your stage in life, you'll find a range of benefits to complement your work-life balance. The benefits you'll enjoy include:

• Defined contribution company pension scheme
• 27 personal annual leave days + statutory bank holidays
• Early Finish Fridays
• Life Assurance
• A comprehensive Company sick pay scheme
• Health Cash Plan via our partnership with Simply health
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Standby and call-out payments
• Family friendly benefits including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.

What you need to know about us

British Steel is a leading European steel manufacturer, supplying premium long products around the world.

We take great pride in our history and heritage. Not many companies can claim to have generations of families dedicating their working lives to one company, one industry. Steel gets into your blood, and this drives the passion of our people. And these 2 values deliver our third value of performance - making the products our customers want now and in the future.

British Steel has a bright future and we want you to be part of it.

British Steel is an armed forces friendly company, and we actively encourage applications from ex-Armed Forces Personnel, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans and military spouses/partners