Electrical Manager

Essar Oil Limited; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 10-15% with service

Holiday entitlement 25 days

Private Medical Insurance

Flex Benefits including Holiday Buy

Employee Discounts

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Essar Energy Transition seeks an experienced Electrical Manager to lead safe and compliant operation of refinery electrical systems. You will provide technical leadership, governance, and asset integrity across HV/LV networks, driving risk-based maintenance and investment strategy.

The role requires Chartered Engineer status or equivalent, with strong ability to lead teams, manage contractors, and influence stakeholders while ensuring safety and reliability.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering with professional registration or equivalent.
• Extensive HV safety, switching operations and safe systems of work experience.
• Experience as Electrical Technical Authority or similar senior role.
• Strong leadership, governance and budgeting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to Electrical Engineers and Senior Technicians.
• Govern electrical safety, compliance with legislation and standards.
• Act as Site Electrical Technical Authority and Duty Holder for HV/LV networks.
• Oversee electrical engineering standards, risk management and changes.
• Develop asset strategy, maintenance plans and lifecycle decisions.
• Lead investigations into incidents and ensure lessons are implemented.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance and project teams.

Skills

Electrical engineering

High voltage safety

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer status

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Location: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port

Employment Type: Site Based Full-Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday

• 10% Company Contribution Pension rising to 15% with service
• 25 days Holiday, increasing with service
• Private Medical Insurance
• Additional Flex Benefits- including Holiday Purchase
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme with Exclusive access to a range of Discounts
• Free Secure On-Site Car Parking

About the Company

EET (Essar Energy Transition) plays a major role in supplying the Northwest and the wider UK with essential fuels. We produce over 16% of the UK’s road fuels, supply key feedstocks to the petrochemical industry, and are investing heavily in low‑carbon energy solutions.

We work with major retail fuel brands, supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading airlines, and regional transport operators. We are also a key partner in the HyNet project, helping to deliver the region’s low‑carbon future.

With over 900 skilled colleagues, we offer a strong safety culture, technically challenging work, and some of the best training in the energy sector.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Manager. You will be responsible to lead the safe, compliant and reliable operation of the refinery’s electrical systems, providing technical leadership and governance across all electrical engineering activities. Acting as the Site Electrical Technical Authority and Electrical Duty Holder, you will be responsible for electrical safety, engineering standards, technical assurance and asset integrity across a complex electrical network, including high-voltage distribution, on-site power generation and hazardous area installations.

You will drive statutory compliance, oversee competent-person arrangements, and develop risk-based maintenance and investment strategies to enhance plant availability, network resilience and long-term operational performance. Working closely with operations, maintenance and project teams, you will provide expert guidance on electrical engineering matters, supporting key business decisions while ensuring the highest standards of safety, reliability and performance.

Primary Accountabilities

• Provide leadership to a team of Electrical Engineers and Senior Electrical Technicians,
• Provide leadership and governance for electrical safety, ensuring compliance with legislation, industry standards and company procedures.
• Act as the Site Electrical Technical Authority and Electrical Duty Holder, overseeing electrical standards, safe systems of work, authorisations, switching and risk management.
• Serve as the refinery’s senior technical authority for electrical engineering matters, supporting operational, maintenance and emergency response activities.
• Own and assure engineering standards for the site’s electrical infrastructure, including high-voltage networks, on-site generation, distribution systems and hazardous-area installations.
• Ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operation of the electrical network and power generation assets, including protection systems, power quality and network resilience.
• Develop and maintain the electrical asset strategy, driving risk-based maintenance, inspection and reliability improvement programmes.
• Lead asset condition monitoring, failure investigations and corrective action plans to enhance equipment performance and availability.
• Manage electrical risks, technical deviations and obsolescence issues, escalating significant concerns where required.
• Provide technical assurance and approval for projects, plant modifications, turnarounds, commissioning activities and management of change processes.
• Maintain accurate and controlled electrical engineering documentation, studies, records and maintenance data.
• Develop lifecycle, replacement and spares strategies, supporting long-term investment planning and budget development.
• Define technical requirements for specialist contractors and suppliers, ensuring competence, performance and value delivery.
• Lead or support investigations into electrical incidents and near misses, ensuring lessons learned are implemented effectively.
• Participate in duty management and out-of-hours support arrangements as required by the role.

About You

We are seeking a highly experienced electrical engineering professional with a degree or equivalent demonstrable competence in Electrical Engineering, together with Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional standing. You will bring recognised training and practical competence in high-voltage (HV) safety, switching operations and safe systems of work, with hazardous-area qualifications or experience such as CompEx being advantageous.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience within a major hazard, continuous process, or other safety-critical industrial environment, including operating as an Electrical Technical Authority, Electrical Duty Holder, or in a similar senior electrical engineering capacity with responsibility for electrical safety, statutory compliance and governance of complex HV and LV networks. Experience of industrial power generation and integration with high-voltage systems, including protection schemes, synchronisation, load shedding, power system studies, grid interfaces and network restoration, is highly desirable, along with a strong track record in electrical asset management, maintenance strategy development, reliability improvement, condition monitoring and lifecycle planning. You will possess a sound understanding of hazardous-area installations, project design reviews, management of change processes, shutdown planning, commissioning and operational handover activities. Strong leadership skills are essential, with the ability to manage teams and contractors, influence stakeholders, develop competence and drive performance.

The role requires visible safety leadership, excellent technical judgement and the confidence to challenge unsafe practices while making and communicating risk-based decisions. You will also demonstrate strong capabilities in incident investigation, root cause analysis, auditing and assurance, alongside commercial awareness and experience managing budgets, contracts and supplier relationships. Proficiency in SAP or a similar maintenance management system, together with robust engineering data and records management, is also required.

Closing Date

This vacancy will close on Friday 30th October 2026.