Energy Storage & Power Distribution Team Lead

EVera Recruitment; Warwick; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EVera Recruitment is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to manage a team of six engineers delivering high-voltage battery, power distribution and vehicle integration projects.

You will work across a varied portfolio of customer programmes within automotive, off-highway, mining, marine and rail. Projects typically last between three months and one year, providing exposure to different technologies and engineering challenges.

Qualifications

• Previous team-management experience including delegation and mentoring.
• A degree in Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical or related engineering discipline.
• Experience in engineering consultancy, Tier 1, automotive OEM, motorsport or off-highway environments.
• Experience delivering systems from design through prototyping, validation and testing.
• Practical understanding of HV safety, diagnostics and issue resolution.
• Strong customer and supplier communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of engineers.
• Delegate work, manage priorities and monitor delivery against KPIs.
• Act as the main technical contact for customers.
• Translate customer requirements into clear engineering tasks.
• Oversee HV system design, simulation, prototyping, validation and testing.
• Support HV battery and power distribution system development and integration.
• Coordinate suppliers and resolve technical or quality issues.
• Improve engineering processes and safe HV working practices.
• Support resource planning, recruitment and future team growth.
• Contribute to customer discussions and future business development.

Skills

Team management

Mentoring

Delegation

Customer communication

HV systems knowledge

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

We are looking for a hands-on engineering leader to manage a team of six engineers delivering high-voltage battery, power distribution and vehicle integration projects.

You will work across a varied portfolio of customer programmes within automotive, off-highway, mining, marine and rail. Projects typically last between three months and one year, providing exposure to different technologies and engineering challenges.

What you will do:

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of six engineers.
• Delegate work, manage priorities and monitor delivery against agreed objectives and KPIs.
• Act as the main technical contact for customers.
• Translate customer requirements into clear engineering tasks.
• Oversee HV system design, simulation, prototyping, validation and testing.
• Support the development and integration of HV battery and power distribution systems.
• Coordinate suppliers and resolve technical or quality issues.
• Improve engineering processes and safe HV working practices.
• Support resource planning, recruitment and future team growth.
• Contribute to customer discussions and future business-development opportunities.

What we are looking for:

• Previous team-management experience, including delegation, mentoring and developing engineers.
• A degree in Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience within an engineering consultancy, Tier 1, automotive OEM, motorsport or off-highway environment.
• Experience delivering systems from design through prototyping, validation and testing.
• A practical understanding of HV safety, diagnostics and issue resolution.
• Strong customer and supplier communication skills.
• The flexibility and agility to work across multiple fast-moving projects.

Experience across both HV batteries and PDUs would be valuable, but it is not essential to have equal depth in both areas. Candidates with strong wider electrified-vehicle HV systems experience will also be considered.

Experience in design for manufacture, BMS, HV battery integration, PDU/HVJB development, thermal management, DFMEA or relevant safety standards would be advantageous.

This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your engineering experience, shape a growing technical team and work across a varied range of electrification projects. For the right person, there may also be future progression into greater customer engagement and business development.