Lead Electrical Engineer

SF Partners; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners in Burton-on-Trent is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer with a strong background in electrical design and team leadership to take ownership of the electrical engineering function across industrial projects.

You will lead a small team, define architectures, review designs, mentor engineers, and ensure compliance with safety standards while collaborating with mechanical, controls, manufacturing and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or managing an Electrical Engineering team.
• Hands-on background in electrical design for industrial projects.
• Experience with electrical CAD tools (SolidWorks Electrical / AutoCAD Electrical / EPLAN).
• Strong knowledge of three-phase power, LV/MV distribution and protection.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate electrical design activities across industrial projects.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Electrical Engineers.
• Allocate workload, plan resources and prioritise against deadlines.
• Define electrical architectures, schematics and system-level design strategies.
• Review and approve electrical designs, calculations and documentation.
• Oversee wiring diagrams, control panel designs and cable schedules.
• Lead selection and specification of electrical components and protection devices.
• Carry out and validate load, fault current, cable sizing and device coordination calculations.
• Ensure designs meet customer requirements and safety standards.
• Lead design reviews, risk assessments and failure analysis activities.
• Support projects from concept through prototype, production, testing and commissioning.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical Design

Electrical CAD

Team Mentoring

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks Electrical

AutoCAD Electrical

EPLAN

Job description

Lead Electrical Engineer Burton-on-Trent £65,000 - £72,000 DOE

Are you an experienced Lead Electrical Engineer or Senior Electrical Engineer with a strong background in electrical design and team leadership?

We are supporting an established engineering and manufacturing organisation in Burton-on-Trent that is looking to appoint a Lead Electrical Engineer to take technical ownership of its electrical engineering function.

This is a senior position combining hands‑on electrical engineering, technical leadership and people management, with responsibility for ensuring electrical designs are delivered safely, efficiently and to a consistently high standard.

The Role

• Lead and coordinate electrical design activities across a range of industrial engineering projects.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Electrical Engineers.
• Allocate workload, plan engineering resources and prioritise activities against project deadlines.
• Define electrical architectures, schematics and system‑level design strategies.
• Review and approve electrical designs, calculations and technical documentation.
• Oversee the creation of wiring diagrams, control panel designs, cable schedules and power distribution layouts.
• Lead the selection and specification of electrical components including protection devices, contactors, relays, sensors and power electronics.
• Carry out and validate electrical calculations including load, fault current, cable sizing and protective device coordination.
• Ensure designs meet customer requirements and relevant safety and electrical standards.
• Lead technical design reviews, risk assessments and failure analysis activities.
• Support engineering projects from initial concept through prototype, production, testing and commissioning.
• Work closely with Mechanical, Controls, Manufacturing and Quality teams.
• Act as a senior technical escalation point for electrical engineering issues.
• Drive standardisation, continuous improvement and engineering best practice across the department.
• Identify opportunities to introduce new technologies, tools and design methods.

The Lead Electrical Engineer

• Proven experience leading or managing an Electrical Engineering team - essential.
• A strong hands‑on background in electrical design.
• Experience with electrical CAD packages such as SolidWorks Electrical, AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of 3‑phase power systems, LV/MV distribution, control circuits and protection.
• Experience designing electrical systems for industrial machinery, power equipment, switchgear or other complex engineered products.
• Ability to review and approve technical designs and electrical calculations.
• Experience coordinating engineering workloads and managing multiple projects.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline preferred.
• Ideally 6+ years' electrical engineering experience with previous project or team leadership responsibility.

This would suit an established Lead Electrical Engineer or an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer who already has genuine team leadership responsibility and is ready to take ownership of a wider electrical engineering function