Project Manager Electrical

Samuel Frank; Chesterton Green; Hybrid; GBP 67,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Car allowance

Annual bonus up to 15%

Pension contribution 7.5%

Job summary

Samuel Frank is recruiting an experienced Project Manager with Electrical Controls expertise to join a global machinery and specialist equipment manufacturer in Warwickshire. You will lead electrical controls projects from tender to handover, coordinate cross-functional teams and manage budgets, with UK travel and occasional overseas assignments.

The role offers hybrid working with two days in the Warwickshire office, a £5,600 car allowance and a performance bonus up to 15%, plus a 7.5% pension

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience in electrical controls environments.
• Knowledge of industrial control systems incl. three-phase LV power and control design.
• Experience managing budgets, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to interpret customer specifications and tender requirements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver electrical controls projects to programme, budget and safety requirements.
• Own planning, milestones, cost control, forecasting and reporting.
• Lead meetings and coordinate multidisciplinary teams and contractors.
• Provide electrical input to tenders and evaluate supplier quotations.
• Prepare design specifications and obtain customer approvals.
• Oversee health and safety activities and risk assessments.
• Support site delivery and ensure as-commissioned drawings are filed.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Stakeholder coordination

Industrial control systems knowledge

PLC and SCADA knowledge

Interpreting customer specifications

Planning and scheduling

Effective communication

Education

HNC or equivalent in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLC

SCADA

Job description

Project Manager – Electrical Controls – Warwickshire – £67-70k + hybrid working + £5,600 car allowance + annual bonus (up to 15%) + 7.5% company pension contribution

Samuel Frank is recruiting for an experienced Project Manager with Electrical Controls experience to join a global machinery and specialist equipment manufacturer based in Warwickshire. The successful candidate will have delivered electrical controls projects from the supplier side, ideally within a controls system supplier or systems integrator.

Key aspects of the Project Manager role include:

• Manage electrical controls projects to agreed programme, budget, quality and safety requirements, maintaining effective customer and project-team relationships.
• Own project planning, milestone tracking, cost control, forecasting and reporting; review estimates, manage variations and commercial claims with customers and suppliers.
• Lead customer and internal project meetings, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage contractors and ensure clear allocation of responsibilities.
• Provide electrical engineering input to tenders and proposals, including electrical specifications, and technically and commercially evaluate supplier quotations.
• Prepare or coordinate functional design specifications, electrical engineering programmes and design reviews; obtain customer and supplier approvals where required.
• Oversee relevant health and safety activities, plant operation and maintenance risk assessments and safety-related control system risk categorisation.
• Support site delivery, including electrical site supervision when required, and ensure as-commissioned electrical drawings are obtained and filed.

To be considered for this Project Manager (Electrical Controls) opportunity, you should have:

• Project management experience gained with a controls system supplier, systems integrator or comparable electrical controls project delivery business.
• Knowledge of industrial control systems, including three-phase LV power and control design, with application knowledge of PLC and SCADA systems.
• Experience of managing project budgets, suppliers, subcontractors and multidisciplinary teams, with strong planning, communication and commercial skills.
• Ability to interpret customer specifications, prepare tender requirements, assess supplier bids and resolve technical or site issues.
• Ideally have an HNC or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, or demonstrably equivalent experience.
• Willingness to work between the Warwickshire office and customer sites across the UK, with occasional overseas travel, weekend or shift work where projects require it; full driving licence.

The business offers a strong order book for 2027, established customers and opportunities for career development.

The hybrid arrangement requires two days per week in the Warwickshire office, alongside UK site visits.

The office is commutable from Coventry, Birmingham, Warwick, Leamington Spa, Redditch, Nuneaton, Rugby, Daventry and Northampton and further afield given it’s only 2 days a week in the office.

Applicants must be able to work in the UK without sponsorship.