Senior Electrical CapEx Leader: Automation & Equipment

Yolk Recruitment; Jersey Marine; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual salary review

Company pension

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible working patterns

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is partnering with a leading Swansea-based manufacturer to recruit a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with a strong electrical bias. You will lead major equipment, automation and CapEx projects from concept through handover, setting specifications, selecting suppliers and managing cross-border delivery.

The role combines hands-on electrical support with strategic project leadership across the manufacturing operation.

Qualifications

• Strong electrical bias with practical understanding of industrial electrical systems.
• Experience with automated production equipment or special purpose machinery.
• Experience leading equipment/CapEx projects from specification to commissioning.
• Experience with controls, sensors, drives, I/O, safety circuits and machine interfaces.
• Experience producing specifications or RFQs and working with equipment suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead major equipment, automation and CapEx projects from initial concept to production handover.
• Develop equipment specifications and RFQs and support supplier selection.
• Manage UK and international equipment suppliers.
• Lead design reviews, FAT, installation, SAT, commissioning and equipment acceptance.
• Own project timing, cost, risk, documentation and actions.
• Collaborate with Automation team on controls, I/O, sensors, drives, safety circuits and interfaces.
• Provide practical electrical support including wiring, panel modifications and installation.
• Offer structured fault finding and technical support on complex production equipment.
• Support Manufacturing Engineers, prioritise workload and develop team capability.
• Support NPI and transfer of new products/processes into manufacturing.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation, equipment reliability, productivity and yield.

Skills

Electrical bias

Industrial electrical systems

Automated production equipment

Controls & sensors

Drives & I/O

Safety circuits

RFQs & specifications

Supplier management

Job description

Yolk Recruitment is partnering with a leading Swansea-based manufacturer to recruit a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with a strong electrical bias. You will lead major equipment, automation and CapEx projects from concept through handover, setting specifications, selecting suppliers and managing cross-border delivery.

The role combines hands-on electrical support with strategic project leadership across the manufacturing operation.