Site Electrical Manager

Reckitt Benckiser LLC; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global health and hygiene company in Nottingham is seeking a Site Electrical Manager. This critical role involves leading all aspects of electrical engineering, ensuring compliance with legal standards, and driving improvements in energy efficiency. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in engineering leadership, a strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing, and relevant qualifications in electrical engineering. This position offers competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Global share plans

Short-term incentives

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing and leading engineering or maintenance teams.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging operations, and factory services equipment.
• Expertise in electrical systems and distribution across large-scale facilities.
• Knowledge of utilities equipment and energy management strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the electrical engineering team.
• Implement and maintain an effective electrical training program.
• Ensure full legal compliance with all electrical standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in energy efficiency.
• Oversee electrical system strategy, maintenance, and procurement.

Skills

Leadership and mentoring

Understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing

Expertise in electrical systems

Knowledge of utilities and energy management

Proficient IT skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Commercial acumen

Awareness of emerging technologies

Education

HNC/HND in Electrical or Electronic Engineering

High Voltage Authorised Persons Certificate

IOSH Electrical Safety certification

18th Edition Wiring Regulations

CompEx – Responsible Person accreditation

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Planning software

Job description

Site Electrical Manager

City: Nottingham

We are Reckitt

Home to the world’s best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It’s how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it’s our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you’re looking for a career in supply chain, there’s no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

As the Site Electrical Manager at our Nottingham Site, you will take ownership of all aspects of Electrical Engineering. This includes developing and implementing electrical strategies, ensuring legal compliance, maintaining business continuity, and driving the strategic development of electrical systems. You will lead, coach, and support a team of System Engineers and Electrical Competent Persons, overseeing site electrical maintenance and project engineering activities. Your focus will be on delivering against key performance indicators that enhance overall site performance.

Application End Date - Wednesday 10th December 2025 00:00 GBT

Your responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the electrical engineering team, fostering engagement, succession planning, and capability enhancement.
• Implement and maintain an effective electrical training program across the site to meet compliance requirements and build technical expertise.
• Provide leadership and mentoring for system engineers and electrical specialists, ensuring strong collaboration internally and externally.
• Ensure full legal compliance with all electrical standards, including Electricity at Work Act 1989, Reckitt Global Health & Safety Standards, and Global Environment Energy Management Standards.
• Develop and maintain site electrical standards, conduct compliance assessments, and lead corrective action planning.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in energy efficiency, renewable energy adoption, and sustainability targets.
• Oversee electrical system strategy, maintenance, and procurement to ensure reliability, compliance, and cost‑effectiveness.
• Support business continuity planning and provide technical expertise for strategic projects and electrical risk assessments.

The experience we’re looking for

• Proven experience in managing and leading engineering or maintenance teams.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging operations, and factory services equipment.
• Expertise in electrical systems and distribution across large‑scale facilities.
• Knowledge of utilities equipment and energy management strategies.
• Proficient IT skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and planning software.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Solid commercial acumen with experience in budget control, procurement, financial systems, and supplier relationship management.
• Awareness of emerging technologies and ability to identify improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Time‑served and ideally hold a HNC/HND in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
• High Voltage Authorised Persons Certificate.
• IOSH Electrical Safety certification.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• CompEx – Responsible Person accreditation.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt’s potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short‑term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.