Job Title: Electrical Plant Engineering Manager
Department: Tata Colors
Location: Shotton (CH5) – Located near Chester City Centre
Hours – 8.30a.m – 4.45pm Monday – Thursday 8.30a.m – 4.15pm Friday
Salary: £52,500 – £63,000 + Quarterly Bonus + Benefits
Closing Date: Sunday 18 th August 2026
Interviews: W/C 24th August 2026
We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.
Are you an experienced engineering leader with an electrical background who enjoys developing people, driving performance and delivering business results?
We are looking for a manager who can lead a large electrical engineering team, influence stakeholders across the business and create an environment where safety, reliability and continuous improvement thrive. Strong electrical knowledge is important, but your ability to lead, develop and inspire people is what will make the difference.
As our Electrical Plant Engineering Manager, you'll have a key role in ensuring our manufacturing assets remain safe, reliable and capable of delivering world-class performance. You'll lead the electrical engineering function, working closely with manufacturing, projects and technical teams to improve reliability, reduce downtime and support future investment.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and developing a team of Engineers, Supervisors, Technicians and Electricians.
- Driving a strong safety culture and supporting our commitment to Zero Harm.
- Delivering improvements in equipment reliability, availability and operational performance.
- Developing and maintaining effective asset management and maintenance strategies.
- Supporting major maintenance shutdowns and engineering improvement programmes.
- Supporting capital investment projects, commissioning activities and new technology implementation.
- Managing engineering budgets and ensuring compliance with statutory and company standards.
- Developing future engineering capability through coaching, succession planning and apprentice development.
Ensuring effective daily Electrical resource management
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What You Will Do
As Electrical Plant Engineering Manager and a member of the Senior Engineering Team, you will provide leadership to a team of around 40 engineers, supervisors, technicians and electricians.
You will create a high-performing culture focused on safety, accountability and continuous improvement, ensuring your team delivers against business, operational and engineering objectives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and developing a large engineering team through coaching, mentoring and performance management.
- Creating a strong safety culture that supports our commitment to Zero Harm.
- Setting engineering priorities and ensuring resources are deployed effectively.
- Working with operational leaders to improve plant reliability, availability and performance.
- Managing departmental budgets and delivering value from engineering expenditure.
- Supporting major shutdowns, improvement programmes and capital investment projects.
- Building engineering capability through succession planning, talent development and apprenticeship programmes.
- Engaging with stakeholders across manufacturing, projects, technical and support functions to achieve business objectives.
- Promote and embed a structured Root Cause Analysis culture across the Electrical Engineering function, ensuring significant plant delays, equipment failures and safety-critical events are investigated using recognised RCA methodologies (5 Why, Fishbone and Fault Tree Analysis). Monitor action completion, drive learning from failures and co-chair monthly reliability review meetings with the Mechanical Engineering Manager
Drive the adoption of Artificial Intelligence tools within the Electrical Engineering team to improve productivity, problem-solving, knowledge sharing, and engineering decision-making
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What You Will Need
We are looking for an experienced people leader with an electrical engineering background and a track record of leading teams within a manufacturing, industrial or engineering environment.
You will be somebody who:
- Enjoys developing people and building high-performing teams.
- Can influence, challenge and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Creates a positive, accountable and results-focused culture.
- Demonstrate and promotes Tata’s 4C’s behaviours
- Balances operational requirements with longer-term strategic objectives.
- Makes sound decisions based on risk, available information and business priorities.
- Demonstrates strong organisational and planning skills.
- Can manage budgets, resources and competing priorities effectively.
- Understands the importance of safety leadership and visible leadership behaviours.
- Has strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, and Teams for daily collaboration.
- Passion for engineering, people development and driving transformational change across site.
You do not need to be the technical expert in every situation. We have engineers and specialists within the business to provide that expertise. What is most important is your ability to lead people, set direction, remove barriers and create an environment where your team can succeed.
A degree or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline would be advantageous but not essential , together with previous leadership experience.
Professional registration such as IEng or CEng status is beneficial but not essential as the company supports future professional registration.
Additional Information
This role would suit a wide variety of applicants including Engineering Managers, Maintenance Manager, Reliability Manager, Operations Manager or Senior Engineering Leader who has developed through an electrical engineering background and is looking to further their leadership career within a large manufacturing business.
What we can offer you
Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:
- A market competitive salary
- 35 days holidays per annum
- Annual Pay Review
- Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
- Ongoing Tata Steel training, which has built a reputation as one of the best within the industry
- Private Healthcare Scheme (Individual cover)
- One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)
We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.
Why us?
Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.
Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.
Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here Shotton steelworks’ commitment to sustainability - YouTube
Ready to make a difference?
For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: [email protected]
Please note: You may use AI tools to help prepare your application. However, all information must be accurate and based on your own experience. We value genuine, honest responses that reflect who you are.
