Electrical Engineering Manager
Chemring Energetics UK is a global leader in the provision of energetic material-based equipment for defence, civil defence, and key commercial markets. We are now seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager to join our team and provide technical leadership for the safe, reliable, and legally compliant operation of the site's electrical infrastructure.
As our Electrical Engineering Manager, you will lead the site's electrical engineering function, acting as the technical authority for electrical safety, HV/LV distribution systems, hazardous area compliance, and asset integrity.
Reporting to the Head of Site Engineering, you will ensure statutory compliance, oversee electrical engineering standards, support the delivery of capital projects, and drive continuous improvement across the site's electrical systems.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated engineering professional to play a key role in shaping the site's electrical engineering strategy, ensuring the highest standards of safety, compliance, and operational performance.
Key Accountabilities & Duties:
- Ensure all activities under your control comply with Health, Safety, and Environmental legislation, as well as Company policies and procedures.
- Report unsafe acts or conditions using the Near Miss system, as part of your responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
- Act as the site's Electrical Duty Holder (or support the appointed Duty Holder), providing technical leadership for electrical safety management.
- Own and manage compliance of the site's High Voltage (HV) and Low Voltage (LV) electrical distribution systems, ensuring statutory inspections, maintenance, testing, and certification activities are completed.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the site's electrical safety rules, safe systems of work, isolation procedures, and permit-to-work standards.
- Provide technical leadership for ATEX and hazardous area electrical compliance, ensuring installation, inspection, and maintenance activities meet applicable standards and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain the site's hazardous area equipment register and inspection programme, ensuring deficiencies are appropriately risk assessed and managed.
- Lead electrical asset integrity programmes to ensure the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of electrical infrastructure and equipment.
- Support reliability improvement initiatives, failure investigations, and root cause analysis for electrical equipment failures.
- Provide electrical engineering design, specification, technical review, and assurance for the site's capital investment programme.
- Review and approve electrical design packages, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, company specifications, and operational requirements.
- Provide engineering oversight during project installation, commissioning, modification, and handover activities.
- Support Management of Change (MoC) processes by assessing the impact of proposed electrical system changes on safety, compliance, and plant reliability.
- Manage electrical engineering contractors and specialist service providers, ensuring work is completed safely, competently, and in accordance with site standards.
- Establish and maintain technical standards, engineering procedures, and specifications for electrical systems across the site.
- Develop asset replacement and obsolescence management plans for critical electrical infrastructure.
- Prepare and manage departmental budgets associated with electrical compliance, asset integrity, and maintenance programmes.
- Lead investigations into significant electrical incidents, near misses, and equipment failures, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
- Foster a culture of electrical safety, asset care, and continuous improvement across the site.
The Candidate:
- Personally committed to maintaining the highest Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental standards.
- Action-oriented, anticipating issues and driving solutions before they escalate.
- Innovative thinker with a continuous improvement mindset and focus on delivering business benefit.
- Skilled in building effective relationships and using influence to improve performance.
- Strong team player with excellent IT and communication skills.
- Knowledgeable in company policies and operating procedures to ensure site compliance.
Qualifications / Experience:
Essential
- Degree (BEng/BSc) in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, or demonstrable progress towards Chartership.
- Strong knowledge of UK electrical legislation, standards, and industry best practice.
- Formal training in High Voltage (HV) systems and electrical safety management.
- Working knowledge of hazardous area regulations and ATEX/DSEAR requirements.
- Full UK driving licence.
Desirable
- Authorised Person (AP) or Senior Authorised Person (SAP) experience for HV systems.
- CompEx qualification.
- NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent Health & Safety qualification.
- Project Management qualification (APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
- Functional Safety awareness or TÜV qualification.
- Membership of the IET or another relevant professional institution.
- Experience working within a COMAH or other high-hazard manufacturing environment.
In return, we offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including pension, healthcare, employee assistance programme, and access to flexible benefits such as Cycle2Work and discounted services.
If you possess the expertise and drive to succeed in the role of Electrical Engineering Manager, we would love to hear from you!
Work Location: In person
