- Salary: £50,000-£55,000 DOE
- Full Time
- Permanent
Who we are: SubSea Craft is a fast growing, privately-funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.
What we offer:
- Pension Contribution – Pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice.
- Annual Bonus Scheme – Eligibility to participate in the company’s annual discretionary bonus scheme, linked to individual and company performance.
- Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4x salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
- Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
- Wellbeing Day – An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
- Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes.
- Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
- Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.
- Offsite parking available.
Role Overview:
We are looking for an energetic and highly capable Senior Electrical Production Engineer to help drive our unique technology across the line and into production. You’ll be central to ensuring our groundbreaking designs become real-world systems — safely, reliably, and to the highest standards. You will set the gold standard for how electrical production engineering is done and people will come to you for advice on what ‘good’ really looks like.
Responsibilities will include:
- Participate in electrical design reviews to provide design-for-manufacture input
- Create and champion standard operating procedures and work instructions for electrical manufacturing
- Assist with prototype and pre-production electrical assembly work
- Provide input for engineering change management (ECM) process
- Specify and source production equipment, tooling, jigs and fixtures
- Support production with day-to-day query resolution
- Lead and support continuous improvement activities in production
- Ensure full adherence to internationally recognised quality standards for electrical manufacturing, particularly within the marine industry
- Create and manage production layout plans to support efficient manufacturing
- Develop and support quality and business processes related to manufacturing
Qualifications and Experience:
- A strong understanding of electrical and electronic systems operation, with practical experience within production build or installation environments
- Familiarity with marine/defence (or other highly regulated sectors) electrical installations, including cable routing, enclosure layouts, test methodologies etc.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, cable schedules, and 3D models, alongside a practical understanding of how design decisions impact build feasibility
- Extensive hands-on electrical build experience, including harnesses, control panels, and field terminations, with familiarity in testing procedures like functional testing, continuity, and insulation resistance
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with design and manufacturing teams, providing feedback and support in real-time to resolve build issues
- Degree in Electrical / Mechatronics Engineering, or a minimum of 7 years' industry experience with strong hands-on electrical production knowledge.
- Experience with MRP/ERP systems
- Working knowledge of applicable electrical standards (e.g., DEF STAN, Lloyd’s, IPC 620) and experience supporting inspections, quality checks, and build record maintenance.
Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with UK National security clearance required for certain roles.*
Values: Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: we are founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially-adept.
What we expect from you:
Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
Initiative and independent working
Honesty and integrity
Business and commercial awareness- Agility, adaptability and continuous development
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.
- Please note that all offers of employment are conditional and subject to satisfactory DBS, driving licence and reference checks. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify candidates from employment. We will consider criminal record information alongside the wider range of evidence gathered at the application, interview, and pre-employment checking stages.
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