Ashton Recruitment are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of our client, a leading engineering and manufacturing organisation specialising in the design and manufacture of ground support equipment.
Job Title: Electrical Engineering Manager Location: Northern Ireland Salary: £60,000 – £70,000 per annum Job Type: Permanent
Due to continued growth, our client is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager to lead their electrical engineering function. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior electrical engineer with strong leadership experience to oversee projects from initial design through to validation and production.
What’s in it for you?
- 30 days’ annual leave
- Flexi-time and early finish on Fridays
- Bonus scheme and annual salary review
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
- Health cash plan and death in service
- Gym membership and high street discounts
- Salary sacrifice schemes
- Branded clothing allowance
- Free will-writing service
- Fully funded summer and Christmas events
- Excellent long-term career development opportunities
The Role
As Electrical Engineering Manager, you will lead the electrical engineering team responsible for the design and development of ground support equipment. You will provide technical leadership across multiple projects, ensuring designs meet customer requirements, relevant standards and company quality expectations.
Duties will include:
- Leading and developing the electrical engineering team
- Managing engineering projects from concept and detailed design through to production release
- Allocating engineering resources across multiple projects
- Providing technical guidance and approving electrical design outputs
- Ensuring designs comply with relevant standards, regulations and customer specifications
- Leading design reviews and overseeing verification and validation activities
- Working closely with Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering teams to resolve technical and production issues
- Supporting value engineering, component standardisation and design improvements
- Overseeing the Engineering Change Order process
- Driving improvements in engineering processes, workflows and design standards
- Developing and monitoring KPIs relating to delivery, quality, efficiency and cost
- Supporting recruitment, performance management and career development within the engineering team
Essential Criteria
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
- 7+ years’ leadership experience within an engineering environment
- Significant electrical engineering design experience within a heavy equipment, vehicle, mobile machinery, manufacturing or OEM environment
- Strong experience with 2D/3D CAD platforms, such as EPlan, SolidWorks Electrical, AutoCAD Electrical, DraftSight or similar
- Experience managing projects across the full product development lifecycle
- Strong understanding of electrical integration, machine operation and control
- Knowledge of regulated engineering environments and relevant safety standards
- Experience implementing engineering process improvements or design standardisation
- Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills
Additional Information
The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across the electrical engineering function, ensuring projects are delivered to the required standards of quality, safety, cost and timescale.
If you are an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager looking for a senior opportunity within an established engineering and manufacturing organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Ashton Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency on behalf of our client.
Skills:Electrical Engineering/Management
Benefits:Bonus scheme/Pension
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