Section Engineer Electrical

Overview

In this role you will lead the electrical engineering function for production-critical crane assets, ensuring safe, reliable operation of the crane fleet. You will develop and govern maintenance strategies, manage asset performance, and drive improvements in reliability and safety. You will collaborate with manufacturing, planning and contractor teams to align maintenance with operational priorities. This is an opportunity to shape maintenance capability, advance engineering standards and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Join a team focused on Zero Harm and asset life-cycle excellence.

Pay / Benefits

• market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme
• Defined contribution pension scheme

Responsibilities

• Act as lead electrical engineer for production-critical crane assets and provide technical leadership to engineers, technicians, and maintenance teams
• Drive improvements in reliability, availability, maintainability and safety of electrical assets
• Support complex breakdowns, major repairs and significant plant events with engineering expertise
• Promote engineering best practices and contribute to a strong safety culture
• Develop and continuously improve maintenance strategies aligned to risk and operations
• Ensure compliance with legislation, TSUK standards, and site SWPs; develop and approve JTDs and SWPs
• Support planning in SAP maintenance plans, task lists, and work management processes
• Lead root cause investigations and implement sustainable corrective actions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives and minimise production disruption
• Support refurbishment, upgrades, obsolescence management and asset life-extension initiatives

Key requirements

• Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Control & Instrumentation Engineering or related
• Significant experience in heavy industrial or manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of electrical systems, motors, drives, PLCs, control systems and automation
• Experience in asset management, reliability engineering, fault finding and continuous improvement
• Knowledge of electrical standards, safe systems of work, risk assessments and engineering compliance
• Experience using SAP or similar CMMS
• Ability to lead engineers, technicians and contractors in multidisciplinary settings
• Experience delivering maintenance, improvement and capital projects end-to-end
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills
• IOSH qualification and crane maintenance experience advantageous

• communication
• stakeholder management
• problem-solving
• electrical systems
• motors and drives
• PLCs and control systems

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