Senior Electrical Engineer
£65-70k + 15% Bonus, c£5k Sign On Bonus, to £8K Relocation, 3 months rent + Benefits
West Highlands / Inverness-shire
Ref: 25467
Are you ready to take technical ownership of critical electrical infrastructure at one of the UK's most unique industrial facilities?
This is an exceptional opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join a major UK manufacturing and energy operation, playing a key role in maintaining and developing the electrical systems that support large-scale industrial production and renewable power generation.
Whether you're an experienced Electrical Engineer looking to step into a senior technical leadership position or an established Senior Engineer seeking greater responsibility across reliability, safety, capital projects and asset management, this role offers long-term career development, technical challenge and the opportunity to make a genuine impact within a nationally important operation.
Senior Electrical Engineer - The Role:
From electrical safety and reliability improvement through to capital project delivery and technical leadership, this varied role offers the opportunity to take ownership in areas such as:
- Acting as the technical authority for electrical systems across a large industrial manufacturing site
- Supporting the safe operation and maintenance of substations, transformers, motors, drives, UPS systems and control systems
- Maintaining reliable power distribution to critical production and utility assets
- Supporting electrical isolations, permitting activities and system re-energisation
- Troubleshooting electrical power systems and control system issues
- Leading electrical safety initiatives and ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and industry best practice
- Participating in audits, risk assessments, incident investigations and HAZOP reviews
- Delivering reliability improvement projects for critical electrical assets
- Developing preventative, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies
- Managing electrically biased CAPEX and improvement projects from concept through to commissioning
- Supporting plant outages and breakdown response activities
- Working closely with automation teams on PLC, HMI, SCADA and power monitoring interfaces
- Providing technical leadership, mentoring and support to engineers, technicians and contractors
- Maintaining engineering standards, documentation and asset management plans
Senior Electrical Engineer - What We're Looking For:
We're open to experienced Electrical Engineers ready to take the next step into senior technical leadership or established Senior Engineers looking for a new challenge within heavy industry. You could be a great fit if you have experience or interest in:
- High-voltage and low-voltage industrial power systems
- Electrical distribution networks and substations
- Transformers, switchgear, protection relays, motors and VSDs
- Industrial manufacturing, utilities, power generation or process industries
- Electrical safety, isolation procedures and permit-to-work systems
- Reliability engineering, maintenance strategy and root cause analysis
- Electrical project engineering and commissioning activities
- Technical leadership and mentoring of engineering teams
- Supporting plant operations during critical breakdown and outage situations
The following would also be beneficial:
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Experience within metals, mining, chemicals, utilities, power generation or other heavy industrial environments
- Knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, SCADA and power monitoring systems
- Experience using AutoCAD, CMMS or asset management systems
- Contractor and supplier management experience
Senior Electrical Engineer - Why Join?
- Join a nationally significant manufacturing and renewable energy operation
- Opportunity to lead critical electrical infrastructure and reliability projects
- Attractive bonus scheme worth up to 15% of annual salary
- Relocation package available
- Company pension contributions up to 9%
- Life assurance (6x salary)
- Healthcare cash plan and employee wellbeing initiatives
- On-site gym and wellness facilities
- Education support grants for children attending university
- Cycle-to-work scheme and employee discount programmes
- Strong focus on learning, development and long-term career progression
- Early finish every Friday
Interested?
If you're looking for a role where you can combine electrical engineering expertise, project leadership and asset reliability within a major industrial operation, we'd love to hear from you!
Based in The West Highlands, this position would suit candidates from the Highlands / Inverness-shire and surrounding areas, with relocation support available for those looking to make the move.
For further information call John Anderson on: 01902212000 or 07715639123. Email: john.anderson@automationexperts.co.uk