Electrical Engineering Manager / Lead Electrical Engineer (Hands on)
Surrey, UK
Permanent
£Competitive salary plus attractive benefits
ARCA Resourcing is proud to partner with an innovative technology company operating at the forefront of clean energy and advanced power systems. This is a fantastic opportunity for an Electrical Engineering Manager who wishes to remain hands on technical, or a Lead Engineer seeking to step into a hands-on technical management position. You will lead a highly skilled electrical engineering function delivering cutting-edge projects within a fast-paced engineering environment.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a technically strong lead engineer who combines hands-on electrical engineering expertise with team management capability. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in leading electrical developments across complex systems while helping shape the future of sustainable energy technologies.
The Opportunity
As Electrical Engineering Manager, you will lead and develop the Electrical Engineering Team, ensuring the successful delivery of electrical systems across multiple engineering projects. You will oversee resource planning, technical delivery, quality standards, and engineering governance while remaining actively involved in system architecture, design, integration, and verification activities.
Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering and scientific teams, you’ll contribute to the development of highly innovative technologies in an environment that encourages technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Management
- Lead, manage, and support the Electrical Engineering Team
- Define team scope, responsibilities, processes, and engineering standards
- Assess and allocate engineering resources across projects
- Ensure engineering capability and skills are aligned with business requirements
- Mentor, coach, and support the professional development of engineers within the team
- Ensure compliance with all health & safety requirements and engineering best practice
Technical Delivery
- Lead electrical engineering developments and project deliverables
- Capture requirements and define system-level electrical architectures
- Undertake system trade studies and electrical design decisions
- Develop single line diagrams, wiring schematics, and detailed electrical designs
- Produce technical specifications for electrical components, motors, transformers, wiring, and circuit protection
- Generate technical documentation for internal teams and external contractors
- Support product compliance, validation, and configuration control activities
- Produce design documentation suitable for manufacturing and integration
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure successful system integration
What We’re Looking For
- Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
- Extensive experience in electrical system design, instrumentation, and control panel design
- Schematic design
- Strong leadership and team management experience within an engineering environment
- Detailed knowledge of BS7671:2018
- Experience designing systems compliant with EN 60204
- Experience with PLC systems, particularly Siemens hardware and software
- Understanding of hazardous area / ATEX environments
- Strong practical fault-finding and electrical hardware design capability
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, innovative engineering environment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and engineering documentation practices
- Willingness to travel internationally when required
Desirable
- Functional safety experience
- Experience working within or designing for hazardous area / ATEX environments
Why Join?
- Lead a talented engineering team within an exciting high-growth technology sector
- Work on pioneering clean energy and advanced power technologies
- Influence major engineering projects from concept through to deployment
- Collaborative and innovative culture with strong technical focus
- Excellent long-term career progression opportunities
- Opportunity to work on international projects and cutting-edge systems
If you are an experienced Electrical Engineering leader looking for your next challenge in a highly innovative environment, we’d love to hear from you. If you would like to apply, please click on the link to apply!