Lead Electrical Engineer - Sustaining

Lead Electrical Engineer – Sustaining

Location:

United Kingdom (Bristol)

Company:
Edwards Ltd

Functional area:

Engineering

Date posted:
Jun 9, 2026

• Provide strategic technical leadership across the Sustaining Engineering function, supporting both Product Company Clevedon and the Service Division.
• Ensure consistent application of engineering standards, robust design governance, and high-quality technical outputs across sustaining programmes.
• Work across factory support, obsolescence management, and field upgrade initiatives, driving safe, compliant, and serviceable design solutions that protect in-service performance and customer value.
• Chair and assure design reviews, set and maintain electrical engineering approaches for sustaining projects, and ensure solutions are aligned and repeatable.
• Use engineering tools and methods to bring clarity from ambiguity and meet Requirements, Standards, Directives, and cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborate and influence engineering teams to clarify work packages, deliverables, and resolve issues.
• Account for technical elements of product system/subsystem design, identify risks, control and mitigation actions, and escalating issues when necessary.
• Incorporate modularity and standardisation to maximise reuse of engineering effort.
• Account for safety and type testing, verifying compliance and approving relevant reports.
• Mentor and coach a core team of Electrical Engineers at all levels towards becoming Lead Electrical Engineers.
• Advocate and lead adoption of best practice electrical engineering and new technologies across projects.

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent experience) in a relevant Engineering/Science discipline (Essential).
• Formal training or practical experience in problem solving/root cause analysis (e.g., 8D, Kepner‑Tregoe, Six Sigma) (Desirable).
• Significant experience in sustaining engineering/product lifecycle support, including investigation of field issues and delivery of corrective actions through engineering change (Essential).
• Proven ability to work across multiple engineering disciplines and stakeholders, influencing technical decisions without direct authority (Essential).
• Experience applying structured problem solving, risk assessment, and verification thinking to resolve complex technical issues (Essential).
• Deep technical competence in one or more relevant engineering disciplines with the ability to rapidly understand adjacent domains (Essential).
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills; ability to use data to drive root cause and define pragmatic corrective actions (Essential).
• Strong understanding of engineering change, configuration control, and technical documentation practices (Essential).
• Ability to plan and execute verification activities (test, analysis) and assess risk using appropriate methods (e.g., FMEA) (Essential).
• Excellent influencing skills and ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to mixed audiences (Essential).

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well‑being

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on‑site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB).