Electrical Manager

Job Title:

Electrical Manager (High Voltage / Industrial Facilities Management)

Location:

Chester, Cheshire

Salary: £60,000 + benefits

Contract:

Full-time, permanent

We are recruiting an Electrical Manager to provide technical leadership, HV authority, and FM governance across a complex site. This role combines High Voltage (HV) electrical ownership with Technical Services Management (Hard FM) responsibility, ensuring the safe, compliant, and reliable operation of critical infrastructure in a highly pressurised, production‑led environment. This is a safety‑critical leadership role, requiring deep electrical competence, strong people leadership, and the resilience to operate confidently under intense operational and client pressure.

• Take technical and operational ownership of a HV‑LV electrical network, including multiple substations and transformers, ensuring safe operation, switching, isolation and maintenance.
• Act as, or manage, Authorised Persons (HV/LV) in accordance with statutory and organisational safety rules, leading HV shutdown planning and delivery.
• Lead incident response and recovery for electrical failures impacting production and site operations.
• Provide technical assurance and statutory compliance governance across hard FM services, with primary focus on electrical infrastructure and associated plant.
• Lead delivery of high‑volume PPM regimes, ensuring task quality, safety and operational relevance; review and improve maintenance strategies and job plans within the CAFM/CMMS system.
• Manage specialist subcontractors, ensuring performance, safety and compliance standards are met.
• Lead, develop and performance‑manage a multi‑skilled engineering team, setting clear standards for safety culture, behaviour and accountability.
• Provide calm, authoritative leadership during incidents, shutdowns and high‑pressure operational situations.
• Act as the senior technical authority on site, interfacing directly with senior client stakeholders and providing clear, evidence‑based advice on risk, compliance and feasibility.
• Produce and present technical reports, KPIs, risk registers and governance documentation, supporting asset management, lifecycle and CAPEX discussions.
• Provide technical input into electrical, utilities and infrastructure projects, supporting planning, execution, commissioning and handover, and ensuring all changes are accurately captured in documentation and maintenance regimes.

• Time‑served electrically trained professional (apprenticeship or equivalent).
• Proven High Voltage (HV) experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing substations, transformers and complex electrical networks (e.g. 11kV / 33kV).
• Strong working knowledge of:
  • HV/LV safety rules
  • Permits to Work, isolations, LOTO
  • Electrical statutory compliance
• Demonstrated people leadership experience in a safety‑critical environment.
• Confident, resilient communicator able to operate under pressure and manage demanding stakeholders.

• Current or previous HV Authorised Person (AP) status.
• Experience with in outsourced FM or industrial estates contracts.
• CAFM / CMMS system experience (e.g. SAP, Maximo, Concept, etc.).
• Shutdown planning experience on large industrial sites.
• Engineering or management qualifications (HNC/HND/Degree/MSc).
• Exposure to asset management, lifecycle planning and risk‑based maintenance.

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