Electrical Manager

Requisition
3873
-Posted
14/10/2026

- Engineering

- Electrical

- Stanlow - EOUK

- Refinery

Location:

Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port

Employment Type:

Site Based Full-Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday

• 10% Company Contribution Pension rising to 15% with service
• 25 days Holiday, increasing with service
• Private Medical Insurance
• Additional Flex Benefits- including Holiday Purchase
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme with Exclusive access to a range of Discounts
• Free Secure On-Site Car Parking

EET (Essar Energy Transition) plays a major role in supplying the Northwest and the wider UK with essential fuels. We produce over 16% of the UK’s road fuels, supply key feed stocks to the petrochemical industry, and are investing heavily in low‑carbon energy solutions.

We work with major retail fuel brands, supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading airlines, and regional transport operators. We are also a key partner in the HyNet project, helping to deliver the region’s low‑carbon future.

With over 900 skilled colleagues, we offer a strong safety culture, technically challenging work, and some of the best training in the energy sector.

• Provide leadership to a team of Electrical Engineers and Senior Electrical Technicians,
• Provide leadership and governance for electrical safety, ensuring compliance with legislation, industry standards and company procedures.
• Act as the Site Electrical Technical Authority and Electrical Duty Holder, overseeing electrical standards, safe systems of work, authorisations, switching and risk management.
• Serve as the refinery’s senior technical authority for electrical engineering matters, supporting operational, maintenance and emergency response activities.
• Own and assure engineering standards for the site’s electrical infrastructure, including high‑voltage networks, on‑site generation, distribution systems and hazardous‑area installations.
• Ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operation of the electrical network and power generation assets, including protection systems, power quality and network resilience.
• Develop and maintain the electrical asset strategy, driving risk‑based maintenance, inspection and reliability improvement programmes.
• Lead asset condition monitoring, failure investigations and corrective action plans to enhance equipment performance and availability.
• Manage electrical risks, technical deviations and obsolescence issues, escalating significant concerns where required.
• Provide technical assurance and approval for projects, plant modifications, turnarounds, commissioning activities and management of change processes.
• Maintain accurate and controlled electrical engineering documentation, studies, records and maintenance data.
• Develop lifecycle, replacement and spares strategies, supporting long‑term investment planning and budget development.
• Define technical requirements for specialist contractors and suppliers, ensuring competence, performance and value delivery.
• Lead or support investigations into electrical incidents and near misses, ensuring lessons learned are implemented effectively.
• Participate in duty management and out‑of‑hours support arrangements as required by the role.

We are seeking a highly experienced electrical engineering professional with a degree or equivalent demonstrable competence in Electrical Engineering, together with Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional standing. You will bring recognised training and practical competence in high‑voltage (HV) safety, switching operations and safe systems of work, with hazardous‑area qualifications or experience such as Comp Ex being advantageous.

The successful candidate will have…