Lead Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer

Lead Engineer (Electrical)
Salary: £45,000–£55,000 depending on experience

Hours:

Monday–Friday, 37.5 hours (approx. 07:30 start, flexible)

Location:

Sheffield
Benefits:
Healthcare, pension, 33 days holiday incl. banks, ongoing development

Want a role where you shape the reliability and future of a growing manufacturing site?
This Lead Engineer position is a mix of hands-on engineering and leading a small electrical team. With major site investment already underway — including two new furnaces commissioned this year — this is your chance to drive reliability, strengthen the PM regime, and help push a key site through a full transformation phase.

You’ll have ownership, influence, and the freedom to make things better. And you’ll be the go-to electrical expert on a site that needs someone practical, proactive and positive.

What You’ll Be Doing – Lead Engineer (Electrical)

• Leading day-to-day maintenance activities with a strong focus on planned maintenance and improving plant reliability.

• Supporting reactive breakdown work when needed — diagnosing faults and getting equipment back online quickly.

• Managing and developing two Day Electrical Technicians, plus supporting the wider team of day and shift engineers.

• Building, developing and delivering an effective PM regime through the new CMMS (Agility).

• Taking ownership of shutdown plans and maintenance during planned outages.

• Driving standards in safety, housekeeping, part control and 6S.

• Working across critical kit including VIM, VAR, ESR, heat-treatment furnaces and other heavy manufacturing plant.

• Leading continuous improvement activities such as RCA and problem-solving reviews.

• Identifying, specifying and ordering parts while ensuring correct stock management.

• Making sound engineering decisions on priorities, plant condition, and risk.

• Supporting OEM engineers and managing contractors.

• Ensuring departmental KPIs are achieved and reliability continues to improve.

What We’re Looking For – The Ideal Lead Engineer (Electrical)

• Strong electrical background with an engineering qualification or recognised apprenticeship.

• Experience with in an industrial or heavy manufacturing environment.

• Confident fault-finding skills across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

• Comfortable balancing leadership (around 70%) with hands-on work (around 30%).

• Someone who takes ownership, communicates well and brings a solutions-first mindset.

• Experience with CMMS, PPM and continuous improvement processes.

• A steady, reliable engineer who can influence, engage and raise standards.

• Flexible attitude — during shutdowns you’ll be fully involved, but outside of that the role allows good give-and-take.

Why Join?

• A site in transformation with major investment — your work will directly shape the future state.

• A leadership role with autonomy, influence and visibility.

• Strong team culture and supportive management.

• Bonus scheme and a stable weekday shift with TOIL instead of forced overtime.

If you want a role where your decisions genuinely matter, this is it.
Apply today to find out more