Control Electrical Manager

We are recruiting for a Control Electrical Manager to lead the CE team at our Middlewich site and support the CE agenda across the wider business. You will play a crucial role in leading governance and expertise across a full range of Electrical and Control Systems and equipment ensuring continuous improvement, adherence to and development of all CE policies, standards and procedures.

You will take the lead in driving operational excellence across the CE Team. You’ll work closely with planners and stakeholders to ensure CE maintenance activities are planned, resourced, and executed safely and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Fulfil the role of Control & Electrical Duty Holder for the Middlewich sites, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, company standards, and engineering procedures.
• Maintain governance arrangements for electrical and control systems, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, and appropriately managed.
• Liaise with other senior Control & Electrical Duty Holders across the business to promote consistency, share best practice, and develop and maintain CE standards, procedures, and engineering practices to support operational excellence.
• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure all Control & Electrical activities are carried out safely and in accordance with site procedures, permit-to-work systems, and isolation standards and provide technical expertise and leadership across all electrical, instrumentation, automation, and control systems.
• Coach and support the CE Supervisor and Senior Technicians, ensuring effective leadership, knowledge sharing, and visible engagement with frontline activities.
• Lead the daily management of Control & Electrical work activities through participation in Tier 3, planning, and scheduling meetings.
• Collaborate with the Planning Engineer to ensure all planned maintenance activities are appropriately scoped, prioritised, resourced, and prepared ahead of execution.
• Evolve the the CE Team to work efficiently and effectively in a manner that focusses on Quality of work, Accurate Data Recording and in line with rigorous SOPs and the ALCOA++ Principles in accordance with MHRA accreditation, extending this culture to the rest of the plant.
• Manage internal and external resources (Contractors) to ensure the effective delivery of maintenance and project activities, ensuring they work in accordance with site safety, quality, and technical standards.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You will have an Electrical engineering Degree (or equivalent) with Significant experience in Electrical engineering and maintenance management.

As well as -

• Strong Leadership and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge and understanding of Statutory Electrical Standards
• In depth electrical expertise and experience.
• Proven experience of managing and developing CE teams/projects

And even better if you have -

• Worked in a chemical manufacturing company
• Knowledge of Works Management systems
• Knowledge of Process Computing Technologies
• Knowledge of Drives, PLC’s and Electrical Infrastructure

What are the perks?

Our people have always been at the centre of the company’s success and in return for their hard work and commitment, we offer a generous benefits package when engaged directly including:

• 37 days holidays per year, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Roll over of up to 5 days and salary sacrifice holiday purchase scheme
• An additional paid day off each year to volunteer for a good cause in the local community
• 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Excellent contributory Pension scheme up to 9% company contribution
• Life insurance
• Private Healthcare

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