Job Description:

Lead Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Clevedon, North Somerset

Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Portishead, Nailsea, Swindon, Gloucester and surrounding areas

Salary: Up to £63,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Type: Permanent, Full Time

Hybrid & Flexible Working Available

Lead Electrical Design Engineer | Advanced Engineering Technology | Clevedon | Up to £63,000

A Global Engineering Manufacturer is seeking a Lead Electrical Design Engineer to join its growing engineering team in Clevedon.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Lead Electrical Design Engineer looking to combine technical leadership, team development and complex product delivery within a highly regulated engineering environment.

Working on sophisticated electro-mechanical systems, you will lead a team of Electrical Engineers responsible for delivering innovative products from concept and development through to testing, commissioning and customer deployment.

This Lead Electrical Design Engineer role offers genuine influence over engineering strategy, technical direction, product compliance and the development of future engineering capability across the business.

The Lead Electrical Design Engineer Role

As a Lead Electrical Design Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across multiple engineering programmes whilst supporting and developing a growing team of engineers.

You will play a key role in ensuring electrical systems are delivered safely, compliantly, on time and to specification while driving engineering excellence throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of Electrical Engineers
• Technical ownership of complex electrical systems and sub-systems
• Supporting projects from concept through to testing, commissioning and deployment
• Managing technical risk, design reviews and engineering governance activities
• Supporting product verification, validation and compliance programmes
• Driving engineering best practice, standardisation and continuous improvement
• Working closely with manufacturing, project management and customer-facing teams
• Supporting the adoption of new technologies and engineering methodologies
• Reviewing and approving engineering documentation and technical reports

What We're Looking For

• Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Experience designing complex electrical or electro-mechanical systems
• Experience leading engineers, projects or technical work packages
• Strong understanding of engineering compliance and safety standards
• Experience working within regulated engineering environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability
• Ability to influence and lead cross-functional engineering teams

Applications are welcomed from engineers with backgrounds in Special Purpose Machinery, Industrial Automation, Robotics, Scientific Instrumentation, Capital Equipment, Medical Devices, Aerospace, Defence, Nuclear, Advanced Manufacturing and other sectors involved in the design and manufacture of complex electroelectro-mechanical systems.

What's On Offer?

• Salary up to £63,000
• Annual bonus of up to 7.5%
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Pension with up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Life Assurance at 4x4x basic salary
• Cash health plan
• Fitness app and discounted gym memberships
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme
• STEM networks, employee clubs and social events
• Ongoing career development and progression opportunities
• Opportunity to lead engineers and influence future product development
• Exposure to highly complex engineering systems and advanced technology

In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package, the company can also provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship support for candidates who are already based in the UK and require ongoing sponsorship.


If you're a Lead Electrical Design Engineer or Senior Electrical Engineer looking for an opportunity to lead a team, influence technical direction and work on complex engineering projects, we'd like to hear from you.

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Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom| Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales