Electrical Engineering Manager
Location: Dungannon, County Tyrone, N.Ireland
Salary: £70k + 10% Bonus
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking an Electrical Engineering Manager on behalf of one of our clients.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the electrical engineering team responsible for the design and development of ground support equipment.
- Oversee engineering projects from development, through detailed design, validation and release to production.
- Allocate engineering resources effectively across multiple projects.
- Ensure engineering deliverables are completed on schedule, within scope and aligned with project budgets.
- Provide technical guidance and decision-making across complex engineering challenges.
- Support new product development initiatives and product enhancement programmes.
- Conduct performance reviews and support career development planning.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Support recruitment and development of engineering talent within the organisation.
- Ensure electrical designs comply with customer specifications, applicable standards and regulations including EN12312, EN1915 and Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
- Approve electrical design outputs including drawings, calculations, specifications and technical documentations.
- Oversee the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process.
- Lead structured design review.
- Ensure appropriate design verification and validation testing is conducted prior to production release.
- Ensure electrical designs are optimised for manufacturability, assembly and serviceability.
- Work closely with manufacturing teams to resolve build issues and support production efficiency.
- Support value engineering initiatives to improve product cost competitiveness.
- Collaborate with supply chain team to support component standardisation and supplier integration.
- Work closely with mechanical engineering teams to ensure integrated system design.
- Collaborate with sales and product management on customer-specific technical requirements.
- Support after-sales and customer care teams by translating field feedback and warranty data into product improvements.
- Contribute to cross-department initiatives that support operational excellence.
- Drive improvements in engineering processes and workflows.
- Promote design standardisation, modular product architecture and component reuse.
- Support innovation in electrical design, component selection and manufacturing technologies.
- Identify opportunities to improve product performance, reliability and sustainability.
- Develop, set and monitor KPI’s related to delivery, quality, efficiency and cost.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Degree in electrical engineering or related discipline.
- Significant experience in electrical engineering designing heavy equipment, vehicle or mobile machinery systems within a manufacturing or OEM environment.
- PLC Experience
- 7 years + demonstrable leadership experience within an engineering department.
- Strong experience using 2D and 3D CAD platforms (e.g. EPlan, SolidWorks Electrical, AutoCAD Electrical, DraftSight or similar) and engineering documentation control.
- Knowledgeable understanding of manufacturing processes, complex system design, electrical integration, machine operation and control.
- Experience managing engineering projects across the full product development lifecycle.
- Excellent organisational, communication and leadership skills.
- Familiarity with regulated engineering environments and safety standards.
- Experience implementing engineering process improvements or design standardisation initiatives.
- Strong technical judgement and attention to detail.
- Commercial awareness and understanding of cost-drivers in manufacturing.
- Proactive problem-solver.
- Structured, analytical and data-driven decision maker.
- Strong leadership capability with the ability to inspire, motivate and develop teams.
- Effective communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities within a dynamic engineering environment.
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