Job Title: Electrical Manager (High Voltage / Industrial Facilities Management)
Location: Chester, Cheshire
Salary: £60,000 + benefits
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Role Purpose
We are recruiting an Electrical Manager to provide technical leadership, HV authority, and FM governance across a complex site.
This role combines High Voltage (HV) electrical ownership with Technical Services Management (Hard FM) responsibility, ensuring the safe, compliant, and reliable operation of critical infrastructure in a highly pressurised, production-led environment.
This is a safety-critical leadership role, requiring deep electrical competence, strong people leadership, and the resilience to operate confidently under intense operational and client pressure.
Key Responsibilities
Take technical and operational ownership of a HV–LV electrical network, including multiple substations and transformers, ensuring safe operation, switching, isolation and maintenance.
Act as, or manage, Authorised Persons (HV/LV) in accordance with statutory and organisational safety rules, leading HV shutdown planning and delivery.
Lead incident response and recovery for electrical failures impacting production and site operations.
Provide technical assurance and statutory compliance governance across hard FM services, with primary focus on electrical infrastructure and associated plant.
Lead delivery of high-volume PPM regimes, ensuring task quality, safety and operational relevance; review and improve maintenance strategies and job plans within the CAFM/CMMS system.
Manage specialist subcontractors, ensuring performance, safety and compliance standards are met.
Lead, develop and performance-manage a multi-skilled engineering team, setting clear standards for safety culture, behaviour and accountability.
Provide calm, authoritative leadership during incidents, shutdowns and high-pressure operational situations.
Act as the senior technical authority on site, interfacing directly with senior client stakeholders and providing clear, evidence-based advice on risk, compliance and feasibility.
Produce and present technical reports, KPIs, risk registers and governance documentation, supporting asset management, lifecycle and CAPEX discussions.
Provide technical input into electrical, utilities and infrastructure projects, supporting planning, execution, commissioning and handover, and ensuring all changes are accurately captured in documentation and maintenance regimes.
Key Requirements
Time-served electrically trained professional (apprenticeship or equivalent).
Proven High Voltage (HV) experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
Experience managing substations, transformers and complex electrical networks (e.g. 11kV / 33kV).
Strong working knowledge of:
HV/LV safety rules
Permits to Work, isolations, LOTO
Electrical statutory compliance
Demonstrated people leadership experience in a safety-critical environment.
Confident, resilient communicator able to operate under pressure and manage demanding stakeholders.
Desirable Experience
Current or previous HV Authorised Person (AP) status.
Experience within outsourced FM or industrial estates contracts.
CAFM / CMMS system experience (e.g. SAP, Maximo, Concept, etc.).
Shutdown planning experience on large industrial sites.
Engineering or management qualifications (HNC/HND/Degree/MSc).
Exposure to asset management, lifecycle planning and risk-based maintenance.
Apply today or email (url removed) for further details