Electrical & Instrumentation Manager
West Midlands (M5/M6 area).
£competitive salary & benefits package.
As one of the UK's largest independent manufacturers supplying to the commercial sector, my client manufactures fine chemicals and rubber accelerators and has a history spanning over 150 years. With their headquarters in the West Midlands, they are true pioneers within the chemicals industry. With strategic expansion plans, an opportunity has arisen for an Electrical & Instrumentation Manager to join them and take ownership of the overall responsibility for the management of the Electrical and Instrumentation departments, as well as the design, specification and installation of all electrical and instrument equipment for new and capital maintenance work. Does this sound like the type of company that can offer you an exciting next step of your career?
Key Responsibilities
* Overall responsibility for the management of the Electrical & Instrumentation departments which includes 14 Engineers, along with external Contractors, as and when required.
* Responsibility for the design, specification and installation of all electrical and instrument equipment for new capital and maintenance work, and controlling expenditure within authorised budgets.
* Ownership of the provision, operation and development of all electrical and instrumentation maintenance systems.
* Maintaining and promoting a safe operating culture within the department, ensuring that in all aspects, it operates to the highest levels of safety and meets all legal and statutory requirements, company rules and procedures.
* Liaison at all levels inside the company and outside contacts - typically including suppliers, contractors and agencies such as the HSE and EA.
Qualifications
My client is keen to find someone with a HND / HNC in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, or Instrumentation & Control, as a minimum (ideally a degree), and ten years' practical industry experience, with at least five years in a supervisory role within an instrumentation and control background. Extensive expertise in PLC / HMI programming is also essential, along with a good understanding of functional safety within an industrial process plant environment.
Regardless of previous expertise, you will have a flexible attitude and be able to deal with multiple complex jobs simultaneously and excellent personnel management skills.
Benefits
In return, my client is offering a competitive salary and benefits package, including 25 days holiday per year (+ Bank holidays), life assurance, pension scheme, medical cash benefit plan and a generous company sick scheme. As the organisation continues to expand, opportunities for future progression will be readily available for those who want it.
You will be working a 40 hour week and the working hours for the role are Monday - Friday 8am - 4.30pm.
The company are easily accessible from West Bromwich, Oldbury, Tipton, Dudley, Wednesbury, Smethwick and the surrounding areas and the area offers sensibly priced accommodation and a variety of lifestyle options to suite every taste.
If this Electrical & Instrumentation Manager role is of interest to you, please apply online
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