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Lead Electrical Design Engineer, Birmingham (Aston)
Client: PRS
Location: Birmingham (Aston), United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
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Job Views:
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Posted:
16.06.2025
Expiry Date:
31.07.2025
Job Description:
Position: Lead Electrical Design Engineer (Team Lead)
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands (hybrid working available)
PRS Engineering has engaged with a new client, a world-leading manufacturer of Special Purpose Machinery. Due to recent promotions, we now have an opportunity for a Lead Electrical Engineer with a background in electrical design and understanding of control systems, PLCs, and system software for collaboration between engineering departments. Ideally, you will have worked in a manufacturing environment involving automation, automated equipment, and special purpose machinery.
About The Role
As Electrical Team Lead / Lead Electrical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the Electrical Engineering team, ensuring high levels of service and customer satisfaction through innovative development of packaging and processing machinery systems, utilizing electrical engineering principles.
Key responsibilities:
* Coordinate work schedules for the team, including resource planning and task delegation.
* Establish excellent relationships with customers, colleagues, and suppliers.
* Manage design projects, ensuring all milestones are met.
* Develop electrical designs for primary products and new projects in collaboration with other departments.
* Work closely with Software Engineers to develop PLC and PC programs for systems or machines.
* Collaborate with customers and Technical Support to resolve electrical issues and report findings.
* Document electrical systems to meet UKCA and CE compliance standards.
* Travel to customer sites and company locations to support and develop equipment as needed.
Qualifications and Experience:
* 8 to 10 years of electrical engineering experience, preferably in special purpose machine design or manufacturing.
* Knowledge of Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
* Understanding of machinery safety regulations BS EN ISO 13849 & BS EN 60204-1:2018.
* Experience with Allen Bradley and Siemens equipment.
* Experience certifying control panels to UL standards.
* Designing safety circuits to required PL/SIL ratings.
* Using safety system verification tools like Sistema.
* Tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering.
* Previous experience managing and building a team.
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Problem-solving skills and ability to work autonomously.
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