Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

Exeter

Manufacturing

£50-£55k + excellent benefits

We’re recruiting an Electrical Plant Engineer for a leading advanced manufacturing business in Exeter.

This is a varied, hands-on role combining capital-project delivery, equipment reliability and plant-engineering support. You’ll lead improvement projects, help resolve complex equipment issues and deliver practical engineering solutions that improve safety, availability and productivity.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver capital, equipment-improvement and infrastructure projects from concept through to completion

• Specify, source and support the installation of new machinery and equipment

• Manage contractors, project plans, costs and timescales

• Improve the reliability of critical manufacturing equipment and reduce recurring downtime

• Support electrical fault-finding across production equipment and site infrastructure

• Analyse equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve OEE and asset utilisation

• Maintain technical documentation and ensure work complies with relevant legislation, company standards and health and safety requirements

What we’re looking for:

• HNC or equivalent qualification in Electrical, Controls or a related engineering discipline

• At least three years’ relevant experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment

• Strong electrical fault-finding and root-cause analysis skills

• Experience delivering engineering projects and supervising contractors

• A proactive, self-directed approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities

• Good written, verbal and stakeholder-management skills

Experience with CAD, CMMS, automation, Microsoft Project or business systems such as Oracle would be advantageous. Multi-skilled electrical and mechanical experience would also be welcomed.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a technically demanding, safety-focused manufacturing environment where your work will have a visible impact on plant performance.