Section Engineer Electrical

Department: Central Crane Team / Strip UK

Location: Port Talbot

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Band: D

Closing Date: Monday 9th November 2026

Interviews to be conducted on w/c 16th November 2026

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

What you will do:

We currently have an opportunity for an Electrical Section Engineer to join our Centralised Crane Maintenance Team in Port Talbot.

In this role, you will lead the electrical engineering function for production-critical crane assets, providing technical leadership to engineering and maintenance teams whilst ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the crane fleet. You will be responsible for developing maintenance strategies, maintaining engineering standards, managing asset performance, and driving continuous improvement in reliability, availability, and compliance of electrical, control, and automation systems.

The role requires close collaboration with manufacturing, planning, asset improvement, and contractor teams to ensure maintenance activities are aligned with operational priorities and long-term asset management objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Asset Performance

• Act as the lead electrical engineer for production-critical crane assets.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and support to engineers, technicians, and maintenance teams.
• Lead the management of electrical asset performance, driving improvements in reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety.
• Provide engineering expertise during complex breakdowns, major repairs, and significant plant events.
• Support the development of engineering capability and promote engineering best practice across the organisation.
• Drive a strong safety culture and support the site's commitment to Zero Harm.

Maintenance Strategy & Technical Governance

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve maintenance strategies aligned to business risk and operational requirements.
• Utilise reliability engineering principles to optimise maintenance effectiveness and asset performance.
• Review asset failures and maintenance trends, identifying opportunities to improve maintenance plans, inspection regimes, and maintenance standards.
• Ensure all engineering and maintenance activities comply with applicable legislation, TSUK engineering standards, and site Safe Working Procedures.
• Develop, maintain, and approve engineering standards, maintenance specifications, Job Technical Descriptions (JTDs), and Safe Working Procedures (SWPs).
• Support planning engineers in developing SAP maintenance plans, task lists, and work management processes.
• Provide technical leadership during Management of Change (MoC) activities, equipment modifications, and system upgrades.

Continuous Improvement & Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead root cause investigations into significant equipment failures and ensure sustainable corrective actions are implemented.
• Identify and deliver opportunities to improve safety, reliability, maintenance effectiveness, energy efficiency, and cost performance.
• Support refurbishment programmes, equipment upgrades, obsolescence management, and asset life-extension initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with manufacturing, planning, mechanical, asset improvement, and contractor teams to deliver business objectives.
• Ensure maintenance activities remain aligned with operational priorities while minimising disruption to production.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and knowledge sharing throughout the maintenance organisation.

What you will need:

We are looking for an experienced Electrical Section Engineer with a strong background in heavy industrial or manufacturing environments. The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of electrical systems, asset reliability, maintenance strategies and continuous improvement, with the ability to lead teams and deliver engineering projects safely and effectively.

Key Requirements:

• Degree qualified in Electrical, Electronic, Control & Instrumentation Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience within a heavy industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of electrical systems, motors, drives, PLCs, control systems and automation.
• Experience in asset management, reliability engineering, fault finding and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of electrical standards, safe systems of work, risk assessments and engineering compliance.
• Experience using SAP or a similar Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Proven ability to lead engineers, technicians and contractors within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience delivering maintenance, improvement and capital projects from concept through to completion.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• IOSH qualification and experience within crane maintenance environments would be advantageous.

Ready to make a difference?

For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: [email protected]

Please note: You may use AI tools to help prepare your application. However, all information must be accurate and based on your own experience. We value genuine, honest responses that reflect who you are.

What we can offer you

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• Private Healthcare Scheme (Individual cover)
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services. 

Why us?

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here Stoves cooking less carbon – YouTube

To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video: Tata Steel – A place you can thrive – YouTube