Lead Electrical Design Engineer (Permanent)

Position: Lead Electrical Design Engineer Location: Birmingham, West Midlands (hybrid working available) Salary: circa £65K plus benefits package Automation & Special Purpose Machines PRS Engineering has engaged with a new client and 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 design (electrical) and understanding of control systems, PLC\’s and system software for collaboration between engineering departments. As Electrical Team Lead you will be responsible for providing leadership to the Electrical Engineering team, while ensuring optimum levels of service and satisfaction to customers through their innovative approach in developing packaging and processing machinery systems, utilising electrical engineering principles. Co-ordinate work schedules for the team including resource planning and delegating tasks. 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 the Software Engineers to collaborate with the development of PLC and PC programs for systems or machines that require them Liaise with customers and Technical Support to find solutions to electrical problems of machines and/or systems and report finding to the team. Document to the required level for UKCA and CE compliance, the electrics of a machine developed. Travel to both customer and our sites to support and develop equipment and solutions when required. Minimum 8 to 10 years electrical engineering experience – special purpose machine design or manufacturing related field is desirable Experience of using safety system verification tools and data (Sistema) Tertiary Qualifications in Electrical Engineering Previous experience of managing and building a team