ECAD Electrical & Electronic Team Leader in Cannock

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters – our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. Leads the ECAD drafting team, overseeing schematic, PCB, and wiring design outputs, managing standards, libraries, workflows, and toolsets, ensuring high‑quality documentation, effective collaboration, and continuous improvement across electrical and electronic CAD processes. The ECAD Electrical & Electronic Team Leader will be based at one of our Barnstaple, Beckington, or Bristol sites, and this role allows for flexible home working. The salary for this role is up to £66k, depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and develop the ECAD drafting team, ensuring high‑quality schematic, PCB, and wiring documentation.
• Manage workloads, maintain standards, and provide technical guidance to deliver accurate, consistent, and timely ECAD outputs that support engineering, manufacturing and project needs.
• Own and improve ECAD processes, libraries, templates, and workflows. Drive standardization, configuration control, and integration with PLM systems while implementing continuous improvements, automation, and best practices to enhance efficiency, quality, and traceability across all ECAD activities.
• Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, and supplier teams to support design reviews, resolve ECAD issues, ensure designs are manufacturable, contribute to project planning, provide effort estimates, and support tool upgrades, training and technology development initiatives.

About Our Company:

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state‑of‑the‑art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. Our systems are in‑service across the globe and deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever‑growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on‑the‑ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer:

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave
• Family & wellbeing
• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal – online and in‑store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
• Facilities & resources
• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

The skills you need:

• ECAD Technical Expertise – Strong proficiency in schematic capture, PCB design, wiring diagrams, and ECAD toolsets, with a solid understanding of drafting standards and configuration control.
• Leadership & Team Development – Ability to lead, mentor, and develop a specialist ECAD team, managing workloads, priorities, and performance effectively.
• Process Ownership & Continuous Improvement – Skilled in maintaining libraries, standards, and workflows, while driving improvements, automation, and integration with PLM systems.
• Advanced proficiency in the Zuken E3 series and Altium Designer ECAD suites, including schematic capture, PCB layout, wiring design and panel layout creation.
• Strong electrical drafting capability, with the ability to produce clear, accurate and compliant drawings to defined standards.
• Demonstrable experience of creating and maintaining electrical parts libraries, including part modelling, attribute management and lifecycle sustainment.
• Excellent understanding of electrical drafting standards and practices, including BS/IEC conventions for symbols, wiring, and documentation structure.

Join us and be part of something smaller – with 500 people in the UK and Canada – doing something bigger: protecting what matters. If you’d like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call.