Electrical Automation Engineer in Shotton

Department: Tata Steel Colors

Location: Shotton (CH5 2NH) Approximately 7 miles from Chester city centre

Working Pattern – Days (Monday – Friday)

Salary: £49,127 – £56,147 including Additional Annualised Hours

Closing Date: Tuesday 17th February 2026

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

Ready to lead engineering performance on a nationally important site? At Tata Steel Colors in Shotton, we make some of the UK’s most advanced pre-finished steel products – used in everything from landmark buildings to kitchen appliances. We’re looking for a driven, hands-on Electrical Engineer to join our engineering function and help keep our lines running safely, reliably and efficiently.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong technical background who’s ready to step up and make a difference – leading a small team, working cross-functionally, and taking real ownership of electrical systems performance across your line.

What you will do:

• Lead the electrical maintenance activity across one of our key manufacturing lines.
• Drive safety performance and embed a zero-harm culture in your team.
• Own your area’s maintenance plans and performance metrics.
• Manage and lead a small electrical team, external support contractors and all electrical elements of a major production line.
• Deliver fault-finding and improvements using tools like RCA and strategic planning.
• Coordinate with planners and operations to deliver shutdown and maintenance work.
• Manage budgets, improvement projects, spares, and third-party contractors.
• Close out Near Misses and audit actions with a proactive mindset.
• Be a visible leader – coach, support and inspire others to do things better.
• Manage Automation support contracts with OEM.
• Identify & deliver electrical obsolescence strategy for your line.

You’ll be part of a site-wide network of engineers, sharing learning, standardising processes, and influencing engineering strategy at Shotton.

What you will need:

We’re not just after someone who knows their way around a circuit diagram. We want someone who’s forward-thinking, a great communicator, and who thrives on leading others to success.

You’ll likely have:

• Completed an Electrical Apprenticeship with a qualification in Electrical Engineering (ideally HNC or Degree qualified).
• Experience with managing personnel.
• Good working knowledge of PLC, Automation & control systems (Siemens or Allen Bradley Preferred).
• Experience of AC&DC inverter drives.
• Knowledge of Hydraulics & Pneumatics desirable.
• Solid hands-on maintenance experience in manufacturing or process industries.
• Strong understanding of statutory requirements and safe systems of work.
• Confidence managing workloads, priorities, budgets and people.
• A proactive mindset – someone who spots problems and gets stuck in to solve them.
• Familiarity with Tata Steel systems and policies is helpful but not essential - we’re more interested in your attitude and drive to lead.

Ready to make a difference?

For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: Jon.Taylor@tatasteeleurope.com

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.
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution).
• Extensive 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.