Principal Electrical Engineer

Principal Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Principal Electrical Engineer

Barrow, Cumbria

Permanent, Full Time

Competitive + Benefits

Your Job

As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you.

You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

As Principal Electrical Engineer your responsibilities will include.


* Responsible for the delivery of legislative and corporate safety and engineering standards


* Champion, role model and continuously improve all safety requirements, including the supervision of the technical support team and contractors, Includes the Permit to Work process, Risk assessments and method statements


* Management of capital projects from initial feasibility study to final close out ensuring KPI’s for safety, cost, time & specification are met.


* Lead root cause failure analysis and 4 step problem solving.

Ensure actions are completed and closed out and shared with relevant parties.


* Coach, develop, build capability, and consciously improve the way in which mill teams adhere to electrical mill processes and standards.


* Champion the planning, implementation and continuation of other company wide programmes (such as LEAN, OPEX, P2030 best practise) that are identified within the mill’s asset roadmap.


* Consciously improve the way in which activities are planned and scheduled, in a way which effectively integrates asset and business requirements to maximise people utilisation and equipment performance.


* Transfer in depth technical knowledge of electrical equipment in areas of responsibility


* Leading weekly asset team meetings.

Be responsible for reviewing asset KPIs to drive improvement.

This role will provide technical leadership to the Electrical engineering resources, as part of our commitment to world-class engineering and technology, we’re building on our current electrical capability.

Lending your expertise in all kinds of ways, you’ll help us achieve our ambitions across our production line operations.

Reporting to a Mill Operations Manager, you’ll ensure assets are operating to their optimum efficiency to maximise output and ensure targets are consistently met.

Your knowledge and expertise will be Integral to supporting the delivery of the mill’s improvement strategy, the holder of this role will have expertise that will span everything from Digital Control Systems to medium/high voltage distribution.

You will work a day shift, with the flexibility to support emergency call outs when required.

Your focus will be to optimise and sustain tissue manufacturing assets, minimise machine downtime, and make cost-saving improvements.

You’ll als...