EC&I Manager

EC&I Manager

Are you an experienced EC&I leader looking to take ownership of electrical, control and instrumentation engineering across a complex manufacturing environment?

This is an excellent opportunity to lead the CE function at a major process manufacturing site in Cheshire. Youll be responsible for driving engineering governance, safety, reliability and continuous improvement across electrical, instrumentation, automation and control systems, whilst leading a skilled team and supporting the delivery of maintenance and project activities across the site.

What Youll Be Doing

• Acting as the Control & Electrical Duty Holder, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, engineering standards and company procedures.
• Leading governance of electrical and control systems, ensuring risks are identified, assessed and effectively managed.
• Driving the development and implementation of EC&I standards, procedures and best practices.
• Providing technical leadership across electrical infrastructure, instrumentation, automation, PLCs, drives and control systems.
• Championing a strong safety culture and ensuring all activities are delivered in line with permit-to-work, isolation and site safety requirements.
• Leading, coaching and developing the EC&I team, including supervisors and senior technicians.
• Working closely with maintenance planners and operational stakeholders to coordinate and prioritise maintenance activities.
• Participating in daily planning and scheduling meetings to ensure effective delivery of work programmes.
• Managing contractor and external specialist performance to ensure safe and efficient execution of work.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, efficiency and operational excellence.
• Promoting high standards of quality, data integrity and compliance within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Supporting maintenance and project delivery activities across the wider business where required.

Why Join?
This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of a critical engineering function within a large-scale manufacturing environment. Youll lead a highly skilled team, influence engineering standards and strategy, and play a key role in ensuring the safety, reliability and continuous improvement of essential production facilities whilst benefiting from strong long-term career development opportunities.