A fast-growing clean-energy engineering business is seeking a hands-on senior electrical design engineer to act as the functional technical lead across R&D and live delivery projects.

This role suits an experienced engineer who still enjoys being deeply involved in design, review and problem-solving, while developing leadership responsibility for a small team (4–5 engineers).

Lead Electrical Design Engineer
Permanent, full time
Cranleigh, Surrey
Salary: Competitive

The role

You will act as the technical authority for electrical design, owning quality, compliance and delivery of electrical systems across new technology development and customer projects.

Key responsibilities

·        Act as the functional technical lead for electrical engineering across projects and product development.

·        Produce, review and approve electrical designs and schematics for industrial systems and control panels.

·        Define and own system-level electrical architectures and design documentation.

·        Support build, integration, commissioning and FAT activities.

·        Lead electrical input into safety and compliance activities (HAZID/HAZOP, FMEA, SIL).

·        Specify electrical equipment and components (motors, transformers, protection, instrumentation and cabling).

·        Act as the main electrical design interface with manufacturing, suppliers and project teams.

·        Provide day-to-day technical mentoring to a small team (4–5 engineers), with scope to grow formal line management over time.

·        Drive continuous improvement of electrical standards, tools and processes.

About you

·        Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering (or similar).

·        Strong, hands-on industrial electrical design experience.

·        Background in control panels, machinery electrical systems, industrial power and instrumentation.

·        Confident using electrical CAD tools to produce and review designs.

·        Good working knowledge of BS 7671 and EN 60204.

·        Experience supporting functional safety activities (EN 61511 desirable).

·        Experience with PLC-based control systems (Siemens preferred).

·        ATEX / hazardous area exposure highly desirable.

·        Comfortable supporting build, test and fault-finding on real hardware.

·        Motivated to develop leadership and people management capability.

·        Willing to travel occasionally in the UK and internationally.

Why this role

A rare opportunity to take ownership of electrical design within a rapidly growing clean-energy technology business, with a clear pathway into broader technical leadership.

To apply or discuss the role confidentially, contact lewis@cranleighstem.co.uk