Lead Electrical Engineer

Mission: Join our innovative team as a Lead Electrical Engineer, reporting to the Engineering Manager. In this role, you will lead, empower, and motivate a growing team of Electrical Engineers in semiconductor equipment manufacturing. You'll oversee projects from concept through to customer commissioning and field trials, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budgets, and compliance with specifications through best-practice engineering. Main Responsibilities: Collaborate with engineering and product development teams to transform ambiguity into clarity, delivering cost-effective products that meet all requirements and standards. Influence engineering teams to clarify work packages and deliverables while resolving engineering challenges effectively. Take accountability for technical elements of system or subsystem design, identifying risks and implementing control and mitigation strategies. Ensure modularity and standardization to maximize the reuse of engineering efforts. Oversee safety and type testing for your systems, validating compliance and approving relevant reports generated by the team. Mentor and coach a core team of Electrical Engineers, fostering their development into future leaders. Advocate for the adoption of best practices and new technologies across projects to enhance engineering delivery.Experience & Skills: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (essential); Master's degree or equivalent experience is desirable. Chartered Engineer status or working towards it (desirable). Significant experience in product design and electrical engineering within a relevant industry (essential). Proven leadership experience managing teams of 10 or more in a project-based environment (essential). Understanding of dependability management and relevant industry standards (desirable). Strong influencing and negotiation skills at multiple organizational levels (essential). Demonstrated ability to take ownership and guide teams towards successful outcomes (essential). High integrity and accountability with a results-driven mindset (essential).What We Offer: Flexible working arrangements 25 days of holiday (excluding bank holidays) Bonus potential of up to 7.5% of annual salary Pension plan with up to 8% company contribution Life Assurance (4x basic salary) Cash health plan Fitness app with streaming classes & discounted gym memberships Comprehensive Wellbeing Program, including clubs and events Private express room for new mothers Recognition and Reward program Career development opportunities including apprenticeships and mentoring Support for formal qualifications (e.g., CEng, CIPS, CIPD) Free parking and subsidized canteen Charity and volunteering daysRandstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business