Lead Electrical Engineer – Sustaining
Salary: Up to £63,000 per annum (DOE)
Location: Clevedon (Hybrid working available)
Industry: Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Product Lifecycle Support

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead Electrical Engineer – Sustaining to provide strategic technical leadership across the sustaining engineering function. This role supports both Product Company operations and Service divisions, ensuring robust engineering governance, consistent standards, and high-quality technical delivery across the full product lifecycle.
You will play a key role in ensuring safe, compliant, and serviceable electrical design solutions across factory support, obsolescence management, and field upgrade programmes, protecting in-service performance and customer value.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Governance

Provide strategic technical leadership across sustaining engineering activities
Chair and assure design reviews, ensuring robust engineering decision-making
Define and maintain electrical engineering approaches across sustaining programmes
Ensure consistent application of engineering standards, governance, and best practice

Engineering Delivery & Problem Solving

Lead investigation of complex field issues and drive corrective engineering actions
Apply structured problem-solving techniques (e.g. 8D, Kepner-Tregoe, Six Sigma)
Own technical aspects of system/subsystem design including risk identification and mitigation
Ensure engineering change is correctly controlled through configuration management processes

Design Assurance & Validation

Accountable for safety and type testing of systems/subsystems
Define and oversee verification and validation activities (test and analysis)
Review and approve technical reports ensuring compliance to requirements, standards, and directives
Apply risk assessment methods including FMEA

Cross-Functional Influence

Work collaboratively across engineering, manufacturing, service, and programme teams
Influence technical decisions without direct authority across multiple stakeholders
Ensure clarity of work packages, deliverables, and engineering expectations

Capability Development

Mentor and coach electrical engineers across all levels
Support development of future Lead Engineers
Promote adoption of best practice and emerging engineering technologies

Skills & Experience Required:

Degree in Engineering or related discipline (essential)
Significant experience in sustaining engineering / product lifecycle support (essential)
Strong background in engineering change, configuration control, and technical documentation
Experience in structured problem solving and root cause analysis (8D, Six Sigma, etc.)
Strong analytical skills with ability to drive root cause and corrective action
Ability to influence across multidisciplinary teams without direct authority
Experience in verification, validation, and risk-based engineering decision making
Strong communication skills with ability to simplify complex technical issues
Deep technical expertise in electrical engineering with broader systems understanding

In Return, You Will Receive:

Financial & Security

Bonus up to 7.5% of basic annual salary
Pension with company contribution of up to 8%
Life assurance of 4 x basic salary

Health & Wellbeing

Cash health plan
Thriving Wellbeing Programme supporting physical, mental, and social wellbeing
Discounted gym memberships

Time Off

25 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays)

On-site Facilities

Free parking
Ample cycle storage, lockers, and showers
Subsidised canteen
Dedicated wellbeing and prayer room

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If this role sounds of interest please click apply to send your CV, or contact Kirk at Pertemps, Bristol.

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