Westlakes Recruitment
Technical Electrical Engineer
Technical Electrical Engineer at Westlakes Recruitment, based in Cockermouth, North West, paying £50,000 per annum. This is a permanent role with hybrid working.
- Pay
- £50,000 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · Hybrid
- Location
- Cockermouth, North West
- Closing date
- Sector
- Electrical Engineer
Bang in line with the market for electrical engineer
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APPLYNOW Apply Now RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Electrical Engineer – Nuclear Defence
Sector: Nuclear Defence
Discipline: Electrical Engineering
Working Pattern: Hybrid / Glasgow
Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for an experienced Technical Electrical Engineer to support a leading organisation operating within the UK nuclear defence sector.
This is a senior technical assurance role providing electrical engineering expertise, challenge and governance across a portfolio of complex programmes. You will support engineering standards, assurance expectations and technical decision-making, helping ensure engineering outputs are proportionate to risk, compliant with relevant requirements and suitable for delivery within a high-hazard environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide electrical engineering support, challenge and assurance across programmes in line with defined management arrangements and engineering governance.
- Support the Engineering Lead in maintaining engineering standards, technical guidance and assurance expectations.
- Review engineering designs, strategies, specifications, calculations and technical submissions where risk, complexity or safety significance requires additional assurance.
- Support safety implication screening and graded assurance activities.
- Identify technical risks, non-conformances, deviations and discipline-specific issues.
- Contribute to gateway reviews, design reviews and technical assurance activities.
- Provide clear technical findings, recommendations and evidence-based advice.
- Support the development of engineering capability across current and future programmes.
- Provide electrical discipline input into technical guidance, assurance plans and programme priorities.
- Assess programme and supply chain capability, identifying technical gaps, risks and improvement actions.
- Provide technical reports and advice to senior engineering and leadership teams.
- Support communities of practice, mentoring and technical knowledge sharing.
- Act as a subject matter expert when engaging with programme teams, Design Authority representatives, customers and supply chain partners.
- Support the translation of customer, site, safety, operational and regulatory requirements into appropriate engineering outputs.
- Support technical issue resolution and options assessment without assuming programme delivery accountability.
- Provide specialist input into tender evaluations, supplier engagement and technical clarification.
- Support continuous improvement of technical assurance, design review and programme support processes.
- Prepare technical briefs, papers and notes to support governance and decision-making.
- Experience reviewing electrical engineering designs, specifications, calculations, risk assessments and construction-related technical submissions.
- Experience providing technical advice, challenge and assuranc
Reference: job/technical-electrical-engineer · Posted 3 days ago · Closes 27 Nov 2026 · Listed via Westlakes Recruitment
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