Electrical Maintenance Engineer (Site Responsible)

Akzo Nobel N.V.; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading coatings manufacturer in Stowmarket is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer. You will oversee engineering standards, compliance, and team development while ensuring a safe, reliable production environment. With a focus on Lean methodologies, you will lead projects, improve systems, and maintain critical documentation. Candidates should have a degree in Electrical Engineering and experience in a manufacturing setting. Competitive salary and flexible work options available.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Income protection

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Company pension

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally within coatings or chemicals.
• Experience managing teams in a continuous improvement environment.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering and maintenance teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Drive compliance with HSE, Quality, and Sustainability standards.
• Lead capital project development and execution.

Skills

Leadership

Technical knowledge of ECI systems

Analytical problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Lean methodologies

Six Sigma

Job description

Electrical Maintenance Engineer (Site Responsible)

Stowmarket, Suffolk

We encourage you to apply if you have relevant experience and expertise for this role, even if you don’t meet all the criteria listed in the job description.

For more than 200 years, AkzoNobel has been pioneering a world of possibilities to bring surfaces to life. As experts in making coatings, our products are found everywhere — trusted by customers around the globe through leading brands such as Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon. With operations in more than 150 countries, we are committed to becoming the global industry leader and the most sustainable paints company in the world.

Job Purpose

We are looking for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety, reliability and performance of our Stowmarket site. You will oversee engineering standards, asset care, maintenance excellence and continuous improvement, while providing strong leadership to our engineering and maintenance teams.

You will be accountable for compliance of electrical, control and instrumentation systems, delivering safe and reliable plant performance, driving Lean and CI initiatives, and supporting major capital investment planning and delivery. This role is critical to maintaining a world‑class manufacturing environment and enabling long‑term asset development.

Key Responsibilities

• Help to develop engineering and maintenance teams, building a culture of learning, continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability.
• Drive and embed a strong HSE, Quality and Sustainability culture, ensuring full compliance with statutory, industry and AkzoNobel standards.>
• Own and improve engineering governance, including process safety, PUWER, ATEX/DSEAR compliance and safe systems of work.
• Provide technical expertise for electrical, control and instrumentation systems, ensuring integrity, standardisation and site‑wide support.
• Lead or support capital project development and execution, from small improvements to major site upgrades, ensuring they meet cost, safety and performance expectations.
• Use Lean, Six Sigma and CI methodologies to identify waste reduction, improve productivity and optimise asset utilisation.
• Support troubleshooting, defect elimination and root‑cause investigations to resolve equipment or process‑related issues.
• Maintain accurate engineering documentation and CMMS records, ensuring compliance with safety‑critical and quality‑critical maintenance requirements.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams – including Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Product Development and Global Technology – to drive best practice and ensure the long‑term development of site processes and technology.

Job Requirements

• Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering.
• Strong experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally within coatings, chemicals or a related process industry.
• Demonstrated leadership capability with experience managing teams in a Lean or continuous improvement environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of ECI systems, industrial automation, process safety standards and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in project management, asset management and reliability engineering.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to motivate and develop others.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Passion for continuous improvement, coaching and developing high‑performing teams.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions and build strong professional relationships.
• A proactive mindset and a drive to deliver sustainable improvements.

What We Offer at AkzoNobel

• Competitive salary (based on experience)
• Income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Company pension
• A flexible benefits scheme (Gymflex, retail card, dental cover and more)

We’ve been inventing the future for more than two centuries — and now we need people like you to help us create the next chapter. Apply online and we’ll be in touch soon.

We are advocates of a healthy work life balance and mental wellbeing. We are happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.