Engineering Manager

Hitachi, Ltd.; Stone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions provider in Stone, United Kingdom is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the engineering team within its service division. In this role, you will support lifecycle services for power grid infrastructure, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and promoting innovation. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Electrical or Controls engineering, strong leadership experience, and a passion for developing teams. This position drives significant projects and plays a critical role in continuous improvement within the engineering function.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree, ideally in Electrical or Controls engineering.
• Experience leading complex engineering projects.
• Strong customer interface experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team, fostering innovation and collaboration.
• Allocate resources and monitor project workloads.
• Conduct performance reviews and provide feedback.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and safety standards.

Skills

Engineering degree or equivalent

People leadership

Project management

Problem-solving abilities

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Electrical or Controls engineering

Job description

.Engineering Manager page is loaded## Engineering Managerlocations: Stone, Staffordshire, United Kingdomtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R0118057**Location:**Stone, Staffordshire, United Kingdom**Job ID:**R0118057**Date Posted:**2026-01-29**Company Name:**HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITED**Profession (Job Category):**Engineering & Science**Job Schedule:**Full time**Remote:**No**Job Description:****The opportunity**As **Engineering Manager** your role is to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You will lead the engineering team within Hitachi Energy’s service division, supporting the engineering of lifecycle services—such as replacement, extensions, upgrades, and commissioning—to electrical infrastructure across the power grid. This role ensures compliance with industry regulations, safety standards, and operational excellence while driving innovation and efficiency in service delivery. **Please note we are unable to provide visa support on this position.****How you'll make an impact*** Mentor, and develop a team of engineers, ensuring high performance and engagement.* Allocate resources effectively across projects and monitor workload distribution.* Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback.* Resources projects for design delivery & support during installation, focusing on safety, timely delivery, quality & margin improvement* Develops, implements, and improves relevant processes, policies, and procedures to improve effectiveness across the engineering function* Ensures the required systems and processes are available, understood and implemented* Provides updates to project managers on progress in programme reviews* Conducts regular design progress reviews* Identifies, raises and mitigates contractual risks* Provides engineering support and feeds back lessons learned in tendering* Initiates and encourages a continuous improvement culture within the team* Provides training, development and guidance to team the wider business* Builds and maintains relationships with the key stakeholders to projects both internally and externally to the business.* Participate in the recruitment and onboarding of new engineering talent.**Your background*** Engineering degree, Engineering School, University or equivalent knowledge / experience, ideally in Electrical or Controls engineering.* We welcome talent with experience from the industry and you will be outstanding if you are from the energy sector: Oil & Gas, Power Distribution, Power Transmission, Power Generation.* Strong experience in complex projects and leading engineering disciplines, with significant experience of people leadership.* Passionate about developing teams and people, with an ability to drive large-scale, high-impact initiatives.* Take a pro-active approach to ensuring Health & Safety is paramount, including conducting Risk Assessments where necessary.* Significant customer interface experience, ability to influence others and lead teams, and excellent interpersonal skills.* Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.* Strong problem-solving abilities and a data-driven approach to decision-making.## Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.## This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response.Our people love technology – and they love making a difference. They have a passion for finding new solutions and working with brilliant colleagues. Every day they dedicate themselves to a huge range of exciting projects, contributing to the Hitachi vision around the globe.From engineering new sustainability solutions that conserve water and energy to creating the infrastructure for the smart cities of tomorrow, there’s no challenge too great for our pioneers. And there’s no shortage of opportunities for you to make a difference.Come and experience the dynamic, collaborative and creative environments where your ideas are welcome and new discoveries are waiting. To help you grow to your full potential, we strive to support our employees in their career aspirations and promote the freedom to explore new horizons.