Electrical Shift Lead

Position: Electrical Shift Lead (Permanent)
Location: South Ruislip

Job Title:

Electrical Shift Leader

Purpose of the Job

• To lead electrical operations within a 24/7 critical site environment, ensuring maximum uptime, safety, and compliance at all times.

• To act as the senior electrical authority on shift, managing incidents, isolations, and escalations in a mission-critical setting.

• To provide strong leadership to shift engineers while maintaining hands-on technical involvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate on a continental shift pattern covering days & nights:
4 on / 4 off / 6 on / 4 off / 4 on / 6 off

• Act as the Electrical Shift Leader within a live critical environment.

• Lead, coordinate, and support engineers on shift to ensure safe working and site resilience.

• Carry out and oversee PPM and reactive maintenance on critical electrical systems.

• Operate, supervise, or support HV & LV systems (where authorised).

• Act as the primary escalation point for electrical faults, alarms, and incidents.

• Ensure accurate shift handovers, incident reports, and compliance documentation.

• Mentor and develop technicians, including those stepping up into leadership roles.

Personal Experience / Qualifications / Skills

• Strong electrical background within critical environments (Data Centres, Banking, Hospitals, Pharma, etc.).

• Previous experience as an HV/LV Authorised Person highly desirable (not essential).

• Previous Shift Leader / Senior Technician experience preferred.

• Will consider Senior Technicians ready to step up into a leadership position.

• Calm under pressure with strong decision-making skills.

• Excellent communication and leadership capability.

Working Hours & Salary Package

• Shift pattern:
Continental Days & Nights

• Salary: £55,000 – £60,000

Accountabilities

• Accountable to the Engineering / Operations Manager.

• Responsible for electrical safety, uptime, and compliance across the critical site during shift.

• Line management responsibility for shift engineers while on duty