CAREERS AT CRESSALL

At Cressall we design and manufacture power resistors for use in the electro-technical markets all over the world. Our customers range from the smallest of local companies right up to multi-national corporations such as GE, Siemens and ABB.

Offering the very highest quality of products and service levels to such a wide range of customers and markets is made possible by our highly skilled personnel.

We are always on the lookout for talented individuals to add to the team. If you have suitable skills and experience from an industry relevant to ours, and are an Electrical Engineer, Sales, Commercial or Technical Professional looking for a new challenge – please send a copy of your CV to:

Human Resources, Cressall Resistors Limited
Evington Valley Road, Leicester, LE5 5LZ
email: hr@cressall.com

Current vacancies:

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INTERNAL SALES ENGINEER

Reporting to: Sales Director
Reportees: None
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: Discretionary bonus scheme, 4% contributory pension, Life Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Cycle to Work, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, free onsite parking, free tea and coffee, Employee Assistance Program
Hours: 37.75 (standard hours are 8.15 to 17.00 Monday to Thursday, 8.15 to 13.00 Friday but may be some flexibility on this)
Location: Main place of work will be Leicester.
Occasional site and customer visits may be required both nationally and internationally.

The Company

Cressall Resistors Ltd (CRL) design and manufacture high power electrical resistors used in electricity generation, transmission and distribution as well as in the industrial automation, marine, telecoms and rail transit markets.

Applications for our products include the neutral earthing of MV and HV systems, the dynamic braking of motors and industrial drives and the load testing of batteries and generators (LV and MV). We supply to large contractors, OEMs and end users throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South America.

Job  Overview

Working in the Medium Voltage part of the company, the Internal Sales Engineer will be the front-line contact for our customers.

As a key member of the Sales team, you will build close relationships with our customers, dealing with technical enquiries and processing orders. The role will involve understanding customer requirements, identifying appropriate solutions and producing preliminary designs which can be costed and quoted, generating profitable business for the company.

The role operates as a bridge between Customers and Contracts/Engineering teams, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of our resistor products.

Responsibilities

    • Processing customer enquiries, which will involve:
      – Initial customer contact via telephone, email and face to face
      – Managing, understanding and interpreting customer requirements
      – Producing designs and costed solutions to satisfy these requirements, whilst maximizing the benefit for the company
      – Production of quotations/tenders in a timely, clear, detailed and accurate manner
      – Follow up quotations in a timely manner to secure profitable orders
  • Maintain expert knowledge of products and applications
  • Provide pre-sales technical expertise and product education to new and existing customers
  • Ensuring orders are processed quickly and that information allowing for design and manufacturing is passed to the relevant department
  • Ensuring that customers are kept informed of order (contract) status and that any issues are resolved quickly
  • Maintaining accurate up to date records of enquiries, quotations, orders and customer activity
  • Pursue new business opportunities
  • Occasional site and customer visits
  • Supporting the Contracts, Engineering and Production departments
  • Building relationships with customers and potential customers to understand their requirements
  • Adhering to all Health & Safety, Quality and Environmental policies within the company

Targets

  • Budgeted order intake.
  • Delivery performance and quality

Skills
Essential

  • Good understanding of electrical engineering, with an HNC in electrical, electronic or control engineering or equivalent apprenticeship.
  • Previous experience in a similar customer-facing role
  • Customer focused approach with excellent communication skills
  • Problem solving approach
  • Strong technical mindset with the ability to read and interpret technical data and translate to others
  • Strong IT skills, with confident use of Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel
  • Self-motivated
  • Organised, accurate with an eye for detail

 

 
Desirable

  • Degree in electrical, electronic or control and engineering
  • Familiarity with either large OEMs and contractors or international customers
  • Previous experience or knowledge of high power or high voltage applications

 
How to Apply

Applicants should email their CV and covering letter to hr@cressall.com

 

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PRODUCTION MANAGER

Reporting to: Chief Operations Officer
Reportees: Team Leaders
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: 4.5% contributory pension, Life Insurance, Health Cash Plan, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Free on-site parking, Free tea and coffee, Employee Assistance Program
Hours: 37.75 hours per week – (standard hours are 8.15 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Thursday, 8.15 am to 1.00 pm on Friday)
Location: Place of work will be Hurn Road, Dereham, occasional site and customer visits may be required.

The Company

Cressall Resistors design and manufacture high power electrical resistors used in electricity generation, transmission and distribution as well as in the industrial automation, marine, telecoms and rail transit markets.

Applications for our products include the neutral earthing of MV and HV systems, the dynamic braking of motors and industrial drives and the load testing of batteries and generators. We supply to large contractors, OEMs and end users throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Job  Overview

Lead the manufacturing function within budget and output targets to meet customer requirements and standards. Accountability for ensuring safety, customer quality, cost and delivery requirements are met. Responsible for developing an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible team by building working relationships ensuring that Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are adhered to. Manage the team on best practice and establish standard policies and procedures whilst also mentoring and leading teams. Implement and manage continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes.

There will also be a level of site facility management for the two factory units currently occupied which are leased from the Landlord. Whereby in the absence of a director on site there needs to be a senior person. This role would be the senior person for the site.

Targets

  • OTD
  • RFT
  • Output/labour hour
  • Sales to budget

 

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

  • Essential
  • H&S awareness
  • Can do attitude
  • Commercial awareness
  • Driven by results
  • Ability to communicate throughout all levels within the company
  • Strong IT proficiency (Microsoft Office, EFACS, vault)
  • Ability to train/coach others
  • Detail-oriented, ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with strict deadlines
  • Pro-active and self-motivated
  • Strong organisational skills.
  • Driving licence
  • Excellent leadership and people management skills

Desirable

  • Knowledge of LEAN tools
  • Technical understanding
  • Extensive plant level experience with significant proven managerial experience

Responsibilities

  • Ensure adherence to the manufacturing plan throughout all stages of the manufacturing process
  • Ensure adequate resources are in place to achieve the operating plan including recruitment, training, development and motivation of team members
  • Implement strategic tasks to deliver bottom line improvements
  • Ensure 360-degree communications with operations personnel on all matters that affect the manufacturing plan
  • Use resource efficiently to deliver the manufacturing plan and to continually improve upon KPIs including:
    -OTD
    -RFT
    -Output/labour hour
    -Sales to budget
  • Improve manufacturing efficiency by analysing and planning capacity, workflow, and equipment layout ensuring the latest quality systems & measures are met.
  • Provide manufacturing information to aid the decision-making by calculating resource, costs & reviewing production schedules in line with Operations Planning.
  • To work with Production and Quality staff to develop and establish systems to support continuous improvement, including Safety audits, FMEAs, 8D’s, control plans, process specifications, etc.
  • Liaise with the Chief Operations Officer and her team, along with appropriate Sales Managers and DBR order input control staff, in relation to the production planning, materials, staff training and anything that will affect the day to day running of the production lines.
  • To work with Team Leaders to ensure both skills matrices are managed to suit business needs
  • To identify, prioritise and plan the improvement of housekeeping.
  • Manage, develop and motivate direct reporting staff
  • Be able to make appropriate decisions while following the company’s organisational structure
  • Use of T&A system to record hours worked and absences
  • Manage production staff in accordance with company procedures, including disciplinary and grievance issues in conjunction with the HR and Director in charge.
  • Manage and monitor machine maintenance and breakdowns
  • Research and raise purchase requisitions for tools, parts, services and other.
  • Review order requirements and BOM to raise internal works orders for Sheetmetal work when required to meet despatch requirements for the works orders once released into production.
  • Produce plans based on customer requirements, communicate and monitor adherence to those plans while controlling costs.
  • Create works orders for internally manufactured parts and assemblies including contract work and stock
  • Identify, exploit and monitor opportunities for reduced costs and wastage throughout the planning function whilst maintaining and improving product quality and on time delivery.
  • Adhere to all Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental policies within the company.
  • Communicate with other departments to ensure that customer requirements are met
  • Identify business improvement opportunities within the organisation
  • Effectively and efficiently manage the production of the required daily/weekly/monthly targets in line with customer specifications, meeting quality and delivery expectations, minimising costs where possible and ensure the required best working practices are maintained at all times
  • Any other duties not listed commensurate with the requirements of the Business

How to Apply

Applicants should email their CV and covering letter to hr@cressall.com

 

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ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER - INDUSTRIAL RESISTORS

Reporting to: Engineering Manager
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: Discretionary bonus scheme, 4.5% contributory Pension, Life Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Cycle to Work, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, free parking, free tea and coffee, Friday early finish.
Hours: 37.75 (standard hours are 8.15 to 17.00 Monday to Thursday, 8.15 to 13.00 Friday but may be some flexibility on this)
Location: Place of work will be Evington Valley Road, Leicester. Occasional site and customer visits may be required.

The Company

Cressall Resistors, an established electrical equipment manufacturer with over 100 years of experience. Cressall Resistors design and manufacture high power electrical resistors used in electricity generation, transmission and distribution as well as in the industrial automation, marine, telecoms and rail transit markets.

Applications for our products include the filter and neutral earthing for MV and HV systems, the dynamic braking of motors and industrial drives and the load testing of batteries and generators. We supply to large contractors, OEMs and end users throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Job  Overview

We seek a skilled Electrical Design Engineer to support the engineering team for our industrial resistor product range. In this pivotal role, you’ll contribute to the design of electrical equipment for industrial applications. Your responsibilities will include implementing electrical best practices, adhering to industry standards, and collaborating with the design team to create innovative solutions. The successful candidate should have hands-on design experience and a solid grasp of both electrical and mechanical engineering principles.

Targets

  • Work to deadlines and KPI targets set by the engineering manager
  • Interact with Sales, Production and Test departments to optimise designs and resolve fabrication and assembly issues in a timely manner

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

Essential

  • Significant electrical design experience.
  • Degree or equivalent qualification in electrical engineering.
  • Familiarity with CE marking processes and DFMEA.
  • Experience in designing electrical equipment and/or machinery.
  • Proficiency in Autodesk Inventor and Autocad.
  • Competent skill level with Microsoft Excel
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with design teams, office staff, and manufacturing operatives.

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of mechanical engineering practices – materials, FEA, fixings, fabrication etc.
  • Experience of designing MV assemblies.
  • Experience of HV test techniques.

Principal Responsibilities

  • Review design requirements and produce design calculations and production documentation (resistor element and design overview sheets).
  • Produce design calculations and corresponding paperwork to manufacture designs.
  • Approval of drawings, Bills of Materials and other design information issued for manufacture.
  • Participate in research, development, and product testing as agreed with the Engineering Manager.
  • Select electrical components for use in control systems
  • Create 3D models (primarily sheet metal parts) and assemblies, issuing designs for manufacture through engineering drawings and supplementary documentation (Bills of Materials, etc.).
  • Carry out detailed mechanical design work including simulation and design verification testing, as required
  • Review and approve design information from other team members.

 

  • Adhere to quality systems (primarily ISO 9001), including using Engineering Change Notifications (ECNs) to document changes.
  • Conduct technical investigations, perform root cause analysis, and initiate corrective actions.
  • Provide technical support to Production, Sales, Service, and Customer Support.
  • Deliver projects on schedule and within budget, managing a complex workload efficiently.
  • Apply relevant design, regulatory, and industry standards.
  • Identify and apply new industry-wide processes within the company.
  • Perform additional duties as required.

How to Apply

Applicants should email their CV and covering letter to hr@cressall.com