CNC Maintenance Electrician

BAE Systems; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the North East of England is looking for a CNC Maintenance Electrician to support site maintenance and installations. The successful candidate will perform essential repairs, support contractors, and maintain manufacturing equipment. Candidates should have qualifications in Wiring Regulations and experience with CNC machinery. This role offers competitive benefits including a pension scheme, flexible benefits, and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience working in a high-paced manufacturing environment, typically on and around CNC machines.
• HV/LV Switching is desirable.
• Testing and Inspection C&G 2391 is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Perform site maintenance and installation activities.
• Conduct minor and major repairs as necessary.
• Respond to breakdowns and diagnose issues with manufacturing equipment.

Skills

17th/18th Edition Wiring Regulation Qualification

Time served Electrician (HNC/HND desirable)

Experience on CNC machines in an industrial background

Safety qualifications (e.g. IOSH, working at height, MEWP licence, confined space)

Tools

Industrial Robots (Fanuc/ABB)

PLC Experience

Job description

Job Title

CNC Maintenance Electrician

Location

Washington, Tyne & Wear

Salary

£39,301 plus 25% shift allowance

What you'll be doing

• Site maintenance and installation activities
• Minor/major repairs
• Breakdown response and diagnostics to resolve manufacturing equipment issues
• Support to contractors during technical works
• Attendance at site operational meetings as required
• Execution of work orders from the site CMMS
• Update of work order details to maintain the asset database for the site on all works performed

Your skills and experiences

Essential

• 17th/18th Edition Wiring Regulation Qualification
• Time served Electrician (HNC/HND desirable)
• Working in a high paced manufacturing environment, typically on and around CNC machines
• Safety qualifications (e.g. IOSH, working at height, MEWP licence, confined space)
• Experience on CNC machines in an industrial background

Desirable

• HV/LV Switching
• Testing and Inspection C&G 2391
• Industrial Robots (Fanuc/ABB)
• PLC Experience

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Maintenance Team

As an Electrical Maintenance Technician, you will carry out a varied range of electrical activities that protect the Washington site and ensure capability for manufacturing teams to perform their duties. This will include planned maintenance, reactive breakdown response/repairs and work requests.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team in a role where every day is different working on a variety of products. We have several vacancies available due to the continued expansion across our Land UK sites with BAE Systems securing new orders for the supply of munitions to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date

26th January 2026