Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Limited; Bristol; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension

35 days holiday

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Ongoing training and development

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Limited is seeking an Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer for a long-term role in Avonmouth. The position offers a salary of £53,000 plus benefits within a well-invested manufacturing environment.

You will be part of a shift engineering team, responsible for planned and reactive maintenance on various systems including conveyors, pumps, and automated machinery. The role requires an electrically biased background and hands-on approach.

Qualifications

• Electrically biased maintenance background required.
• Previous experience in manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Comfortable working independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across the production facility.
• Fault find on 3-phase electrical systems.
• Perform mechanical maintenance including pumps and conveyors.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Welding

Mechanical maintenance

Education

Apprentice trained or time-served

Job description

Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer
4 on 4 off (Days & Nights)
£53,000 + Benefits
Avonmouth

Are you an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer looking for a long-term role within a stable, well-invested manufacturing environment?

We're supporting an industry leading production site that is continuing to invest heavily into both equipment and infrastructure. They're looking to add another electrically biased engineer into their established shift engineering team.

The site has undergone significant upgrades in recent years, particularly around controls and automation systems, with further project and improvement work planned moving forward.

The Role

You'll be working as part of the shift engineering team carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance across the production facility.

Equipment and systems include:

• Conveyors and material handling systems
• Mixers, blenders, Motors, drives, panels and 3-phase systems
• Steam, boilers and compressed air systems
• Pumps, valves and utility equipment
• Automated production and processing machinery

Electrical:

• Fault finding on 3-phase systems
• Panels, relays, contactors, drives and inverters/VSDs
• Electrical maintenance and installation work
• Reading electrical drawings and schematics
• Basic PLC fault finding and diagnostics

Mechanical:

• Bearings, chains, gearboxes and conveyors
• Pumps, valves and pipework
• Pneumatics and general mechanical maintenance
• Welding and fabrication repairs beneficial

What They're Looking For:

• Electrically biased maintenance background
• Apprentice trained or time-served engineering experience
• Previous experience within any manufacturing, production, process or heavy industry
• Comfortable working independently within a shift team
• Someone practical, hands-on and proactive
• Welding and steam/boiler experience would be advantageous
• Project or improvement work experience beneficial

Package

• Circa £53,000
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced pension
• 35 days holiday including bank holidays
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Ongoing training and development

This would suit someone from FMCG, heavy industry, aggregates, feed, recycling, ports, utilities or wider process manufacturing looking for a secure role with a good shift pattern and a strong engineering team.