Electrical craft

Tata Steel UK; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days holidays per annum

Annual Pay Review

Bonus Scheme

Job summary

Tata Steel UK is hiring an Electrical Craft Team Member to join the Engineering team at the 20” Pipe Mill, Hartlepool. You will provide first line expertise to manufacturing areas as part of a small engineering team, reporting to the shift engineer.

The role operates on a 12-hour shift pattern (days and nights) with two days, two nights and four days off. Applicants should have completed an electrical apprenticeship or an NVQ/equivalent and bring experience in heavy engineering manufacturing,

Qualifications

• Completed electrical apprenticeship or recognised electrical maintenance qualification (NVQ or similar).
• Background in heavy engineering manufacturing preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the engineering team with preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Maintain Health, Safety & Environmental standards and safe working procedures.
• Provide first line electrical technical expertise to identify and rectify faults to minimise downtime.
• Suggest and implement improvements to process control systems with peers.
• Ensure high quality repairs are robust to prevent recurrence.

Skills

Electrical apprenticeship

Heavy engineering background

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Electrical apprenticeship

Electrical maintenance qualification (NVQ)

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

HMI systems

AC/DC motor drives

Job description

Job Title: Electrical Craft Team Member (Shifts)

Salary: £45,345 basic (Inclusive of shift allowance) rising to £49,807 (Inclusive of shift allowance) upon demonstration of site specific competencies + quarterly bonus

Closing Date: 30th August 2026

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

Are you up for the challenge of maintaining and repairing electrical equipment in an innovative industrial environment?

Can you harness your skills to ensure the reliability and precision of electrical circuits, directly impacting the quality and consistency of steel output?

If so, our Hartlepool site wants to hear from you…

Tata Tube Products are one of Europe’s leading pipe suppliers with a long and successful track record in the energy industry. We offer products and services that enable energy resources to be extracted, transported, processed and distributed all the way to the final consumer. Our products and services are specially packaged to meet our client’s needs whether they are in the Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG), Offshore Pipeline, Process Plant or Onshore Pipeline sectors of the industry.

What you will do

A vacancy has arisen for an Electrical Craft Team Member to join the Engineering team based at the 20” Pipe Mill, Hartlepool.

We are looking for someone to provide first line expertise to our manufacturing areas as part of a small, multi-disciplined engineering team.

Reporting to the shift engineer, you’ll:

• Assist the engineering team in carrying out preventative & reactive maintenance
• Continuously maintain Health, Safety & Environmental standards, ensure safe working procedures are followed
• Provide first line technical expertise and knowledge to identify and rectify faults to minimise plant downtime
• Suggesting and implementing improvements to process control systems through collaboratively working with relevant peers
• Possess a high quality of work, ensuring any deficiencies found are repaired expediently and are robust enough to prevent recurrence

This position will operate on shift pattern working 12 hour Days and Nights, 2 days, 2 nights and 4 days off.

What you will need

We want to speak to people that can bring a problem solving approach to their work. You’ll have completed an electrical apprenticeship, or possess a recognised electrical maintenance qualification (NVQ or similar). The successful candidate will ideally have a background in heavy engineering manufacturing, as well as possessing excellent interpersonal skills.

We’d also love to speak with individuals who have experience with:

• Industrial/domestic wiring
• Overhead Cranes & associated safety systems
• PLC's in the main Siemens & Allen Bradley including HMI's
• Expertise with AC and DC motor/gearbox drive systems of various configurations
• Variable speed motor control with inverters and converters, including speed feedback devices
• Interpret electrical drawings
• Awareness of Safety related control systems

What we can offer you

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• up to 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.

Why us?

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability

is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video: Tata Steel – A place you can thrive – YouTube