Electrical Engineer - Dalbeattie

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited; Castle Douglas; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Benefits

Job summary

You will repair electromechanical machinery, perform planned maintenance checks, and fault-find under pressure to improve reliability and reduce downtime.

The business offers training and benefits as part of a growing UK operation, with a structured career path in a world-class engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering background in industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Strong hands-on electrical maintenance and fault‑finding experience.
• Experience from facilities management, armed forces or field service backgrounds considered.
• 4 on 4 off, 12 hour shift schedule on a large manufacturing site.

Responsibilities

• Repair electromechanical machinery on a large manufacturing site.
• Carry out planned maintenance checks and fix faults to minimise downtime.
• Support reliability improvements and plant performance initiatives.
• Operate within rotating 12‑hour shifts (4 on 4 off).

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Industrial environment

Equipment reliability

Tools

PLC control systems

Electrical schematics

Job description

Salary: GBP49000 - GBP50000 per annum

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

£49,795 + Training + Benefits

Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland– Commutable from Dumfries, Dalbeattie, Castle Douglas, Barnbarroch

Rotating Shifts 6am-6pm, 6pm-6am.(average 42hrs/week)

Are you an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer ready to take ownership of critical plant systems and accelerate your career across a complex, high-performing industrial environment?

This is your opportunity to step into a role where your electrical expertise directly impacts production, reliability, and continuous improvement across a large-scale, multi-process site.

Joining a large timber company in the world, you’ll be part of a business that is investing heavily in its UK operations—modernising equipment, upgrading infrastructure, and pushing for world-class engineering standards.

Due to sustained growth and major site development, they’re looking for an Electrical Engineer who thrives in a plant environment—someone who enjoys fault finding under pressure, improving system performance, and expanding into a truly multi-skilled engineer.

Working alongside an experienced engineering team, you’ll be hands‑on with a wide range of industrial systems across sawmilling, timber treatment, and biomass energy operations. From maintaining and optimising PLC‑controlled machinery to driving reliability improvements and reducing downtime, your role will be central to keeping the plant running at peak efficiency.

You’ll benefit from structured training, exposure to diverse plant systems, and clear progression pathways within a global organisation that values its engineers.

If you’re looking to future‑prove your career, deepen your technical skill set, and play a key role in a modern industrial plant environment—this is the move.

The Role

• Permanent, full time role working shifts on a large manufacturing site
• RepairingElectromechanical Machinery.
• Carrying out planned maintenance checks, finding and fixing any faults.
• 4 on 4 off Shift, 12 hour shifts

The Person

• Electrical engineering background (any industrial or manufacturing environment)
• Strong hands‑on electrical maintenance and fault‑finding experience
• Would look at candidates from facilities management, armed forces or field service backgrounds

Reference Number: BBBH277101