Electrical Fitter

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established manufacturer in Plymouth is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to maintain and improve their modern manufacturing machinery. This role involves diagnosing electrical faults and performing planned maintenance across various equipment, while ensuring safety and quality standards. Candidates should have a time-served electrical apprenticeship and familiarity with CNC and factory services. The position offers a salary up to £45,000, paid standby allowances, and generous holiday benefits.

Benefits

Paid standby allowance

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Subsidised canteen

Free on-site parking

Employee rewards platform

Training and support

Qualifications

• Time-served apprenticeship in electrical maintenance.
• City & Guilds certification or similar qualification.
• Comfortable working on CNC machinery.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned maintenance on a variety of equipment.
• Diagnose electrical faults using schematics.
• Support small upgrade projects.

Skills

Ability to diagnose electrical faults

Reading electrical schematics

Confident working on machinery electrics

Basic mechanical confidence

Education

Time-served electrical apprenticeship

City & Guilds Electrical/Electronic qualification

Tools

Multimeters

PLC knowledge

Job description

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Shift: Days

Pay: circa £45,000

Location: Plymouth

Have you served your apprenticeship and gained experience in a manufacturing environment? Or are you a time-served Maintenance Engineer looking for a role where the work is varied and technical? If you enjoy fault finding, working with modern machinery, and being part of a skilled engineering team, this could be a great move.

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a well-established manufacturer that has invested heavily in their Plymouth facility. The site runs a range of modern CNC machinery and supporting equipment, with a strong focus on engineering standards, safety and continuous improvement.

You'll be joining a friendly team where engineers are respected for their experience, and you'll have the chance to build your skills across a range of equipment.

This is what you'll be doing

You'll play a key role in keeping production running safely and reliably across a modern manufacturing facility. The focus is on planned maintenance, electrical fault finding and supporting small upgrade projects.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Carry out planned maintenance on a wide variety of equipment and site services
• Diagnose electrical faults using schematics, multimeters and safe isolation procedures
• Work inside control cabinets, identifying drives, relays, PLC I/O and key components
• Support machine installations, moves and small improvement projects
• Record work completed and help build simple maintenance routines
• Help maintain environmental, quality and safety standards

The work is varied and offers good exposure to a range of equipment, with support from experienced engineers as you learn the site.

What they're looking for

• Time-served electrical apprenticeship
• City & Guilds Electrical/Electronic qualification (or similar)
• Confident working on machinery electrics and factory services
• Able to read electrical schematics and work safely within panels
• Comfortable around CNC machinery or machine tool electrics
• PLC knowledge at I/O level is an advantage
• Basic mechanical confidence is helpful, but the team has a clear split - electrical focus is fine.

What you'll get in return:

• Salary of up to circa £45,000
• Paid standby allowance of £300 per week when on‑call (around 1 in 8‑9 weeks)
• Monday‑Friday pattern with no night shifts
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Subsidised canteen
• Free on‑site parking
• Employee rewards platform
• Training and support from experienced engineers

You’ll be joining a stable business with a long track record and continued investment in machinery, technology and people.

Are you up to the challenge?

If you're interested, please get in touch with engineering specialist recruiter Liam Reid.

Apply with your CV. A cover letter is welcome but not essential.

We also run a referral scheme, so if you know someone who might be interested, feel free to share their details.

Please note: due to high application volumes, we may not be able to reply to everyone. If you don't hear back within 7 days, please assume your application hasn't been successful on this occasion.