Electrical Maintenance Engineer

BBE Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

BBE Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join a busy production environment. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on automated equipment and lead continuous improvement projects.

You will fault-find, perform preventative maintenance, support new machine installs, and mentor other engineers while keeping downtime to a minimum.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' maintenance experience in manufacturing.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills.
• Experience with CNC machinery, PLCs, servo motors and drives.
• Fanuc robot experience and ability to read electrical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Fault finding on automated production equipment and carrying out planned maintenance.
• Carry out preventative maintenance and support new machine installations.
• Mentor fellow engineers and support maintenance across the function.
• Minimise production downtime through efficient maintenance and quick fault resolution.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

CNC machinery

PLC & servo drives

Fanuc robot experience

Reading electrical drawings

Team collaboration

Education

HNC in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Fanuc robotics

Job description

Our client is looking to recruit an experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join their maintenance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands‑on engineer to support production by carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, leading continuous improvement projects and providing technical support across the maintenance function.

Working on automated production equipment, you'll be responsible for fault finding, preventative maintenance, supporting new machine installations and mentoring fellow engineers while ensuring production downtime is kept to a minimum.

The Ideal Candidate

• Minimum 10 years' maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault‑finding skills.
• Experience with CNC machinery, PLCs, servo motors and drives.
• Fanuc robot experience and the ability to read electrical drawings.
• HNC in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Proactive team player with excellent problem‑solving and communication skills.

What's On Offer?

• £40,000 - £45,000 basic salary.
• Shift allowance taking the package to around £50,000.
• Regular overtime opportunities.
• Quarterly bonus potential.
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.
• Life assurance, pension, employee discounts and EAP