Electrical Maintenance Engineer

ISQ Recruitment; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life cover

Overtime paid at x1.5 after 40 hours

Opportunities for qualifications

Engineering project ownership

Job summary

ISQ Recruitment is recruiting an Electrical Maintenance Engineer for an established food manufacturer in Bedfordshire. You will provide electrical maintenance support across plant, machinery and production equipment, combining planned preventative maintenance with reactive breakdown work.

The role offers a consistent Monday-to-Friday early shift, opportunities to be involved in equipment installations and site engineering projects, and a path for further qualifications.

Qualifications

• Level 3 NVQ, BTEC, electrical apprenticeship or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in electrical maintenance within manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience with single and three-phase motors and inverters.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings.
• Maintaining industrial machinery and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical fault finding, maintenance and repair on production machinery and plant
• Complete planned preventive maintenance per site schedule
• Respond to breakdowns affecting production
• Work with single and three-phase motors, inverters and associated systems
• Read and interpret electrical drawings
• Support machinery adjustments, set-ups and production start-up
• Record maintenance and follow-up tasks
• Assist with machinery installations and site engineering improvements

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Diagnostics

Read electrical drawings

Industrial electrical maintenance

Education

Level 3 NVQ / BTEC / electrical apprenticeship

Job description

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Sector: Food Manufacturing

Location: Bedfordshire

Salary: Depending on experience

Hours: Monday to Friday, 05 30

Contract: Permanent, full time

Are you an electrically qualified Maintenance Engineer with strong fault-finding experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment?

ISQ Recruitment is recruiting an Electrical Maintenance Engineer for an established food manufacturer in Bedfordshire. The role offers a consistent Monday-to-Friday early shift, varied hands-on electrical maintenance work and the opportunity to get involved in equipment improvements, installations and site engineering projects.

About the role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will provide electrical maintenance support across plant, machinery and production equipment.

The role combines planned preventative maintenance with reactive breakdown work. You will diagnose electrical faults, carry out repairs, support machinery set-ups and site start-up, and help keep equipment operating safely and reliably.

You will also have the opportunity to support machinery installations, improvement work and wider engineering projects across the site.

Key duties

• Carry out electrical fault finding, maintenance and repair on production machinery and plant
• Complete planned preventative maintenance in line with the site schedule
• Respond to breakdowns and electrical issues affecting production
• Work with single and three-phase motors, inverters and associated electrical systems
• Read and interpret electrical drawings
• Support machinery adjustments, set-ups and production start-up
• Record completed maintenance and identify any follow-up work required
• Assist with machinery installations and site engineering improvements

What we are looking for

You will need:

• Level 3 NVQ, BTEC, electrical apprenticeship or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
• Previous electrical maintenance experience within a manufacturing, production or industrial environment
• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills
• Experience working with single and three-phase motors and inverters
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings
• Practical experience maintaining industrial machinery and equipment

Previous food manufacturing experience would be beneficial, but experience from other manufacturing or industrial environments will also be considered.

Benefits / package

• Monday-to-Friday working pattern
• Life cover
• Overtime paid at x1.5 after 40 hours and x2 on Sundays
• Opportunities to gain further qualifications in continuous improvement and management
• Opportunity to take ownership of engineering projects and support new equipment investment

ISQ Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.