Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Partnership Recruiting; Dalbeattie; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee discounts and benefits

24/7 confidential wellbeing support

Funded learning and career development

Company Life Assurance

Job summary

Partnership Recruiting is seeking an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer for our client in Dalbeattie, UK. The role is a permanent position within a busy engineering team, focusing on electrical maintenance, fault-finding, and breakdown support across production plant and machinery.

You will work alongside engineers under the Engineering Manager, performing planned and reactive maintenance, diagnosing faults, and improving equipment reliability while upholding health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Electrical maintenance experience in industrial environments.
• Strong fault-finding and repair skills.
• Experience with PLC systems.
• Experience with industrial plant and machinery.
• Knowledge of planned and preventative maintenance.
• City & Guilds 17th/18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations or equivalent.
• Good communication and teamwork.
• Proficiency with computer-based maintenance systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and reactive electrical maintenance across production equipment.
• Diagnose faults and repair to minimise downtime.
• Troubleshoot and test equipment, control systems and software.
• Respond to breakdowns across production lines.
• Work with electrical, electromechanical, pneumatic and mechanical equipment.
• Install and replace motors, pumps and valves.
• Carry out planned maintenance inspections and identify potential faults.
• Ensure equipment safety and operability with production and engineering teams.
• Maintain high standards of workmanship and health & safety.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Electrical fault-finding

PLC systems

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

City & Guilds 17th/18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations

Tools

CMMS/maintenance software

Job description

We are recruiting for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established industrial business based in Dalbeattie.

This is a permanent opportunity to join a busy engineering and maintenance team, providing electrical maintenance, fault-finding and breakdown support across a wide range of production plant and machinery.

Working alongside a team of Engineers and reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in keeping the site running safely and efficiently. The position will involve a combination of planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance, electrical fault finding and responding to machinery breakdowns.

The Role

As Electrical Maintenance Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out planned and reactive electrical maintenance across production equipment and machinery.
• Diagnosing electrical faults and completing repairs to minimise production downtime.
• Troubleshooting and testing equipment, control systems and associated software.
• Responding promptly to breakdowns across production lines.
• Working with electrical, electromechanical, pneumatic and mechanical equipment.
• Installing and replacing components including motors, pumps and valves.
• Carrying out planned maintenance inspections and identifying potential faults before they result in breakdowns.
• Working with PLC-controlled equipment and systems.
• Identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability, efficiency and performance.
• Working closely with production and engineering colleagues to ensure equipment remains safe and operational.
• Maintaining high standards of workmanship and health & safety.

About You

We are looking for someone with a strong electrical engineering or maintenance background, ideally gained within a manufacturing, production, processing or other industrial environment.

You should be technically minded, comfortable fault finding on industrial equipment and confident working both independently and as part of an engineering team.

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Electrician, Shift Electrician or similar.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and repair skills.
• Experience working with industrial plant and machinery.
• Experience with PLC systems.
• A good understanding of planned and preventative maintenance.
• Ideally, a City & Guilds 17th or 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations qualification, or equivalent.
• Good communication skills.
• Confidence using computer-based maintenance systems and software.
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work effectively under pressure and respond to breakdown situations.
• A strong commitment to health & safety.

What's on Offer?

This is an excellent opportunity to secure a long-term position with a large, established industrial employer offering a stable working environment and opportunities to develop your engineering career.

The package includes:

• Competitive salary.
• 24/7 rotating shift pattern, averaging 42 hours per week.
• Employee discounts and benefits.
• 24/7 confidential wellbeing support.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Funded learning and career development opportunities.
• Company Life Assurance