Electrical Maintenance Engineer

ETS Consulting Ltd; Hague Bar; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Benefits

Job summary

ETS Consulting Ltd is actively seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a busy manufacturing site in New Mills - High Peak. The role focuses on electrical maintenance, fault finding on PLCs and automated machinery, and improving efficiency across the production line.

The successful candidate will have an apprentice-trained background, experience with PLC systems, and a solid understanding of preventive maintenance.

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained electrical engineer required.
• Experience with PLCs and automated machinery.
• Good understanding of preventive maintenance systems (PPM).

Responsibilities

• Carry out day-to-day electrical maintenance and repairs to high-speed manufacturing equipment.
• Maximise machine availability by diagnosing faults in PLCs, drives and conveyors.

Skills

Apprentice Trained

PLC Systems

PPM Systems

Job description

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location: New Mills - High Peak

Salary: £43,000 to £47,000 inclusive of call out + Pension + Benefits

Shift: Double Days - 6-2pm/2-10pm Mon-Thurs / 6-12pm/12-6pm Fridays

Call Outs: 13 call outs roughly over the course of the year (1 in 4) on Sat/Suns 6am-6pm tbc (no nights) get paid for 12hrs when on call. (6 call out a year roughly which is £525 a weekend)

Reference: Jo7269/PW

Company

An excellent opportunity has arisen with a UK owned leading food manufacturer, a growing and supportive organisation. The company is extremely well established with over 85 years of manufacturing experience, and is a truly British manufacturer, and is privately owned with over 150 people on site in Middlewich. They are looking to expand their engineering team once again due to increased growth in their market share.

Key Skills

• Apprentice Trained in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience of PLC Systems & Automated Machinery.
• Understanding of PPM Systems.

Role

The ideal candidate will come from a multi-skilled electrical engineering background and should be able to work on their own initiative, be a time served engineer with an electrical bias (but multi-skilled) and have fast moving manufacturing experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day engineering and maintenance activities ensuring work is carried out to the highest standards and maximising machine efficiencies. If you have worked on PLC systems, it would be advantageous. You will also work on variable speed drives, conveyors, multi-vac machines, gearboxes, pumps, general mechanical work on pneumatic/hydraulic systems and other manufacturing machinery. There is a huge amount of training on offer so the successful candidate will be in line to broaden their skills considerably.

Interviews will be held locally and the company is looking to recruit this role as soon as possible.