Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Ganymede Solutions; Leeds; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Ganymede Solutions in Leeds is seeking an experienced Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to cover the site's semi-automatic packaging lines. You will diagnose faults, perform planned maintenance, and respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise downtime.

The role requires hands-on, time-served expertise (roughly 70% electrical / 30% mechanical) and the ability to read engineering drawings. You’ll work with Siemens and Mitsubishi PLCs, pneumatic systems, and operate in an ATEX area awareness.

Qualifications

• Time-served, electrically biased maintenance engineer in a manufacturing environment.
• Able to read engineering drawings and work hands-on on faults.
• Proactive, capable of prioritising workload and improving maintenance procedures.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve electrical faults on semi-automatic packaging machinery (sensors, drives, pneumatics).
• Navigate control systems across PLCs (Siemens, Mitsubishi); perform minor edits as needed.
• Carry out pneumatic system maintenance, including valves, actuators, and air prep equipment.
• Work in an ATEX-classified solvent area with awareness of safe practices; adhere to site rules.
• Be part of a small engineering team and support shift patterns (6-2, 2-10).

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault-finding

Planned maintenance

Engineering drawings

Tools

Siemens PLCs

Mitsubishi PLCs

Pneumatic systems

ATEX awareness

Job description

Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer | £35.00 - £38.00p/h (outside IR35)

Leeds Wakefield Bradford Doncaster

Are you an experienced Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer with a strong background in fast-paced manufacturing, looking for a stable, long-term opportunity? Do you enjoy varied, hands‑on fault-finding one day and planned maintenance the next?

My client is one of the UK's leading and longest-established equipment manufacturers, working with customers across the country to deliver innovative, cost-effective and reliable packaging solutions. Backed by an experienced team and award-winning processes, they have built a reputation for quality and reliability that sets them apart in the sector.

Take Ownership of Day-to-Day Maintenance Across the Site

This is a varied role covering the full spread of maintenance activity across the site's semi-automatic packaging lines - from reactive breakdown response and fault-finding through to planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and general site work. You'll be responding to issues raised by machine operators, prioritising rapid diagnosis and fix to minimise downtime, and using any quieter periods to get ahead on PPM. Reporting into the Engineering Manager, you'll be trusted to manage and prioritise your own workload day-to-day.

Your responsibilities:

Your day-to-day work will involve diagnosing and resolving electrical faults across a range of semi-automatic packaging machinery, including sensors, drives and pneumatic systems. You'll be working across a mixed fleet of PLCs on site, primarily Siemens and Mitsubishi - you don't need to be a specialist PLC programmer, but you should be comfortable navigating control systems, diagnosing faults and making minor edits or adjustments where needed. You'll also carry out pneumatic systems maintenance and fault-finding, including valves, actuators and air prep equipment, and will be working within an ATEX-classified solvent area, so an awareness of ATEX regulations and safe working practices in hazardous atmosphere zones would be an advantage, though not essential. You'll form part of a small, close-knit engineering team of three, working rotating shifts of 6-2, 2-10.

What We’re Looking For

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be a time-served, electrically biased maintenance engineer (roughly 70% electrical / 30% mechanical) with proven experience in a manufacturing environment. You should be confident working independently, be comfortable reading engineering drawings, and bring a proactive, hands‑on approach to fault-finding and continuous improvement.

Why Apply?

This is a genuine opportunity to join a long-standing, family-run manufacturer with a strong reputation and a stable, long-term outlook. You'll be joining a small, supportive engineering team, with real variety in your day-to-day work and the autonomy to manage your own priorities.

Ganymede is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation