Electrical Maintenance Engineer

TechNichols Resourcing Ltd; Newport; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A global heavy plant manufacturing company is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their team. The role involves hands-on electrical maintenance and support for various heavy machinery. Ideal candidates will have an apprenticeship or qualifications in Electrical Engineering, experience in reactive maintenance, and a good knowledge of PLCs and VSD drives. This position offers opportunities for skill development and training within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Completed a recognised Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship or hold relevant qualifications.
• Experience in reactive and PPM electrical maintenance within an industrial environment.
• Ability to diagnose and repair electrical motors and pneumatics.

Responsibilities

• Focusing on electrical maintenance and engineering work in the factory.
• Providing reactive maintenance, attending to and resolving breakdowns swiftly.
• Working through a planned preventive maintenance program.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

PLC fault finding

VSD drives

Teamwork

Health & Safety compliance

Education

Electrical Engineering Level 3 qualifications

Tools

Siemens PLC

Job description

Overview

Role: Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Electrician

Salary: £49,000 - £51,000 per annum plus overtime

Hours: 4 on 4 off - 2 Days followed by 2 Nights

Location: Brough — Commutable from Howden, Hull, Selby, Goole, Doncaster, Brough, York, Market Weighton, Driffield, Knottingley and surrounding areas

This global heavy plant manufacturing company offers challenging and rewarding careers for Engineers and is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Electrician to join an established, loyal and successful team. The role provides opportunities to develop electrical skills and progress, with work ranging from reactive repairs and planned preventive maintenance (PPM) to installations and improvement projects. The site emphasizes self-sufficiency, with maintenance teams involved in most of the full lifecycle of work, and provides training and up-skilling where required (e.g., FANUC Robotics and PLCs – fault finding and programming, with advanced skills preferred).

This is a shift-based role (4 on 4 off – 2 Days followed by 2 Nights) and would ideally suit someone with a background in an industrial or heavy manufacturing environment who can work effectively within a skilled team.

Responsibilities

• Focusing on electrical maintenance and engineering work in the factory
• Supporting a wide range of heavy equipment and machinery including conveyors, mixing and robotics machinery
• Working through a planned preventive maintenance program as well as project and continuous improvement work
• Providing reactive maintenance, attending to and resolving breakdowns swiftly to get production lines back up and running
• Dealing with VSD drives and PLCs

Requirements

• Completed a recognised Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship or hold Electrical Engineering qualifications at Level 3 or above
• Experience in reactive and PPM electrical maintenance within an industrial and/or heavy manufacturing environment
• Experience with PLC fault finding; PLC programming skills are useful, experience with VSD drives beneficial
• Siemens PLC experience is extremely desirable
• Ability to diagnose and repair electrical motors and pneumatics
• Willingness to learn and develop skills further and share knowledge with the team
• Friendly, proactive and adaptable attitude to work
• Good knowledge of and strict adherence to Health & Safety

If this role sounds of interest, please apply now and send your most up-to-date CV to Jane at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered, or call TechNichols Resourcing and speak with Jane for further information. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants; if you have not heard back within 5 working days, your application has been unsuccessful.