Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Westray Recruitment Group; North East; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Electrically Biased Maintenance Technician for a permanent role in Durham. This position offers a competitive salary of £48,500 per annum with potential for a profit-related bonus scheme. The ideal candidate will have a recognized electrical apprenticeship and experience with PLCs, hydraulics, and pneumatics. The role involves maintaining automated production lines, implementing planned maintenance, and optimising manufacturing processes. A commitment to safety and effective communication is essential.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus 7 bank holidays

Mini health care package

Pension scheme

Opportunity for readily available overtime

Annual profit related bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Time served recognized Electrical Apprenticeship.
• Educated to ONC/HNC equivalents.
• Proficient in fault finding and diagnostics.
• Able to work with hydraulics, pneumatics, and automated systems.
• Excellent communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain plant site facilities within a high-volume manufacturing facility.
• Perform asset strip down and repair.
• Optimize manufacturing processes to improve efficiencies.
• Fault find and repair large complex electrical equipment.
• Update maintenance schedules and create reports.

Skills

Fault finding and diagnostic work

Proficient with the use of PLC’s

Communication skills

Multi-skilled capabilities

Education

Time served recognised Electrical Apprenticeship

Educated to ONC / HNC equivalents

Tools

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Conveyors

IT

Job description

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

• Permanent role – Durham location
• £48,500 per annum – plus annual profit related profit bonus scheme (Annual earnings typically exceed £55K)
• Continental Shift Pattern (1 week off per month within rotation)
• 26 days holiday plus 7 bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Mini health care package
• Pension scheme
• Readily available overtime
• Opportunity to work for a market leader
• Company making large site investments to enhance production and improve automation

THE BUSINESS

Westray Recruitment Group is seeking an Electrically Biased Maintenance Technician on a permanent contract. The role is based in Durham and centres on a 12-hour continental shift pattern. The shift pattern enables 1 week off per month within the rotation and you also work less weekends over the course of a calendar year compared to the traditional 4 on 4 off system. This provides a very healthy work life balance for the role.

We are representing a truly world class manufacturer who are investing over £65M in their manufacturing site, adding the latest technologies and specialist production machinery to its armoury. The organisation has a very healthy order book, they are a market leader, they can provide long term job security and they can offer career pathways. The site is growing, they are highly successful and the organisation is without doubt on the up. The business invests in its’ people and they are huge advocates for training & development. As they deal only in UK markets, they are Brexit proof.

This incredible organisation places its workers at the core in everything they do holding values of excellence, honesty & integrity, community spirit, collaboration & communication at the very heart of the business. It is an excellent time to join the organisation with the new technologies and state of the art equipment currently being introduced to site.

This is a heavy plant setting, but it centres on producing products in high volume. The plant is fast paced. You must be open to working both indoors and outdoors with the elements.

THE ROLE

• Operating within a high-volume manufacturing facility
• Working to maintain plant site facilities
• Performing asset strip down and repair
• Working to maintain automated production lines
• Working in a shift team consisting of 3 people electrical / mechanical / lead.
• Optimising manufacturing processes – improving efficiencies, reducing wastage, enhancing yield and reducing cost
• Fault finding and repairing large complex electrical equipment
• Working with PLC systems to perform fault finding and analysis
• Working to deliver planned and reactive maintenance
• Updating maintenance schedules and creating reports

THE PERSON

• Time served recognised Electrical Apprenticeship
• Educated to ONC / HNC equivalents – Electrically Biased Maintenance Technician
• Able to undertake fault finding and diagnostic work – proficient with the use of PLC’s
• Able to work with hydraulics, pneumatics, conveyors, motors, gears, pumps, valves, etc
• Able to effectively identify and resolve manufacturing issues
• Holding multi skilled capabilities including bench skills, basic fabrication and basic welding
• Proficient with IT
• Excellent communicator
• Able to abide by H&S

TO APPLY

Please apply for this position and your CV will go direct to our Engineering Consultant Tony Hutchinson who is leading the search. Alternatively, if you have any questions, please get in touch with Tony at Westray Recruitment Group