Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Wienerberger België; Ockley; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading building materials company in Ockley is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to ensure the efficient operation of our machinery. The role emphasizes hands-on troubleshooting and preventive maintenance within a safety-first environment. A Level 3 qualification in Electrical Engineering is required, along with strong problem-solving and communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary up to £44,878 and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Salary up to £44,878

Pension scheme

Up to 25 days holiday

Employee assistance and wellbeing programme

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working in a manufacturing or factory environment.
• Strong understanding of health and safety best practices.
• Ability to handle physically demanding tasks.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain all electrical & electro-mechanical plant equipment.
• Operate a preventative electrical maintenance system.
• Fault finding and repairs.
• Program Siemens & other PLCs.
• Promote Lean thinking.
• Attend breakdowns.

Skills

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Communication (written and verbal)

Analytical skills

Diagnostics experience of electrical motors and pneumatics

Education

Level 3 qualification in Electrical Engineering

17th / 18th edition qualified (desirable)

HNC or HND qualification (or equivalent, desirable)

Tools

Siemens PLC

Testing equipment

Job description

Come and join us as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer at our Ewhurst site in Ockley!

wienerberger UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high-quality building products, systems, and solutions. We foster long-term partnerships, support exceptional careers, and place sustainability at the heart of everything we do.

About the role

As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer (known internally as a Maintenance Electrician) at our Ewhurst site, you will be part of our hands on inhouse team who keep the plant running by ensuring the equipment runs smoothly.

From troubleshooting to planned preventive maintenance (PPM), you will be hands‑on with specialist machinery, ensuring everything runs like clockwork. It's a dynamic role where problem‑solving skills and technical expertise are used daily, and you will be a key player contributing to the efficiency and reliability of our production processes.

Our engineers have a varied role, so you’ll get the chance to use a variety of electrical skills associated with being an electrician and service engineer.

We will provide you with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to enable you to safely and effectively work as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer where you will…

• Install and maintaining all electrical & electro‑mechanical plant equipment or machinery
• Operating a preventative electrical maintenance system
• Faulting finding and repairs
• Program Siemens & other programmable logic controllers (PLC’s)
• Use various types of testing equipment to locate and remedy faults
• Promote Lean thinking
• Attend breakdowns
• Contribute to safe systems of work (SSOW) documentation
• Adhere to Wienerberger’s quality system & standards in accordance with BSEN ISO 9001

Hours of Work

4 on, 4 off shift pattern, to

About You

You will be an electrically biased engineer with experience of working in a manufacturing / factory environment, with a minimum level 3 qualification in an Electrical Engineering discipline.

Safety is our biggest priority, so you’ll be committed to safe working and have strong experience of health and safety best practice.

You’ll enjoy working in a busy environment where you can roll your sleeves up and get hands‑on, and being flexible and able to adapt to the different daily priorities will enable the factory to continue to run efficiently.

As this role is sometimes physically demanding, you’ll be fit enough to perform your various duties.

You’ll also have

• Strong team playing skills
• Good communication (written and verbal)
• Good working knowledge of environment, health, and safety (EHS) processes
• Analytical & problem‑solving skills
• Diagnostics experience of electrical motors and pneumatics
• Experience and knowledge of PLCs (programmable logic controllers)
Desirable
• 17th / 18th edition qualified (although training could be provided)
• Completed a hands‑on apprentice training programme
• HNC or HND qualification (or equivalent)
• Experience in heavy industry manufacturing

About our Benefits

• Salary up to £44,878 (inclusive of allowances / bonuses)
• Pension scheme
• Up to 25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro‑rated for shift workers)
• Holiday flexibility (sell up to 2 days) + additional volunteering day
• Employee assistance and wellbeing programme (including 24 / 7 online GP, discounts on counselling, mental health support service, get fit programmes) & even more health & wellbeing benefits include dental cover, health cash plan and eye tests
• Financial advice / support available (including expert advice from our pension provider, and recommendations on savings & loans options)
• Employee discounts available with various retailers, gyms, and wienerberger products
• Life assurance (2x annual salary)
• Opportunity to join our Share Incentive Plan and our Employee Profit Participation Programme

About Wienerberger Ltd

• Wienerberger Ltd is a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, offering outstanding, sustainable solutions for new build and renovation. In the UK, we have head offices located in Cheadle and Doncaster, showrooms in London, Belfast and Surrey, with brick and roof tile production sites in Manchester, Co. Durham, Worcestershire, North Warwickshire, West Midlands, North Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.

So what are you waiting for? Come and join wienerberger as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer and start growing your career with us today!

The closing date for this role is subject to change and may be closed earlier than advertised.