Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Resourcing Group; Swindon; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Benefits

Job summary

Resourcing Group is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer for a large manufacturing site. The role focuses on electrical maintenance across factory machinery, with a 12-hour shift pattern (6am–6pm, 4 on/4 off) and permanent days.

You will fault-find on PLC systems and drive equipment, maintain sensors and motors, and collaborate with mechanical engineers to improve efficiency and reliability. Overtime is available with potential earnings above £50k.

Qualifications

• Completed a recognised electrical engineering apprenticeship or hold electrical engineering qualifications.
• Electrical maintenance, service or installation background.
• Electrical experience of 3 phase, star/delta motors, drives, sensors, inverters, PLCs, contactors, relays, control panels, servo drives.

Responsibilities

• Electrical maintenance across factory machinery, fault finding, and planned preventative maintenance.
• Troubleshoot and fault find on Siemens and other PLC equipment.
• Maintain sensors, relays, contactors, drives, motors and 3 phase electrics.
• Liaise with mechanical team to ensure smooth engineering operations.
• Maintain logs of work and hours, and contribute to system improvements.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

PLC experience

Education

Electrical engineering apprenticeship

Tools

Siemens PLCs

Allen Bradley PLCs

Omron PLCs

Job description

Role: Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Electrical Maintenance Technician

Salary: £44,000 to £48,000 per annum + overtime ( and 2.0) and benefits (£50k+ with overtime potential)

Hours: 6am till 6pm, 4 on & 4 off - Permanent Days

Location: Commutable from Horsham, Crawley, Worthing, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead, Southwater, Shoreham, and surrounding areas

Company

A large and growing manufacturing company who offer challenging and rewarding careers to their Maintenance Engineers are looking for an individual who wants to be part of an established, loyal and successful team. The role is to focus on electrical maintenance work throughout the factory across a range of machinery, keeping the work interesting and fun. It would suit someone who is electrically qualified, enjoys a variety of work, can prioritise and take on responsibility to see work through and hand over correctly, and is up for a challenge. In return the company can provide you opportunities to learn, receive training, develop and progress in being a skillful Electrical and also a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer.

Responsibilities

• This is an electrical biased role, focusing completely on Electrical Maintenance Engineering in the factory. Working across a 12 hour shift pattern of permanent days, 6am till 6pm, 4 on 4 off.
• Maintenance of all plant and machinery through fault finding, planned preventative maintenance and various project work, including refurbishments and installations.
• Trouble-shoot / Fault Find on Siemens & other PLC equipment.
• Maintenance of sensors, relays, contactors, drives, AC/DC motors, 3 phase electrics etc. within the factory.
• Working in an Electrical Team and liaising with Mechanical Team, working together to get on all engineering matters.
• Provide input in the ongoing development of machinery and systems.
• Ensure safe working at all times with a right first time every time by everyone attitude to produce a cost effective, quality product whilst adhering to the Companys policies and procedures.
• Identification of solutions that improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• To provide good communication to colleagues and production and keep the required logs of work and hours.
• To develop an understanding of machinery operation so that faults can be diagnosed and rectified efficiently.

Requirements

• Completed a recognised electrical engineering apprenticeship or hold electrical engineering qualifications
• Electrical maintenance, service or installation background
• Electrical experience of ANY of the following; 3 phase, star / delta motors, drives, sensors, inverters, PLCs (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Omron etc.), contactors, relays, control panels, servo drives.
• Experienced in a similar field, manufacturing or industrial or automation
• Any mechanical experience would be desirable but not essential, as long as you've got the desire to learn and take on training, this is what is most important
• Friendly and adaptable working attitude, with the hunger and desire to learn and grow
• We will endeavour to get back to all applicants but if you have not heard back within 5 working days unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.

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