Electrical Maintenance Engineer

TipTopJob; Treharris; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime available

Excellent training scheme

Very good Pension

Bonus Scheme available

Job summary

TipTopJob in Wales is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their highly skilled team. You will work on site, supporting multiskilled technicians across various shift patterns to maintain and improve plant reliability.

The role emphasizes safety, HV switchgear, motors and drives, and energy efficiency projects, with clear pathways to progression into management and access to an extensive training scheme. A strong pension and bonus scheme are in place, with overtime available.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical control systems and hardware.
• AC/DC motors and drives experience.
• PLC fault finding experience.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to safety and environmental standards.
• Provide hands-on support to multiskilled technicians across shifts.
• Maintain site services including HV switchgear and compressors.
• Manage technical aspects of projects (design, planning, delivery).
• Support maintenance metrics: PMs, downtime, MTTR improvements.
• Lead lean/continuous improvement initiatives (5 Why, FMEA).
• Identify actions to minimise energy and maintenance spend.
• Implement innovative solutions to maintenance challenges.

Skills

Electrical control principles

AC/DC motors and drives

PLC fault finding

Project management

Continuous improvement

Safety compliance

Job description

• Opportunity to progress into management.
• Plenty of Overtime available.

Benefits Package

• GBP50,000
• Opportunity to progress into management.
• Excellent training scheme
• Plenty of Overtime available.
• Very good Pension
• Bonus Scheme available

Innovation and excellence in manufacturing processes has put this company at the forefront of their industry. Boasting several blue chip clients they are enjoying strong market conditions and are busier than ever, they have multiple sites across the UK and are part of a very large group globally, they are valued as an employer in the local area that would provide you a job for life. A Electrical Maintenance Engineer is required to join their highly skilled team as soon as possible.

Role And Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence and improvement in all safety and environmental standards.
• Provide hands:on, practical support to a team of multiskilled technicians, who operate across a variety of shift patterns, completing both proactive and reactive Maintenance activities.
• Ensure site services, including HV switch gear, electrical distribution systems, process water and compressors are monitored and maintained.
• Support / manage project activity, including the technical specification, planning and delivery of projects such as new machine design, retro:fitments and improvement activities.
• Support the achievement of all maintenance measures, including; PPM Completion , Shift Task Close Out Ratio, Machine Downtime, Breakdown and fault reduction activity, meantime between failure, meantime to repair, etc
• Implement lean / continuous improvement activity and strategy to improve performance and drive site sustainability using tools such as 5Why and FMEA to identify areas needing improvement.
• Support the identification and implementation of actions to minimise conversion costs, with specific focus on Energy and Maintenance spend.
• Identify and implement innovative technical solutions to overcome maintenance problems.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Good understanding of electrical control principles and hardware to provide technical support to technicians
• Excellent experience working with AC/DC Motors and Drives, PLC fault finding capability is a must.
• Excellent process based knowledge and project management skills
• The resilience to deal with complex problems, in a pressured environment with the ability to implement solutions to ensure safe production continuity