Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Hunter Selection Limited; Wales; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a highly skilled team in the UK. The role emphasizes safety standards, providing technical support, and managing project activities within a busy production environment. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and resilience to solve complex problems. Competitive salary of £51,500 with opportunities for career growth and development.

Benefits

Opportunity to progress into management

Excellent training scheme

Plenty of overtime available

Pension

Bonus scheme available

Qualifications

• Good understanding of electrical control principles and hardware to provide technical support to technicians.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent process-based knowledge and project management skills.
• Resilience to deal with complex problems in a pressured environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence and improvement in all safety and environmental standards.
• Provide hands-on support to a team of multiskilled technicians.
• Monitor and maintain site services including HV switch gear and electrical distribution systems.
• Support/manage project activity including technical specification and planning.
• Implement lean/continuous improvement activities and strategies.

Skills

Good understanding of electrical control principles

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Excellent process-based knowledge

Project management skills

Resilience to deal with complex problems

Self-Starter / Motivator

Job description

Benefits

• £51,500
• Opportunity to progress into management.
• Excellent training scheme
• Plenty of Overtime available.
• Pension
• Bonus Scheme available

Overview

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, 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 & 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 & Experience

• Good understanding of electrical control principles and hardware to provide technical support to technicians
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• 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
• Self-Starter / Motivator

How to apply

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.