Electrical Maintenance Engineer | 15 Days Off/21, No Weekends

CDM Recruitment Ltd - Engineering & Manufacturing Specialists; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

No weekend working

Job summary

CDM Recruitment is working with a major engineering and manufacturing business in Newcastle to recruit an experienced Electrical Maintenance Technician. This hands-on role covers reactive and preventative maintenance across a large manufacturing site, including fault finding on electrical control systems.

The position follows five 12-hour day shifts and five 12-hour night shifts on a 21-day cycle, delivering 15 days off with no weekend work.

Qualifications

• Time-served Electrical Maintenance Technician or Engineer with an electrical apprenticeship.
• Maintenance experience within manufacturing, production or engineering.
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills.
• Ability to read electrical drawings and schematics.
• PLC fault finding/diagnostic experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Reactive, planned and preventative electrical maintenance.
• Electrical fault finding and breakdown response.
• Maintenance of manufacturing and production equipment.
• Fault finding on electrical control systems, motors, sensors and associated equipment.
• Reading and interpreting electrical drawings and schematics.
• Root cause analysis and equipment reliability improvements.
• Supporting machinery installation and commissioning.
• Continuous improvement and downtime reduction.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Reading drawings

Education

Recognised electrical apprenticeship

Job description

CDM Recruitment is working with a major engineering and manufacturing business in Newcastle to recruit an experienced Electrical Maintenance Technician. This hands-on role covers reactive and preventative maintenance across a large manufacturing site, including fault finding on electrical control systems.

The position follows five 12-hour day shifts and five 12-hour night shifts on a 21-day cycle, delivering 15 days off with no weekend work.