Electrical Maintenance Engineer — Boost Plant Reliability

Vickerstock; Strabane; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Vickerstock, in partnership with a leading manufacturing organisation, is recruiting a Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-paced production environment. The role has a strong electrical focus with mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic elements, and responsibilities for both planned and reactive maintenance to improve plant reliability.

You will carry out preventative maintenance across production machinery, diagnose and repair faults, and support installations, upgrades and commissioning while

Qualifications

• Time-served apprenticeship with NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Strong electrical maintenance experience with sound mechanical knowledge.
• Experience in a manufacturing, production or industrial environment.
• Proven experience with both PPM and reactive maintenance.
• Experience fault finding across electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Experience with production machinery and plant equipment.
• Basic understanding of PLC-controlled equipment, motor inverters and industrial control systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritise during breakdowns.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently.
• Commitment to high standards of health, safety and housekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across production machinery and site services.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns, diagnosing and repairing faults.
• Apply systematic fault-finding to minimise downtime.
• Monitor equipment performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support machinery installations, upgrades, testing and commissioning.
• Collaborate with Operations and other departments on projects.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and documentation.
• Ensure work complies with health and safety and food safety requirements.
• Follow safe systems of work and lockout procedures.
• Provide technical support across the production environment.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical knowledge

PPM & reactive maintenance

Fault finding

PLC control systems

Hydraulics & Pneumatics

Teamwork & communication

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLC systems

Motor inverters

Industrial control systems

Job description

Vickerstock, in partnership with a leading manufacturing organisation, is recruiting a Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-paced production environment. The role has a strong electrical focus with mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic elements, and responsibilities for both planned and reactive maintenance to improve plant reliability.

You will carry out preventative maintenance across production machinery, diagnose and repair faults, and support installations, upgrades and commissioning while