Electrical Maintenance Engineer – Growth & Shift Progression

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Pontyclun; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is looking for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer in South Wales. Initially on a Monday–Friday days pattern with training at around £40,000, rising to approximately £48,000 after onboarding as you transition to site-shift rotations.

You will fault-find, maintain and improve electrical systems in a busy manufacturing environment, with opportunities to contribute to reliability projects and continuous improvement while developing your skills toward higher-earning shift work.

Qualifications

• Time-served or apprenticeship-trained with an electrical qualification (NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds) in Electrical Engineering.
• Proven experience in electrical maintenance within manufacturing or automated environments.
• Able to fault-find from electrical drawings and work within control panels and safety circuits.
• Experience with drives/inverters and motor control equipment.
• Strong ownership mindset and clear, proactive communication.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive maintenance and fault diagnosis on production machinery, minimising downtime and restoring output safely and quickly.
• Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) routines to improve equipment reliability and reduce repeat failures.
• Fault find on 3-phase motors, drives/inverters, sensors, control circuits and safety systems.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying recurring faults and implementing upgrades.
• Work safely within procedures including LOTO, permits-to-work and site H&S standards.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Maintenance experience

Drive/inverter knowledge

Control panels

Ownership & communication

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds in Electrical Engineering

Electrical apprenticeship

Job description

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is looking for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer in South Wales. Initially on a Monday–Friday days pattern with training at around £40,000, rising to approximately £48,000 after onboarding as you transition to site-shift rotations.

You will fault-find, maintain and improve electrical systems in a busy manufacturing environment, with opportunities to contribute to reliability projects and continuous improvement while developing your skills toward higher-earning shift work.