Electrical Maintenance Engineer – Plant Uptime

Adecco; Irvine; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Employee savings scheme

Educational assistance

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Job summary

Adecco Group UK & Ireland is recruiting a Maintenance Engineer to support safe, compliant maintenance and improvement activities within a busy manufacturing environment in Irvine, Scotland. The role links operations and maintenance teams to drive safety, performance and reliability.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will carry out planned and reactive electrical maintenance, fault diagnosis, and documentation, while contributing to plant upgrades and continuous improvement efforts.

Qualifications

• Electrical qualification with relevant trade certification and/or apprenticeship.
• Proven industrial/manufacturing experience.
• Strong knowledge of motors, drives, PLC-controlled equipment, instrumentation and automation interfaces.
• Understanding of electrical safety standards, lockout/tagout and permit-to-work systems.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, drawings and technical documentation.
• Experience supporting preventative maintenance programmes and fault-finding in live production environments.
• Practical, hands-on approach with strong troubleshooting and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture and ensure electrical work complies with policies and safety legislation.
• Support the day-to-day activities of the electrical maintenance team.
• Carry out planned and reactive electrical maintenance to minimise downtime.
• Provide hands-on fault diagnosis and rectification of electrical issues.
• Support preventative maintenance programmes and reliability improvements.
• Complete electrical documentation, permits, inspections and maintenance records on time.
• Assist with plant upgrades, projects, installations and commissioning of electrical systems.
• Identify recurring faults and support root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Communicate with operations, mechanical, automation and engineering teams.
• Follow all company policies, procedures and standards.

Skills

Electrical systems

Electrical safety

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Reading schematics

Live production fault-finding

Decision making

Education

Electrical trade certification/apprenticeship

Job description

Adecco Group UK & Ireland is recruiting a Maintenance Engineer to support safe, compliant maintenance and improvement activities within a busy manufacturing environment in Irvine, Scotland. The role links operations and maintenance teams to drive safety, performance and reliability.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will carry out planned and reactive electrical maintenance, fault diagnosis, and documentation, while contributing to plant upgrades and continuous improvement efforts.