Electrical Maintenance Engineer - PLC & Automation

Yolk Recruitment; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site training and development

Weekend overtime opportunities

Overtime opportunities

Growing manufacturing environment with

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is partnering with an established manufacturer in Port Talbot to recruit an Electrical Maintenance Engineer. The role focuses on electrical and control fault diagnosis across automated production equipment, including Omron/Siemens PLCs, within a 3‑shift pattern and with shift allowance.

You will carry out maintenance, respond to breakdowns, fault-find PLCs, support installation of new machinery and contribute to continuous improvement and reliability.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering or maintenance background in manufacturing.
• Experience with PLC-controlled machinery and automation.
• Strong electrical fault-finding abilities.
• Ability to interrogate PLCs, read programs and diagnose faults.
• Experience with automated manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical maintenance across production equipment.
• Respond to breakdowns and identify electrical and control faults.
• Fault finding on Omron /Siemens PLC systems.
• Interrogate PLC systems, read programs and trace I/O to diagnose faults.
• Making minor PLC adjustments and edits where appropriate.
• Fault finding across motors, sensors, drives, control panels and automated equipment.
• Completing planned and preventative maintenance activities.
• Carrying out repairs and improvements to increase equipment reliability.
• Working closely with the wider engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Supporting the installation and commissioning of new machinery.
• Getting involved in continuous improvement, automation and engineering projects.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

PLC fault diagnosis

PLC interrogation

Automated equipment

Proactive improving

Electrical qualification

Industrial environment

Education

Electrical or engineering qualification

Tools

Omron PLC

Siemens PLC

Job description

Yolk Recruitment is partnering with an established manufacturer in Port Talbot to recruit an Electrical Maintenance Engineer. The role focuses on electrical and control fault diagnosis across automated production equipment, including Omron/Siemens PLCs, within a 3‑shift pattern and with shift allowance.

You will carry out maintenance, respond to breakdowns, fault-find PLCs, support installation of new machinery and contribute to continuous improvement and reliability.