Electrical Maintenance Engineer: PLCs & Drives

CV Technical; Musselburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

CV Technical is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer for a well-established manufacturing business in Scotland. You will maintain production equipment, perform planned and reactive maintenance, and drive reliability improvements to minimise downtime.

Working on a double days shift, you will diagnose faults, repair electrical systems, and support continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring safe, high-standard maintenance records.

Qualifications

• Electrical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic abilities.
• Experience with PLCs, drives and motors is advantageous.
• Electrically qualified or time-served (NVQ 3/City & Guilds or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive electrical maintenance.
• Diagnose and fault-find electrical and control system issues.
• Repair and maintain production machinery and associated equipment.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise downtime.
• Work with motors, drives, sensors, control panels and electrical systems.
• Support continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely and to a high standard.
• Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities and repairs.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Diagnostic skills

Independent working

Team collaboration

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds or equivalent

Tools

PLCs

Drives

Motors

Industrial control systems

Job description

CV Technical is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer for a well-established manufacturing business in Scotland. You will maintain production equipment, perform planned and reactive maintenance, and drive reliability improvements to minimise downtime.

Working on a double days shift, you will diagnose faults, repair electrical systems, and support continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring safe, high-standard maintenance records.