Electrical Maintenance Engineer - Rotating Shifts, £50k+

Envisage Recruitment Limited; Northampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retention bonus

Pension

Life assurance

Holiday entitlement

Discounts

Drinks

Job summary

Envisage Recruitment Limited is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer for our Northampton facility. This hands-on role focuses on maintaining, repairing and improving production machinery and electrical systems to keep operations running smoothly.

Working shifts 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00 on a rotating weekly basis, you will diagnose faults, read schematics, and support continuous improvement while adhering to health and safety standards. Salary up to £50,000 plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Recognised electrical engineering qualification, apprentice-trained preferred.
• Industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing is preferred.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience with PLCs, AC/DC drives, inverters, sensors and safety circuits.
• Ability to read electrical drawings and control schematics.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic experience would be advantageous.
• Mechanical understanding of gearboxes, pumps and pneumatics beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and respond to electrical and machinery breakdowns.
• Diagnose and repair faults across production machinery to minimise downtime.
• Fault-find on 3-phase motors, drives, PLCs and control circuits.
• Read and interpret electrical drawings and control schematics.
• Maintain electrical hoists, safety circuits and light circuits.
• Support continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Collaborate with production and engineering teams while upholding safety.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Read electrical drawings

Diagnostic skills

Team collaboration

Education

Electrical engineering qualification

Tools

PLC systems

AC/DC drives

Inverters

Job description

Envisage Recruitment Limited is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer for our Northampton facility. This hands-on role focuses on maintaining, repairing and improving production machinery and electrical systems to keep operations running smoothly.

Working shifts 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00 on a rotating weekly basis, you will diagnose faults, read schematics, and support continuous improvement while adhering to health and safety standards. Salary up to £50,000 plus benefits.