Electrical Maintenance Engineer – Textiles

United In Recruitment Ltd

Stockport

On-site

GBP 38,000 - 46,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

United In Recruitment Ltd is partnering with a well-established manufacturing company in Stockport to recruit a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer. You will lead electrical maintenance and installation across diverse machinery, including fabric processing lines, stenter ovens, packing equipment and associated peripherals, with a focus on proactive fault finding and continuous improvement.

Working hours are 40 per week, 7:30am–4:30pm, Monday to Friday, with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break.

Qualifications

Apprentice trained or equivalent, with NVQ Level 3 in electrical maintenance or installation.
Strong fault finding skills and the ability to interpret schematic drawings.
Experience in a manufacturing environment—ideally textiles or a paper mill.

Responsibilities

Electrical maintenance and repairs across a diverse range of machinery (fabric inspection/packing equipment, fabric cutting machines, stenter ovens, unwinders, coating heads, Pleva weight monitoring, rewind systems, fabric pleating machinery, lamination equipment, liquor mixing plant).
Electrical installation work across the site (armoured cabling for new machinery, lighting and power installations).
Complete PPM activities on factory services and equipment; support installation and commissioning of new plant and machinery.