Electrical Maintenance Technician

MTrec Ltd Technical; Houghton-le-Spring; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Houghton-le-Spring is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Technician to provide maintenance and engineering support. The role requires a formal Electronic/Electrical Engineering qualification and experience in plant maintenance. Responsibilities include fault finding and implementing maintenance improvements. This is a permanent role offering a highly competitive market salary and a day shift.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Permanent role

Day shift

Qualifications

• Practical experience working as a plant electrician.
• Ability to read electrical/technical drawings.
• Computer literate and capable of noting technical details.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support to the division.
• Perform plant preventative maintenance and repairs.
• Work on plant improvement initiatives.

Skills

Plant electrician experience

Electrical safety knowledge

Excellent communication skills

PLC programming knowledge

Education

Formal Electronic/Electrical Engineering qualification

18th Edition Regulations

Job description

Overview

The Company

Our client is a market leader in their sector. They are now looking for a motivated Electrical Maintenance Technician to work a 2 shift role.

The Role

• Provide engineering/ maintenance support to the division by performing plant preventative maintenance and engineering support including out of hours.
• Also has responsibility for electrical/ mechanical maintenance, repair and fault finding of plant and equipment.
• Responsible for enacting the maintenance, implementation and improvement of plant preventative maintenance.
• Electrical/ mechanical fault finding, isolation and repair of equipment.
• Providing input into the electrical maintenance and operation of plant equipment.
• Working on plant improvement initiatives.
• Working with suitable external engineering services as and when required to ensure safe and effective operation of plant equipment.
• Preserve employee safety, welfare and involvement.

The Person

• Formal Electronic/Electrical Engineering qualification with practical experience working as a plant electrician.
• 18th Edition Regulations.
• Excellent internal and external communications skills.
• Demonstrable experience of working as a plant electrician.
• Working knowledge of PLC programming and able to read electrical/ technical drawings.
• Practical knowledge of electrical safety requirements.
• Computer literate.

The Rewards and Benefits

• A highly competitive market salary.
• Competitive pay rate.
• Day shift.
• Permanent role