Electrical Maintenance Technician

Baltic Recruitment Limited; North East; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Hartlepool area is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Technician to join their plant maintenance team. The role involves ensuring the maintenance of four local sites, performing both preventative and reactive electrical maintenance. The ideal candidate will be apprentice trained with relevant qualifications and experience in an industrial setting, and will enjoy a competitive salary alongside various benefits including a company van and pension scheme.

Benefits

Company van and fuel card

Company pension scheme

28 days holiday including bank holidays

Qualifications

• Apprentice trained or equivalent qualifications required.
• Experience in heavy or industrial engineering settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planned preventative and reactive electrical maintenance.
• Generate daily and weekly reports on maintenance activities.
• Fault diagnosis and repair of electrical equipment.

Skills

Fault finding

Electrical maintenance

Health and safety adherence

Technical knowledge development

Education

City and Guilds NVQ L3

18th Edition BS7671 qualified

Job description

Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be supporting an industry leading business in the Hartlepool area with their search for an Electrical Maintenance Technician.

Overall Purpose:

• The position works within the plant maintenance team covering four local sites.
• You will be responsible for the planned preventative and reactive electrical maintenance.
• Adhering to strict health and safety company procedures at all times
• You will be required to generate daily reports; weekly monthly and you will be required to document all work carried out in the maintenance system used.
• You will also provide guidance to maintenance semi skill members of the team.

Key Duties:

• Reporting to the Maintenance Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the plants are maintained in order to achieve the required plant run time.
• Ensuring that the planned weekly preventative maintenance shift for each site and plant is carried out to specification.
• Fault finding, fault diagnosing, testing and repair of electrical equipment, static and mobile plant.
• Plan and complete preventative maintenance for each site within agreed time frames.
• Agree and maintain par stock of essential parts as well as adhering to the department budget with the aid of order numbers and spend controls.
• Project and Installation work to improve efficiency and safety of all sites.
• Keep up to date and develop technical knowledge.
• Read and understand schematic and wiring diagrams.

Key Requirements:

• The successful candidate must be apprentice trained or equivalent – City and Guilds NVQ L3, ONC, or above.
• 18th Edition BS7671 qualified & IOSH desirable (will put you through them if have not got them already).
• Experience working in a similar role, ideally a heavy or industrial engineering setting.

The Package:

• Starting salary of £48,000 per annum which will increase up to £53,000 per annum over time.
• Continental shift pattern: working 2 weeks of days followed by 2 weeks of nights. 36hrs week 1, 48 hrs week 2 on rotation.
• Company van and fuel card provided which can be used for work.
• Company pension scheme.
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays.