Electrical Maintenance Technician — PLC & Drives Expert

Asset Appointments; Forest Hall; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Life Assurance

Overtime

Job summary

Asset Appointments is seeking an Electrically Biased Maintenance Technician to join a shift team, maintaining all plant and equipment and ensuring Health, Safety, Quality, Environmental, Energy and Production requirements are met.

The role involves proactive maintenance, preventative tasks and supporting engineers with equipment design changes; 12-hour shifts on a 14-day cycle with overtime and a salary of £50,000–£54,000 plus bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ONC Level or equivalent in Engineering (time served/apprenticed).
• Multi-skilled with an electrical bias.
• Experience with PLC hardware maintenance and software fault finding.
• Knowledge of frequency drives, AC & DC motors and control systems.
• Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
• Ability to work unsupervised, meet deadlines, self-motivated and enthusiastic.
• Available for overtime as required.
• IT literate, competent with Microsoft software.

Responsibilities

• Support production activities to minimise equipment breakdown and optimise production efficiencies.
• Proactively maintain plant and equipment to achieve optimum capability.
• Undertake preventative and predictive maintenance tasks as defined and to the agreed schedule.
• Support in the maintenance of building and plant services.
• Assist engineers with equipment design and operation modifications.
• Review the planned maintenance and suggest improvements to the system.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and carry out project work as required.

Skills

Electrical bias

PLC maintenance

Motor control systems

Preventative maintenance

IT literate

Education

ONC Level in Engineering

HND/HNC advantageous

Tools

CMMS

Allen-Bradley PLCs

HMI devices

Job description

Asset Appointments is seeking an Electrically Biased Maintenance Technician to join a shift team, maintaining all plant and equipment and ensuring Health, Safety, Quality, Environmental, Energy and Production requirements are met.

The role involves proactive maintenance, preventative tasks and supporting engineers with equipment design changes; 12-hour shifts on a 14-day cycle with overtime and a salary of £50,000–£54,000 plus bonus and benefits.