Electrical Plant Engineer - Projects & Reliability

Meridian Business Support Ltd; Clyst St Mary; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual holiday

Secure on-site parking

Excellent contributory pension

Health care cash back plan

Life assurance

Company bonus scheme

Job summary

Meridian Business Support Ltd seeks an Electrical Plant Engineer to oversee planning, sourcing and installation of machinery and electrical infrastructure across a manufacturing site. You will supervise contractors, develop project plans and drive cost reductions while improving equipment reliability and availability.

The role requires an electrical bias, experience with HV/LV systems, and hands-on data analysis to optimise asset utilisation, with a strong emphasis on planning and site-wide

Qualifications

• Qualified to a HNC or equivalent in Electrical or Controls Engineering with a minimum of 5 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify, specify, source and purchase machines and equipment.
• Supervise sub-contractors ensuring project plans meet time and cost targets.
• Create project plans to support rearrangement, installation and cost reduction.
• Identify and implement cost reduction and method improvement opportunities.
• Purchase parts for improvement works and manage receipts.
• Carry out plant engineering activities across site incl. electrical infra and equipment.
• Provide data-driven planning and execution to improve equipment availability and asset utilisation.
• Identify improvements to equipment reliability to reduce faults and downtime.
• Assist Maintenance with fault finding across plant and equipment.
• Implement and drive reliability excellence (REX) on critical equipment.
• Create and maintain technical files for equipment.

Skills

Root cause analysis

OEE analysis

Maintenance procedures

Data analysis

CAD experience

Microsoft Office

Oracle (useful)

Education

HNC or equivalent in Electrical or Controls Engineering

Tools

CAD

Microsoft Office

Oracle

Job description

Meridian Business Support Ltd seeks an Electrical Plant Engineer to oversee planning, sourcing and installation of machinery and electrical infrastructure across a manufacturing site. You will supervise contractors, develop project plans and drive cost reductions while improving equipment reliability and availability.

The role requires an electrical bias, experience with HV/LV systems, and hands-on data analysis to optimise asset utilisation, with a strong emphasis on planning and site-wide