Electrical Service Engineer

GBR Recruitment Limited; Derry/Londonderry; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Asphalt & Cement equipment supplier is seeking a field-based Electrical Service Engineer to conduct electrical works on manufacturing sites in the UK and Ireland. Successful candidates will engage in fault finding, repairs, and commissioning of machinery while traveling extensively. Strong knowledge of Electrical Control Systems and PLCs is essential, alongside experience in heavy plant machinery. This position includes significant travel, a monthly bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package, making it an exciting opportunity for qualified engineers.

Benefits

£600 per month stay out bonus

Company Van

Enhanced Overtime Rates

Health Insurance Scheme

33 days annual holiday

Qualifications

• Time served apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with Asphalt and Cement Plant Machinery.
• Ability to work away from home most of the week.

Responsibilities

• Carry out Electrical fault finding and diagnostics services.
• Perform repairs and commissioning of new machinery.
• Engage in aftersales service engineering duties.

Skills

Electrical Control Systems

PLC experience

Fault finding and diagnostics

HV and LV experience

Mechanical Engineering tasks

Education

Electrical Engineering Professional qualifications

18th Edition IET Reg's

Tools

Electrical Control Panels

Gas and Oil Burners

Boilers

Job description

Overview

GBR Recruitment are working exclusively with a leading Asphalt & Cement Plant Machinery installation company, recruiting for a field based Electrical Service Engineer to carry out Electrical Engineering works on UK & Ireland customers Asphalt & Cement manufacturing sites.

Traveling UK wide & over into Ireland, you will carry out Electrical fault finding & diagnostics services, repairs, commissioning of new machinery & the retrofitting of any new machinery / production lines within a Heavy Plant environment (Fixed Heavy Plant Machinery, not mobile).

You will have strong rounded Electrical skills, including strong knowledge & experience of Electrical Control Panels / Electrical Control Systems, plus some PLC skills (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi).

You will have had previous exposure to some form of Fixed Heavy Plant Machinery within Asphalt, Cement, Recycling, Biomass, Power Generation or similar Industrial Plant Machinery, working on various machinery such as Electrical Control Panel Systems, Coal Burners, Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Boilers, Drum Dryers, Dust Collectors, Elevators, Vibrating Screens, Fillers, Weighers, Mixers, Storage, Bitumen Supply Systems, Crushers, Pre-Heaters, Kilns, Proportioning Equipment, Grinding Mills, Silo\'s, Coolers, Conveyor Systems & more.

This role will require the suitable applicant to be away from home most of the week or all the week (up to 5 days, Monday to Friday) so you must be prepared to travel to different customers sites up & down the country, plus over into Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Aftersales Service Engineering (Electrical) duties on Asphalt & Cement works, electrical installation, including fault finding, diagnostics, technical advice & guidance, repairs, commissioning of new machinery & new lines, plus retrofitting new machinery / parts.
• Working across a vast array of Asphalt & Cement works Plant Machinery (fixed) across both the UK & Ireland
• Working on Electrical Control Panels & Electrical Control Systems
• Working on PLC\'s
• Consultative approach with all clients on their sites (Plant Directors, Managers etc.).
• Reading Electrical Technical Drawings.
• Working on HV & LV.
• Calibrating pressure, temperature, level, weighing, instrumentation & analytical equipment.
• Inspection & Testing of Electrical Machinery / Parts & Components.
• Some Mechanical Engineering tasks.

Experience / Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering Professional (time served apprenticeship / HNC qualifications or other).
• 18th Edition IET Reg's
• Asphalt &/or Cement Plant Machinery experience or similar High Capital Heavy Plant Machinery such as Recycling, Biomass, Power Generation etc. (fixed plant / heavy plant machinery).
• PLC experience
• Automated machinery experience
• Electrical Control Systems experience
• Gas & Oil Burners experience
• Boiler experience
• Fault finding, diagnosing, commissioning & retrofit experience
• HV & LV experience
• Happy to work away from home most days across Monday to Friday & to travel the UK / Ireland (this is a must)

Benefits

• Fantastic Benefits including £600 per month stay out from home bonus on top of the advertised salary above (£7.2K p/a extra), Company Van, Enhanced Overtime Rates (x1.5 rate in M-F, x2 Weekends), 7% discretionary bonus, Health Insurance Scheme, 33 days annual holiday & more.

If you are an Electrical Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Electrician, Maintenance Engineer, Shift Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Project Engineer or similar then this could be a great opportunity for you, working within a highly progressive business.

Immediate start available