Electrical Service Engineer

Bilfinger; St Helens; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a proactive Service Engineer in St Helens, UK. You will provide support and maintenance services, troubleshoot electrical and control systems, and ensure high safety standards. Ideal candidates have experience in electrical installations and fault finding, as well as relevant qualifications. This role requires flexibility and good client interaction skills, contributing to minimizing interruptions in service to clients.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain SC/CTC clearances.
• Experience in electrical installations and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on engineer willing to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Covering support and maintenance services for various clients.
• Perform troubleshooting and repairs on electrical systems.
• Conduct preventive maintenance checks on site.
• Maintain communication with customers regarding technical issues.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Installation of electrical PLC systems

Teamwork

Proactive problem-solving

Education

Level 3 electrical apprenticeship

ECS Card Black or Gold

18th edition Regulations

IPAF certification

Job description

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

Main Responsibilities

• Covering support and maintenance services specifically for MOJ / HMP client as well as other BUK clients as required
• Problem solving and troubleshooting of electrical, mechanical and control systems for MOJ (and other security clients such as Police, NHS etc). Repairs of issues found.
• Constantly observe for potential health and safety issues at work
• Electrical installation, commissioning, fault finding & project works
• Prompt reporting about maintenance visits and call outs to the manager and suggesting solutions in the case of unresolved issues
• Liaise with customers about technical side of the maintenance visit / call out or project works as required
• Maintain good relationship with customers’ engineers during the maintenance visit and promote Bilfinger’s brand
• Identify areas of concern on existing equipment and suggest possible solutions and improvements
• Specify parts required for call outs, projects or maintenance
• Support and shadow new starters to ensure they have a good understanding of service activities
• Follow market development on his/hers area of expertise
• Suggest training courses needed to keep skills up to date
• Keep all security vetting requirements up to date for the clients namely MOJ, NHS, Police services, Nuclear clients etc
• As a Service Engineer you would be required to carry out preventive maintenance checks to site for our contract customers and you would be required to carry out inspections of control equipment, diagnose and rectify any faults that you find. You would be expected to resolve any issues at site with the minimum interruption to the client. You may be troubleshooting problems over the phone as well as attending the site to resolve problems.
• Other duties carried out may be testing equipment and installation and commissioning of control systems on site.
• Online access (Broad band) will be required from your home to access company’s intranet and file server.
• We are looking for pro-active can-do mentality, hands on engineer and team player who can interact and interface with other team members and as well as clients.

Experience and Qualifications

• Installation of Electrical PLC Systems (Including Containment)
• Electrical Fault finding on Automated control systems
• Level 3 electrical apprenticeship
• ECS Card Black or Gold desirable
• 18th edition Regulations desirable
• IPAF desirable.
• Must be able to obtain SC/CTC clearances

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.