Electrical Shift Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Coleford; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 on 4 off shifts

Career progression

Training & development

Company pension

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a growing manufacturing team. You will provide maintenance and electrical breakdown support to keep plant operations available and efficient.

You will diagnose faults, carry out preventive maintenance, manage spare parts via CMMS/SAP, and work with day shift teams to resolve long-term issues, with a 4 on 4 off pattern and opportunities for progression.

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of electrical engineering principles and fabrication skills.
• Formal qualification in Electrical Engineering and familiarity with IEE 17th Edition.
• Knowledge of motor control, instrumentation, PLCs and modern drives in a continuous process environment.
• Good understanding of Health and Safety legislation in a process plant.
• Strong drive, motivation and commitment to objectives and business goals.
• Analytical ability to assimilate and analyse information for problem solving.
• Clear written and oral communication.
• Computer literacy with CMMS experience.
• Team player with a flexible approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Identify failure modes of plant equipment and return to operation safely and promptly.
• Diagnose and repair equipment breakdowns.
• Liaise with engineering day teams to resolve long-term issues.
• Follow up shift reports and SAP/inspection reports detailing corrective actions.
• Locate spare parts using CMMS/SAP and manage stores.
• Identify failure modes and make recommendations to prevent repeats.
• Obtain maintenance schedules from SAP and record work using notifications.
• Carry out preventive maintenance routines including motor brush replacement.
• Investigate and rectify all electrical faults.

Skills

Electrical engineering principles

Fitting and fabrication

Rigging and lifting

Motor control & PLCs

Health and safety

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Education

Formal technical qualification in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS systems

Job description

This Successful business is looking to add an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to their growing team.

As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you will provide a comprehensive maintenance / electrical breakdown service and support to the relevant department functions of the mill, which will enable the department to operate at a level of availability and performance within agreed standards.

As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, what you'll be doing:

• Identifying failure modes of plant equipment and returning the equipment to operation safely and in a reasonable timescale.
• Diagnosing and repairing equipment breakdowns.
• To liaise with engineering day teams to identify and resolve long-term engineering issues.
• To follow up all shift reports, SAP and other inspection reports detailing corrective actions.
• Locating spare parts using the maintenance management system. Collecting and returning spares to stores.
• Identifying failure modes of electrical equipment and making recommendations to prevent further failures.
• Obtaining maintenance schedules from the maintenance management system (SAP) and feeding back work carried out. Work arising to be recorded using notifications.
• To carry out preventive maintenance routines, including the following:
• Motor brush replacement and set up.
• Investigate and rectify all electrical faults.

What we'll need from you:

• The job holder will have a sound knowledge of electrical engineering principles with a comprehensive understanding of fitting, turning and general fabrication, rigging and lifting of heavy loads.
• Candidates should possess a formal technical qualification in Electrical Engineering and be familiar with the 17th Edition IEE Regulations.
• General knowledge of working with motor control, instrumentation, PLC's and modern drives systems in a continuous process industry.
• A good working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and the application of continuous process environment.
• Strong Drive, Motivation and Commitment: the extent to which the individual is self-starting and self-motivated and the degree and consistency of energy / enthusiasm which is committed in the pursuit of objectives and business goals.
• The post holder should have good analytical skills and the ability to assimilate, organise and analyse pertinent information for logic based problem solving.
• Able to communicate in clear concise manner, both in writing and orally.
• Computer literate with practical experience of CMMS systems.
• A team worker, with a flexible approach to work.

What you'll get in return:

• A 4 on 4 off shift pattern with additional time off
• Opportunities for career progression
• Training and development opportunities
• Company pension scheme

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.

*Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.