Electrician

Breedon Holdings LTD; Melbourne CP; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial company is seeking an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer for their team in the Midlands. This role involves developing and implementing preventative maintenance systems to ensure safe and reliable operations at their quarry and asphalt plant. Candidates should have qualifications in Electrical Engineering and experience in heavy industrial settings, as well as the ability to respond quickly to equipment issues. Competitive salary, benefits, and travel opportunities included.

Benefits

Competitive salary and overtime

Company pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Life Assurance Scheme

Volunteer day

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced parental leave

ShareSave scheme

Employee discounts

Broad training opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified in Electrical Engineering or have equivalent experience.
• Experienced in a heavy industrial environment.
• Good knowledge of electrical maintenance methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop preventative maintenance systems and carry out planned maintenance activities.
• Respond to unplanned plant shutdowns efficiently.
• Travel to other Breedon sites as required.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Heavy industrial environment experience

Electrical LV isolation knowledge

Electrical maintenance methods

Medium/high voltage networks

Health, Safety & Environment regulations

Computer literacy

Full UK driving license

Education

Qualification in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

Job description

Description

As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer at Breedon, you’ll work alongside our maintenance and operations teams. You’ll enjoy problem solving and will be working to identify the root cause for electrical defects and breakdowns, offering solutions to problematic equipment, aiming to resolve problems in a time efficient and safe manner.

We are looking for an experienced industrial electrician to join our team based on a 48 hour contract, overtime is available. You will mainly be working Monday to Friday and may be asked to be on call for our night shift.

You’ll support the wider Maintenance team to identify and support preventative maintenance activities at our flagship Cloud Hill Quarry based in Derbyshire.

This role is commutable from :

Derby
Castle Donington
Kegworth
Loughborough
Derby
Burton upon Trent
Nottingham
Leicester
Melton Mowbray
Tamworth
Birmingham
Nuneaton
Ashby De La Zouch
Coalville
Swadlincote

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for developing a preventative maintenance system and carrying out planned maintenance activities to ensure that our quarry and asphalt plant operates safely and reliably. You will play a key 'hands on' role in the planning and implementation of plant improvements and have the ability to quickly fault find, respond to any unplanned plant shutdowns and work closely with other team members and contractors as required.

Part of this role will include traveling to other Breedon sites in the Midlands area, a company van is provided.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• A qualification or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering
• Knowledge and experience of a heavy industrial environment
• Good working knowledge of electrical LV isolation
• Good understanding of electrical maintenance methods & techniques
• Knowledge & experience of medium / high voltage networks including switching methods
• A sound working knowledge of Health, Safety & Environment regulations
• Computer literate
• A full UK driving licence due to travel required

Desirable; training can be provided

• A working knowledge of BS7671 inspection & testing
• PLC and VSD Experience
• 18th Edition Wiring regulation BS7671 Certification

Benefits

• A tailored, competitive salary plus the option to earn overtime on top
• Company pension scheme
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays on top
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Life Assurance Scheme
• 1 day per year to volunteer with a charity of your choice
• Make a Material Difference Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme providing a wide range of health and wellbeing support 24 / 7
• Enhanced parental leave policy
• Option to participate in our ShareSave scheme
• Access to our employee benefits platform, giving you discounts on a wide variety of high street shops and brands
• Broad learning opportunities, training and career progression pathways

As a Breedon employee you can be proud of the organisations Health, Safety and Environmentally conscious mindset. We aim to go above and beyond to mitigate environmental concerns as well as going the extra mile to keep all our colleagues and stakeholders safe and well