Industrial Maintenance Electrician – Downtime Reduction

Michael Page; Glossop; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Sick pay

Pension up to 15%

Holiday pay

Death in service 6x

Job summary

Michael Page is recruiting a Maintenance electrician based in Glossop to maintain and improve electrical equipment across a heavy manufacturing site. You will contribute to safe, reliable production by fault finding, planned maintenance, and timely breakdown response.

You will work in the Engineering & Manufacturing department, developing and implementing maintenance plans, reading electrical drawings, and liaising with other departments to minimize downtime and optimize plant performance.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical maintenance and fault finding on industrial equipment.
• HNC or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Ability to diagnose electrical issues and carry out effective repairs.
• Knowledge of planned maintenance activities and maintenance record keeping.
• Ability to read and work from electrical drawings and technical information.
• Experience of working safely around electrical systems and equipment.
• Ability to prioritise maintenance tasks and respond to breakdowns.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development of PPM systems and forward scheduling of maintenance activities.
• Operational tasks to comply with legislation and company procedures.
• Fault diagnosis, repair and maintenance in a steel work / heavy engineering environment.
• Conversant in general machine wiring and installation, including temperature control and lighting.
• Plan and schedule planned and unplanned work.
• Liaise with client departments and control maintenance tools, stores and equipment.
• Monitor maintenance costs and improve production facilities.
• Carry out planned electrical maintenance to keep equipment available for production.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults to reduce disruption and restore equipment safely.
• Inspect electrical systems and identify improvements to reliability.
• Complete maintenance work to agreed standards and maintain records.
• Work with Engineering & Manufacturing to plan around operational needs.
• Respond to equipment breakdowns with a structured fault-finding approach.
• Support electrical improvement work to reduce repeat faults and downtime.
• Follow site safety procedures during electrical maintenance activities.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Industrial equipment

Reading electrical drawings

Maintenance planning

Prioritise maintenance tasks

Education

HNC or equivalent

Job description

Michael Page is recruiting a Maintenance electrician based in Glossop to maintain and improve electrical equipment across a heavy manufacturing site. You will contribute to safe, reliable production by fault finding, planned maintenance, and timely breakdown response.

You will work in the Engineering & Manufacturing department, developing and implementing maintenance plans, reading electrical drawings, and liaising with other departments to minimize downtime and optimize plant performance.