Maintenance Electrician

E3 Recruitment; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company is seeking a Maintenance Electrician to perform proactive and reactive electrical maintenance. The ideal candidate will hold relevant electrical qualifications and have maintenance experience within manufacturing. This role offers competitive salary, overtime opportunities, and continuous training to support career growth.

Benefits

Company pension contribution

Cycle-to-work scheme

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Hold relevant Electrical Vocational and Technical qualifications.
• Experience in planned and reactive electrical maintenance in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive and reactive electrical maintenance across the factory.
• Drive plant improvements and efficiencies.
• Perform basic fault finding on PLCs and motors.

Skills

Electrical Vocational Qualifications

Reactive Maintenance Experience

Planned Maintenance Experience

Education

City and Guilds Level 3

BTEC Level 3 or equivalent

NVQ Level 3

Job description

Join a leading manufacturing company as an Maintenance Electrician. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to take the next step in their career. This role offers excellent benefits, including a competitive salary, overtime opportunities and continuous training to support your growth and development as a Maintenance Electrician.

What's in it for you as Maintenance Electrician

• Salary: £48,000 per annum
• Overtime: Paid at enhanced rates
• Location: Loughborough
• Benefits: company pension contribution, cycle-to-work scheme, shopping discounts, and more
• Hours: 42-hr week
• Monday to Thursday 6am - 3pm, Friday 6am - 4pm
• Monday to Thursday 2pm - 10pm, Friday 9am - 5pm
• Monday to Thursday 8pm - 6am, no Friday. This is a rotating shift pattern
• Training: Continued training and engineering development
• Job Security: Grow within a market leader offering long-term career progression

Key Responsibilities of the Maintenance Electrician

• Responsible for plant wide proactive and reactive Electrical Maintenance activities to ensure the optimum performance of the factory.
• Covering planned and reactive maintenance activities across manufacturing lines
• Help to drive plant improvements and increased efficiencies
• Identify and resolve recurring plant issues through engineering improvements (RCA)
• Carry out work upon all electrical elements such as motors, invertors, safety circuits, performing basic fault finding on PLC's etc. Extensive training will also be provided on Siemens PLC S7 TIA portal systems along with further upskilling opportunities.
• Enhance plant reliability with best practices using CMMS

Required Experience & Qualifications needed as a Maintenance Electrician

• You will need to hold the following Electrical Vocational and Technical qualifications to be considered: City and Guilds Level 3 AND BTEC Level 3 or higher with NVQ Level 3, OR be Apprentice trained to level 3 or equivalent.
• Strong planned and reactive electrical maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer