Maintenance Electrician

ATA Recruitment; Leicester; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Maintenance Electrician to join their team at a flagship site in Leicester. This role offers a remarkable work-life balance, with only 144 working days a year and significant opportunities for career progression. As part of a multinational business with over 200 years of experience, you will maintain PLC controlled automated machinery and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Join a stable company with ambitious growth plans and enjoy a supportive environment that values training and development. If you are passionate about engineering and looking for a long-term career, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Annual bonus

9% company pension contribution

Cash health plan

Subsidized canteen

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining PLC controlled automated production machinery.
• Strong electrical fault finding and installation skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned preventive maintenance on production machinery.
• React to breakdowns and conduct electrical fault finding.
• Undertake project work including upgrades and installations.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Electrical installations

PLC controlled machinery maintenance

Continuous improvement

Education

Completed craft apprenticeship

Job description

Maintenance Electrician, £53,820 (DOE), annual bonus, 9% company pension contribution, cash health plan, subsided canteen.

Shifts: 4 on 4 off (2d2n)

Why join our client?

• Extreme work life balance, working only 144 days in the year - 14 days off every set of 5 shifts.
• Work for a multinational business at their European Flag ship site.
• Growing business who have huge investment plans over the next 18 months.
• Real career progression – The current plant manager started on the shop floor.

ATA is supporting a large manufacturing group who are looking to add an experienced line maintenance technician to their team. With over 200 years of experience, this group has a well-established history of delivering sustainable packaging products to various industries, including Food, Beverage, Retail and E-commerce. The group are a true global leader within their field, operating across 40 plants in 17 countries, employ over 6,000 staff and turnover an impressive £2 billion.

This site in Leicestershire has been at the heart of the community for over 40 years with a lot of their employees being at the site for near its full tenure including the plant manager who started on the shop floor. The site has always offered a great place to work and with investment plans on the horizon, it will soon become the group's UK flagship site.

What does a day to day look like for a Maintenance Electrician on site?

As a Maintenance Electrician you will be responsible for maintaining a variety of PLC controlled automated production machinery.

Responsibilities include:

• Completing planned preventive maintenance
• Reacting to breakdowns
• Electrical fault finding
• Electrical installations
• Undertaking project work which can include upgrade and new machine installation

What do our client look for?

• Maintenance Electrician who wants to contribute to continuous improvement
• Engineers who want to forge a long-term career
• A passion for engineering & maintenance
• A completed craft apprenticeship

The benefits

Joining our client, you will be given the opportunity to develop technically, working under the guidance of an experienced electrical manager who values training and development. Furthermore, you will be joining an extremely stable company who are interested in scaling up and not down.

If you want to hear more about becoming a Maintenance Electrician at this industry leading group, then please press apply or give Ashton a call on 07814905283, alternatively drop me an email on [e-mail].