Maintenance Electrician

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

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company is seeking a Maintenance Electrician in Loughborough. The position offers a competitive salary of £48,000 per annum with potential for overtime, along with a range of benefits including a company pension, shopping discounts, and training opportunities. Successful candidates will have relevant electrical qualifications and experience in maintenance within a manufacturing environment.

Benefits

Company pension contribution

Cycle-to-work scheme

Shopping discounts

Continuous training opportunities

Qualifications

• City and Guilds Level 3 and BTEC Level 3 or higher with NVQ Level 3 required.
• Strong experience in planned and reactive maintenance within manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive and reactive electrical maintenance activities.
• Drive improvements and resolve recurring plant issues.
• Perform work on electrical elements such as motors and PLCs.

Skills

Planned electrical maintenance

Reactive electrical maintenance

Basic PLC fault finding

Education

Electrical Vocational qualifications – City and Guilds Level 3

BTEC Level 3 or higher with NVQ Level 3

Job description

Overview

Join a leading manufacturing company as a 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.

What's in it for you as Maintenance Electrician

• Salary: £48,000 per annum with premium overtime also available to enhance earnings
• Location: Loughborough
• Benefits: company pension contribution, cycle-to-work scheme, shopping discounts, and more
• Hours: 42-hr week
• Shifts: 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

• 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 PLCs; extensive training on Siemens PLC S7 TIA portal systems along with upskilling opportunities.
• Enhance plant reliability with best practices using CMMS.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 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.