Maintenance Electrician

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

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Maintenance Electrician. This position offers a competitive salary of £48,000 per annum, overtime opportunities, and excellent benefits such as a pension scheme and continuous training. Applicants should have relevant electrical qualifications and experience in planned and reactive maintenance within a manufacturing setting. This role also entails ensuring peak operational performance of the factory and troubleshooting electrical issues.

Benefits

Company pension contribution

Cycle-to-work scheme

Shopping discounts

Continued training and engineering development

Qualifications

• Electrical vocational and technical qualifications required.
• Experience in electrical maintenance within manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for proactive and reactive electrical maintenance.
• Cover planned maintenance across manufacturing lines.
• Identify and resolve recurring plant issues.

Skills

Planned electrical maintenance

Reactive electrical maintenance

Fault finding on PLCs

Siemens PLC S7 TIA portal training

Education

City and Guilds Level 3

BTEC Level 3 or NVQ Level 3

Job description

Overview

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.

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
• Shift patterns:
  • 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 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

• 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