Maintenance Engineer

Nicholas Associates Group; Morecambe; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Maintenance Engineer - Electrical in Morecambe. This role involves maintaining automated plants, providing technical support, and ensuring minimal production downtime. Candidates should ideally have an engineering background and experience with fault finding in electrical systems. A base salary of £50,000 per annum is offered, with potential earnings upwards of £53,000 including overtime. Applications are welcome from all qualified individuals.

Benefits

29 days holiday including bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Time served apprenticeship in relevant engineering discipline.
• Educated in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience with pumps, motors, sensors, and relays.

Responsibilities

• Maintain service and repair all automated plant machinery.
• Provide technical support on projects, installations, and breakdowns.
• Conduct Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM).

Skills

Strong Maintenance background

Electrical fault finding

Experience with variable speed drives

Knowledge of plant machinery

Education

City and Guilds/NVQ level 3/HNC/HND

Job description

• Salary: Up to £50000 per annum + + OT = earnings of £53k and upwards
• Posted on: 1st Dec 2025
• Job Reference: JN -102025-63770_1764588515

Are you a Electrical Maintenance Engineer who wants to work a Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm for a base salary of £50000 per annum?

If so, then please read on.

The basics:

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer - Electrical

Industry: Manufacturing - Heavy Engineering/Production environment.

Pay: £23.02 per hour / £50000 per annum + OT available = earnings of £53000 and upwards achievable

Overtime: 1.5 Mon-Fri and double on Sundays

Holidays: 29 days holiday including bank holidays

Overview:

With manufacturing facilities located across the globe you will be working in an automated production environment that will involve projects, installations along with planned and re-active maintenance.

Key responsibilities of the Electrical Maintenance Engineer role:

• To maintain service and repair all automated plant machinery to minimise production down time.
• Provide technical support on all projects, installations and breakdowns.
• PPM's

The ideal candidate / Maintenance Engineer may have some of the following, however, please note these are only desirable and not essential as all applications will be looked at individually:

• Time served apprenticeship
• Strong Maintenance background working in a medium to heavy engineering environment beneficial - maintaining automated machinery/electrically biased fault finding.
• Educated in a relevant engineering discipline - City and Guilds/NVQ level 3/HNC/HND etc
• Experience working with variable speed drives, motors, sensors, relays, pumps etc.

Commutable from:

Lancaster, Carnforth, Morecambe and surrounding areas.

If you are interested in the Maintenance Engineer role, please apply immediately due to the urgency of this role.

About Us

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive community. In line with our Diversity and Inclusion policy, we welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As a Disability Confident Employer, and part of the Nicholas Associates Group, we are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities, and we're happy to discuss flexible working options.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Nicholas Associates Group of companies Privacy Notice.

For more information on this vacancy please contact us on 01332360055.