Maintenance Engineer

Handley James; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Handley James is recruiting an Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineer for a growing manufacturing business. The role is hands-on, focusing on electrical maintenance, breakdown response and improving equipment reliability.

You will perform reactive and planned maintenance, contribute to equipment upgrades including robotics, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards across all activities. A time-served apprenticeship or equivalent qualification is required.

Qualifications

• Time served, electrically biased maintenance engineer with an engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in reactive and planned maintenance within manufacturing.
• Strong health and safety knowledge and ability to carry out electrical and mechanical maintenance.
• Experience of supporting equipment upgrade projects is essential.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out reactive maintenance and diagnosing electrical faults to restore equipment safely and minimise downtime
• Completing scheduled planned preventive maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability
• Undertaking electrical and mechanical maintenance to support production requirements
• Identifying recurring faults through root cause analysis and supporting lasting maintenance improvements
• Supporting equipment upgrade projects, including robotics, and working with the wider team to improve plant performance
• Working in line with health and safety requirements and relevant engineering standards across all maintenance activities

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Root cause analysis

Maintenance planning

Health & safety knowledge

Problem solving

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship

18th Edition Wiring Regulations

HNC/HND

Tools

Electrical testing equipment

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Job description

We have been retained by one of our key clients to recruit a Electrically Bias Maintenance Engineer for a growing and established manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation where you can apply your electrical maintenance skills and help improve equipment reliability.

This is a hands on role and an opportunity to contribute to the performance of a manufacturing operation. The business requires an electrically biased maintenance engineer who can respond effectively to breakdowns, carry out planned maintenance and support equipment improvements.

Role Responsibilities

To maintain plant and equipment, ensuring it operates safely, reliably and efficiently while minimising disruption to production.

You will be responsible for:

• Carrying out reactive maintenance and diagnosing electrical faults to restore equipment safely and minimise downtime
• Completing scheduled planned preventive maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability
• Undertaking electrical and mechanical maintenance to support production requirements
• Identifying recurring faults through root cause analysis and supporting lasting maintenance improvements
• Supporting equipment upgrade projects, including robotics, and working with the wider team to improve plant performance
• Working in line with health and safety requirements and relevant engineering standards across all maintenance activities

You will currently be a time served, electrically biased maintenance engineer with a completed engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualification and previous experience within manufacturing. You will have experience of reactive and planned maintenance, scheduled maintenance activities, root cause analysis. Strong health and safety knowledge, the ability to carry out electrical and mechanical maintenance, and experience of supporting equipment upgrade projects are essential.

Experience within heavy engineering or a similar industrial environment, hydraulics and pneumatics, facilities maintenance, machine relocation and maintaining equipment of varying ages and complexity would be advantageous. An HNC, HND or 18th Edition qualification, together with experience of supporting mandatory inspections, would also be desirable. You will be comfortable working at height and able to adapt your working hours to changing priorities.