Senior Electronics And Electrical Maintenance Engineer Role

Galaxy Personnel; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Electronics and Electrical Maintenance Engineer based near Bury St Edmunds. The role involves leading maintenance projects, programming PLCs, diagnosing faults, and ensuring optimal production availability. Suitable candidates will have 5-10 years experience, strong aptitude in electrical/electronic systems, and leadership capabilities. This is a permanent position offering a competitive salary of up to £52,000 per annum.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years experience in a production support role.
• Proficient in PLC programming and application.
• Good electronic and electrical aptitude for diagnosing faults.

Responsibilities

• Drive and lead maintenance projects.
• Fault finding and repair of electronic and electrical systems.
• Assist in maintaining production output.

Skills

PLC programming

Electrical control systems

Instrumentation experience

Electronic and electrical aptitude

Job description

Role – Senior Electronics and Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location – Based close to Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Working hours – Monday to Friday – Day shift

Salary – Up to £52,000 per annum

Capacity of role – Permanent position

Our client is currently looking for a senior team member to support their maintenance function. Applicants will have worked in a role of this calibre previously and will have the persona to lead, motivate and develop a team of individuals.

Responsibilities

• Drive and lead projects
• Programming of PLCs, upgrading control panels for automated systems and HMIs
• Assist the Department Head in providing maintenance support for all departments within the group
• Assist production when necessary to maintain production output
• Prompt attendance to machinery failures / breakdowns which will include fault finding on electronic and electrical systems and repair
• All planned maintenance tasks to ensure optimal production availability
• Diagnosis, fault finding and repair of equipment
• Complete and update tasks using a maintenance based software
• Provide assistance to Service Engineers / Contractors as and when required
• Generate ideas for improvement in the Maintenance Department
• Fault finding, repair and improving of all aspects of control systems
• Install new equipment and electronic control systems
• Replacement of outdated control systems to achieve company-wide consistency, flexibility and reliability
• Assist departments with fault finding on their machines using various PLC software and test equipment
• Ensure all departments are maintained to high standards, ensuring compliance to insurance, regulations and safety audits
• Continuous Improvement activities, spotting areas of the site and manufacturing to improve, creating solutions and implementation including project based work
• Investigate and where possible offer suggestions for system improvements and/or cost reductions
• Knowledge of variable frequency speed controllers, inverters and vibration feed controllers

Candidate Attributes

• Proficient in PLC programming, introducing updates; past experience using Allen Bradley and Mitsubishi machines would be beneficial
• Experience in supporting a fast paced production environment
• At least 5-10 years experience of working in a production support role
• Very good electronic and electrical aptitude and be able to diagnose machine faults
• Extensive knowledge of various electrical control systems, instrumentation and PLCs

Skills Required

Proficient in programming PLC, 5-10 years experience in a production support position, Electronic and Electrical aptitude and ability to diagnose machine faults, Electrical control systems, Instrumentation experience

Qualifications Required

PLC Programming

How to Apply

To apply for this position please call Gemma to discuss further on (phone number removed) or email a CV to (url removed)