Senior Maintenance Technician Electrical

Brush Transformers; Charnwood; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering solutions company in Charnwood is seeking a skilled technician to oversee maintenance tasks and mentor apprentices. The ideal candidate will have an Electrical apprenticeship and relevant qualifications, demonstrating a proven track record in similar roles. This position offers a competitive salary, generous holiday allowances, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holiday allowance starting at 26 days per annum

Flexible and Hybrid working options

Life insurance – 4 x annual salary

Enhanced Company Pension scheme

24/7 free Employee Assistance Programme

GP24 access to remote GP services

Family-friendly policies

Bike2work scheme

Long Service Awards

Ongoing professional development and training

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a similar role.
• Experience with diagnosing and troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee advanced maintenance and repair tasks.
• Lead and mentor apprentices and technicians.
• Perform repairs on mechanical and electrical systems.
• Conduct emergency repairs to minimize downtime.

Skills

Electrical apprenticeship

Troubleshooting mechanical systems

Mentoring

Education

HNC in Electrical Engineering

NVQ3, ONC or City & Guilds qualification

Job description

About The Role

Why choose us?

BRUSH Group provides the energysolutions that help power our built world. Frompower transformers to switchgear and engineering solutions, for generations, the BRUSH brand has stood for engineering excellence.

We are committed to supporting the global effort forindustrial decarbonisation and sustainable development and have set ambitiousobjectives to achieve our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 🌍

What's the role?

Responsible for overseeing and performing advanced maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting tasks to ensure that equipment, machinery, and systems operate effectively and efficiently in the manufacturing and commercial environment. This role also involves leading and mentoring apprentices and maintenance technicians while assisting with planning and executing maintenance programs, breakdown, diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical, electrical, and other technical issues, as well as performing preventative maintenance to minimise downtime.

Key Responsibilities:

• Stand in for Lead Technician/ Chargehand when they are not on site.
• Mentor apprentices and new starters to the department.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot issues with mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Perform repairs on a wide range of equipment, including Vacuum plants, Oil processing equipment, FLTs, Compressed air systems, Lighting and production machinery.
• Conduct emergency repairs to minimise production downtime.
• Provide technical assistance and training to operators and other staff.

What we’re looking for:

• Electrical apprenticeship.
• NVQ3, ONC or City & Guilds qualification.
• Proven track record in a similar role.
• HNC (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary.
• Holiday allowance starting at 26 days per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles).
• Flexible and Hybrid working options (role dependant).
• Life insurance – 4 x annual salary.
• Enhanced Company Pension scheme.
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• GP24 Service – Access to remote, private GP services 24/7, 365 days a year plus Second Medical Opinions.
• BRUSH Rewards – Discover plenty of ways to get more active and make great savings everyday essentials as well as gifts for loved ones, holidays and special treats for yourself.
• Family‑friendly policies including Enhanced Maternity/Paternity.
• Bike2work scheme.
• Long Service Awards.
• Developing our people is important to us – we support and encourage development by offering ongoing professional development and training.

About The Company

BRUSH Transformers provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award‑winning product technology, to a wide range of projects.

A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid‑resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net‑zero, helping create a future‑proof Infrastructure.