Shift Electrical Maintenance Engineer — Fault-Finding

Andrews Recruitment Group; Grays; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension

Employee discounts and rewards

Training and development

Long-term career progression

Support from a major UK industrial org

Job summary

Andrews Recruitment Group is seeking two Electrical Maintenance Engineers for a major Essex manufacturing site near Grays. You will cover 12-hour days and nights in a rotating pattern, ensuring electrical reliability across automated plant and control systems.

A strong fault-finding skillset and experience with motors, VFDs and Siemens PLCs are valued. The role involves planned and reactive maintenance with emphasis on safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Recognised electrical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent training.
• Strong industrial electrical maintenance experience.
• Experience maintaining automated production machinery.
• Knowledge of 17th/18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• Experience with motors, motor control and inverter drives (VFD).
• Experience with Siemens PLCs (S5/S7) is useful but not essential.
• Comfortable working in a production/process environment.

Responsibilities

• Planned preventative maintenance on production machinery.
• Reactive electrical breakdown response and fault finding.
• Maintain electrical systems across automated plant and controls.
• Repair motors, contactors and inverter drives; replace components as needed.
• Support PLC-controlled machinery and CMMS documentation.
• Identify repeat faults and help improve plant reliability.
• Collaborate with production and engineering teams to maintain safety standards.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Motor control

Inverter drives (VFD)

PLC knowledge

Safety compliance

Education

Electrical Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent training

Tools

Siemens PLCs S5/S7

CMMS

Job description

Andrews Recruitment Group is seeking two Electrical Maintenance Engineers for a major Essex manufacturing site near Grays. You will cover 12-hour days and nights in a rotating pattern, ensuring electrical reliability across automated plant and control systems.

A strong fault-finding skillset and experience with motors, VFDs and Siemens PLCs are valued. The role involves planned and reactive maintenance with emphasis on safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.