Electrician - Weekend

Liebherr Maritime Cranes; Killarney; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Paid overtime

End of Year Bonus

Pension Scheme

Service Pay

Early finish on a Friday

21 days annual leave

Company Fixed Days

Canteen subsidy

Sports and Social Club

Retailer Discounts

Life Assurance

Refer a friend Scheme

Maternity Pay

Educational assistance

Career Progression Opportunities

Job summary

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. in Killarney, Ireland, is recruiting an Electrician on a 2-year fixed-term contract. You will report to the Electrical Foreman and handle maintenance, fault-finding, and upgrades across machinery and plant, including PLC systems and drives.

Weekend shifts are required. Ideal candidates have industrial electrical experience, strong fault-finding skills, and the ability to read schematics and documentation.

Qualifications

• Qualified electrician with industrial maintenance experience required.
• Strong fault-finding ability on automated equipment advantageous.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and machine documentation for fault-finding.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical maintenance, fault-finding, and repairs on machinery and plant.
• Perform planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to reduce downtime and improve reliability.
• Carry out inspections, testing, and safety checks in line with regulations.
• Support installation, commissioning, upgrades, and modification projects.
• Work on AC/DC motors, control circuits, sensors, drives, PLC systems, and LV/HV installations.
• Cable sizing, installation, glanding, and terminations.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and reports.
• Support training apprentices and liaise with operators and supervisors.
• Work independently with high safety, quality, and housekeeping standards.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Schematic interpretation

PLC/CNC/robotics knowledge

Autonomous working

Safety awareness

Education

Qualified electrician with industrial maintenance experience

Tools

Outlook

Excel

SharePoint

CAFM systems

Job description

Responsibilities

We are currently recruiting for an Electrician on a 2-year Fixed Term Contract. Reporting to the Electrical Foreman, the ideal candidate will be highly motivated self- starter, dependable and can manage multiple tasks simultaneously. The candidate will have excellent attention to detail and have good communication skills. This position requires flexibility to work weekend shift.

• Carry out electrical maintenance, fault-finding, root cause analysis and repairs on machinery and plant to required standard.


• Perform planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to reduce downtime and improve reliability.


• Carry out inspections, testing, and safety checks in line with regulations.


• Support installation, commissioning, upgrades, and modification projects where required.


• Work on AC/DC motors, control circuits, sensors, drives, PLC systems, and LV/HV installations.


• Cable sizing, installation, glanding, and terminations.


• Maintain accurate maintenance records and reports (manual and computer systems), while maintaining departmental KPIs.


• Support continuous improvement and assist in training apprentices.


• Liaise with operators, supervisors, and colleagues to complete work effectively.


• Work independently while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and housekeeping

Qualifications, Requirements & Experience

• Qualified electrician with industrial maintenance experience.


• Strong fault-finding ability on automated equipment advantageous.


• Able to read and interpret electrical schematics and machine documentation to support fault-finding, self-directed learning, and development of machine knowledge and maintenance competency.


• Competent with Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, and CAFM systems.


• Experience in testing, inspection, and compliance.


• PLC/CNC/robotics advantageous.


• Strong safety awareness, experience working at heights and in confined spaces.


• Must be available to work weekends 06:30am - 18:30pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary


• Paid overtime


• End of Year Bonus


• Pension Scheme


• Service Pay


• Early finish on a Friday


• 21 days annual leave + Length of service days


• Company Fixed Days


• Subsidised canteen


• Sports and Social Club


• Retailer Discounts


• Life Assurance


• Refer a friend Scheme


• Maternity Pay


• Educational assistance


• Career Progression Opportunities

One Passion. Many Opportunities.

The Company

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of ship to shore cranes, rail mounted gantry cranes and rubber tyre gantry cranes. From its base in Killarney, Ireland, the company designs, builds and exports container cranes worldwide. Founded in 1958 as the first Liebherr factory outside of Germany, today, container cranes manufactured by Liebherr in Ireland are renowned for their quality, longevity and productivity.

Location

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd.

Killarney

Ireland (IE)

Contact

Fiona Darby

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