Electrical Technician

Peel Ports Group; Cheshire (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK port and logistics company is seeking an Electrical Technician in Cheshire. This role involves maintaining heavy equipment and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. The candidate should have relevant qualifications in Electrical Engineering and experience with hydraulic systems and PLCs. The company offers a competitive salary and extensive professional development opportunities.

Benefits

27 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)

Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension

Healthcare cash plans

Cycle2Work Scheme

Gym Membership Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Minimum ONC/HNC in Electrical Engineering required.
• Experience with heavy plant and industrial environments.
• Knowledge of statutory health and safety requirements essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and reactive maintenance on heavy plant.
• Liaise with operations to prioritize breakdown repairs.
• Document all maintenance activities in compliance with health and safety.

Skills

Maintenance of hydraulic equipment

Fault finding diagnostic techniques

Health and Safety compliance

Risk Assessments

Programmable Logic Control (PLC)

Education

ONC/HNC or equivalent in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS systems

Job description

Company description:

Peel Ports

Job description:

Vacancy - Electrical Technician

Are you an experienced and qualified Electrical Engineer looking to develop your experience in a technician role and beyond? Do you have experience in an industrial environment working with heavy plant and equipment? We are seeking an Electrical Technician to work within Mersey Engineering.

Your Role

In this role you will work with the Manchester Ship Canal engineering team, to deliver on-time delivery, continuous flow, customer satisfaction and zero defects, across a day’s role, carrying out maintenance on heavy plant and equipment.

You will complete planned and reactive maintenance activities and carry out modifications to all types of heavy plant and equipment, liaising with operations to prioritise breakdown repairs, using fault finding diagnostic techniques and equipment to reduce the impact of reactive maintenance. You will assist the team when required in a range of activities, including project work, QA systems and Health and Safety. It’s vital that all activities are documented and carried out with due care and attention in line with our Health and Safety policy and HSE regulations.

What you'll bring

You will be qualified to a minimum of ONC/HNC or equivalent in Electrical Engineering with experience of working with heavy plant and equipment in an industrial environment. Experience maintaining hydraulic equipment, impounding pumps, lock gates, bridges, and related systems would be advantageous. A working knowledge of Programmable Logical Control or drive control systems and HV networks would also be desired. Additionally, you should have experience working with PLC equipment and be willing to participate in an on-call rota for out-of-hours reactive maintenance when needed.

You will be expected to consistently uphold Peel Ports' Health and Safety standards. You should be able to create Risk Assessments and Method Statements and have a solid understanding of Permit to Work systems. Experience with CMMS systems, including fault and defect reporting, is required. You should also have knowledge and experience with relevant statutory requirements and legislation, including but not limited to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, PUWER, LOLER, and PSSR.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
• Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
• Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience, we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!