Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer (PLC Fault Finding)

Term: Permanent, Full-Time

Working Hours

• Monday–Thursday: 08:00–16:00 (flexible start available)
• Friday:
  Early finish (1pm)
• Total: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Diss, IP21

Salary: Up to £50,000

We are delighted to be working with a well‑established manufacturing business to recruit a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer (PLC Fault Finding) for their day‑shift engineering team.

This Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer (PLC Fault Finding) position offers a hands‑on environment, strong work‑life balance, and the opportunity to play a key role within a stable, supportive engineering function.

This role will suit an experienced Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer (PLC Fault Finding) who is confident working on manufacturing machinery and comfortable fault‑finding across PLC‑controlled systems.

As a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer (PLC Fault Finding), you will act as a key escalation point on site, supporting more complex faults and helping drive reliability improvements across production equipment.

While this is not a programming role, the successful Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer (PLC Fault Finding) will be expected to confidently use PLCs and HMIs to diagnose faults and support troubleshooting independently.

• Act as an escalation point for complex electrical faults
• Carry out hands‑on electrical fault‑finding on manufacturing machinery
• Use PLCs and HMIs to diagnose issues (inputs/outputs, sensors, logic)
• Support planned and reactive maintenance activities
• Work on motors, drives, control panels, and automated equipment
• Support continuous improvement and reliability initiatives
• Provide technical support to other engineers on site

• Proven experience as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer in a manufacturing environment
• Strong background working on production machinery and automated systems
• Confident fault‑finding electrical issues in live environments
• Comfortable using PLCs and HMIs for fault diagnosis and troubleshooting
• Experience with drives, motors, sensors, and control panels
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of problems
• Qualifications beneficial but hands‑on experience is prioritised

• Hands‑on and practical approach
• Logical and structured fault‑finding mindset
• Calm under pressure in a production environment
• Team‑focused and supportive
• Keen to learn and develop technically

• Salary up to £50,000
• Early finish every Friday
• Day‑based role –
  no on‑call
• Flexible working hours
• Private healthcare
• Ongoing training and development
• Stable and supportive engineering team

• One‑stage, face‑to‑face interview
• Site tour included
• Focus on practical fault‑finding approach
• Initial technical discussion including PLC troubleshooting

If you’re an experienced Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer (PLC Fault Finding) looking for a role where you can stay hands‑on, solve problems, and be a key technical support on site, we’d love to hear from you.

INDMAN

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