Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Salary: GBP
50000 - GBP
50000 per annum + + Overtime + Company Benefits

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Employment type: Permanent, full-time
Location: Doncaster, South Yorkshire – site-based
Hours: 12-hour shifts – 2 days, 2 nights, followed by 4 days off
Salary: £50,000 p.a. + Overtime (up to 17 additional shifts available, worth approximately £5,000) + Company Benefits

The Role

We are working exclusively with a well-established and growing company operating within a continuous process environment. They are looking for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team on a permanent basis at their Doncaster site.

The role will be responsible for carrying out electrical maintenance, installation and fault finding across a range of industrial plant and machinery, helping to maximise equipment availability and minimise disruption to production.

This is a pure electrical maintenance role, with the successful candidate ideally coming from a heavy industrial, manufacturing or continuous process background. Experience with in industries such as steel, mining, heavy engineering, recycling or similar environments would be particularly relevant.

The ideal candidate will have completed a recognised electrical apprenticeship, hold an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification and have 18th Edition certification. You will need to be comfortable working within a demanding industrial environment and working around food waste.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive electrical maintenance across site.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults on plant, machinery and associated equipment.
• Carry out electrical installation works across a range of industrial applications.
• Install, maintain and repair new and existing electrical equipment.
• Fault find on electrical control systems, machinery and production equipment.
• Work with inverter drives and have a good understanding of basic PLC logic.
• Ensure production equipment is maintained to minimise downtime and disruption.
• Complete risk assessments before undertaking maintenance activities.
• Carry out equipment inspections and identify potential electrical issues.
• Complete maintenance logs, job sheets and relevant documentation.
• Ensure work areas are clean, safe and tidy following completion of tasks.
• Support the wider Maintenance Team and assist with holiday and sickness cover when required.
• Work alongside mechanical and operational teams where required.
• Ensure all work is completed safely, efficiently and to a high standard.
• Comply with all company Health & Safety procedures and site requirements.
• Support other duties and maintenance activities as required by site management.
• Recognised Electrical Apprenticeship or equivalent electrical qualification.
• NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• Extensive electrical maintenance experience within a continuous process, manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and breakdown maintenance experience.
• Experience maintaining industrial plant, machinery and production equipment.
• Good understanding of general factory maintenance practices.
• Basic PLC knowledge and experience with inverter drives.
• Comfortable working within a heavy industrial/process environment.
• Comfortable working around food waste.
• Able to complete risk assessments and follow site Health & Safety procedures.
• Able to work independently and as part of a wider engineering team.
• Self-motivated, reliable and able to prioritise workload under pressure.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues across the site.
• Willingness to work a 12-hour day and night shift pattern, including weekends.
• Experience with in heavy industry, steel, mining, recycling, waste or a similar industrial environment.
• Experience working within a continuous process environment.
• Additional mechanical maintenance experience.
• Experience with industrial control systems.
• Previous experience working within food processing, food waste or similar environments.

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