Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location:

Desford Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off (Days & Nights) Salary: £57,000  up to £3,000 annual bonus Pension:
Up to 15% total (10% employer, 5% employee) Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a large engineering team at a state-of-the-art, highly automated manufacturing facility. This is a brand-new, high-volume production site-set to become one of the fastest in Europe-offering excellent training, modern equipment, and long-term progression. This position has become available due to an engineer leaving, creating an excellent opportunity for a strong electrically-biased engineer to join a well-supported and forward-thinking team.

Key Responsibilities Provide electrical maintenance, fault finding, and repair across a variety of automated manufacturing equipment. Work on conveyors, mixers, ovens, kilns and other large-scale industrial machinery. Support continuous improvement, reliability, and efficiency across the site. Work within a large engineering team (approx. 20 engineers), ensuring safe and efficient operation of all equipment. Complete handover processes daily (5:30-6:00). Participate in holiday cover to reduce banked hours (296 hours reducing to 206 after handover deductions).

Undertake planned and reactive maintenance in a dusty, fast-paced FMCG/industrial environment. Overtime & Hours Structure You will have 206 banked hours annually (equivalent to 18 days of overtime per year ). These hours can only be reduced through holiday cover. Weekend holiday cover = time and a half deduction . Any overtime not related to holiday cover = paid at time and a half .

Essential Requirements Electrically qualified (City & Guilds / NVQ / HNC or equivalent). Strong electrical bias with excellent fault-finding skills. Experience in FMCG or heavy industrial environments .

Experience with industrial electrical panels. Exposure to automation, complex machinery, and fast-paced engineering settings. Desired Skills Siemens experience (including Siemens S7 )-desirable but not essential. Ability to work within highly automated environments. Experience in large production or manufacturing facilities. Benefits Up to 15% total pension (company contributes 10% when you contribute 5%). Strong training and development opportunities. Chance to work at a brand-new, cutting-edge automated site with major production output.

Progression opportunities within a large engineering function. Working Environment Dusty industrial environment. Highly automated systems and robotics. Fastest producing site in Europe (target). Large, supportive engineering team (approx. 20 engineers). Interview Process Stage 1:
Informal technical discussion with Carl, reviewing your CV and experience. Stage 2:
On-site technical assessment with an engineer. Bring overalls & safety shoes. Walk-through of site. Basic practical test (panel work, fault finding).