Electrical Maintenance Engineer; Manufacturing

Position: Electrical Maintenance Engineer (Manufacturing)
An outstanding permanent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a highly successful, premier manufacturing operation in Johnstone. If you are an electrically biased engineer looking for structured technical progression, excellent shift allowances, and a clear path into leadership, this role offers a defined grading matrix to take your career to the next level. Electrical Maintenance:
Execute planned preventative maintenance (PPM), proactive fault-finding, and reactive breakdown repairs across complex production machinery. Downtime Reduction:
Work closely with the wider engineering team to minimize plant downtime and optimize equipment reliability. Continuous Improvement:
Contribute to site engineering projects, machinery upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Experience:

Strong electrical maintenance and fault-finding background within a high-volume manufacturing or production environment. Industry Focus:
Experience working within Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding, or Extrusion Moulding environments is highly desirable.

Qualifications:

Relevant engineering qualifications (ideally HNC/HND or equivalent time-served status). Flexibility:
Willingness to work the rotational shift pattern following your initial onboarding period. Structured internal grading system (Levels 1, 2, and
3) with clear milestones to progress into Chargehand / Team Leader positions. Plentiful overtime opportunities to significantly boost your earnings.

Hours:

39 hours per week  Overtime available - Shift Schedule & Premiums:
You will complete an initial 2–3 week training period on day shift before moving onto the following rotational pattern (attracting 20% back shift and 33% night shift allowances):
Day

Shift: Monday–Thursday, 8:00am – 4:30pm;
Friday, 8:00am – 3:30pm. Back Shift (Rotation):
Monday–Wednesday, 11:30am – 10:00pm;
Thursday, 12:30pm – 10:00pm. (Occasional variant: Tuesday–Thursday, 11:30am – 10:00pm; Friday, 12:30pm – 10:00pm). Night Shift (Rotation):
Monday–Thursday, 9:50pm – 8:05am.

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