Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Kirkby in Ashfield

Maintenance Engineer – Electrical and Mechanical
Electrical biased - Regular days - 37 hours per week basic hours
Salary / rate: £20 to £21 per hour + overtime + insurance depending on experience
Job type:
Permanent position, immediate start

Location:

Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Posted: 30/6/2026

Hours:

7-30am to 4-30pm mon to thurs; 7-30am to 2pm every other Friday (making a 9 day fortnight) – with some ad hoc overtime (obviously as this is a maintenance role)
Maintenance Engineer – Electrical and Mechanical - Benefits:
 
* 24 days holiday per year
 
* 2 x basic annual salary death in service benefit
 
* Sickness insurance (subject to acceptance / conditions from insurance company) of 75% of basic pay for up to 12 months
 
* 9 day fortnight so lots of long weekends
 
* Weekday overtime at time + 1/3
 
* Saturday overtime at time + 1/2
Maintenance Engineer
- Electrical and Mechanical
- The job:
 
* Ensure all health and safety maintenance requirements are met and according to schedule
 
* Breakdowns, planned maintenance and improvement projects
 
* Electrical upgrades / modernisation / re-wiring
 
* Electrical testing
 
* Machinery build and installations
 
* In house power press maintenance (training will be given) – some power press experience would be an advantage but is not essential
 
* Must be experienced (at least 5 years in an electrical maintenance role) and time served (or modern equivalent) electrician
 
* Electrical – 17 / 18th edition essential
 
* Mechanical aptitude essential but the role is electrically biased
 
* Enthusiasm for hands-on electrical and mechanical engineering and problem solving
 
* There is always work to do so we are looking for someone happy to use their own initiative and work independently. We have a supportive team environment but, we also value people who are confident in managing their own workload without the need for constant direction.
You will be joining a team of engineers that take pride in and enjoy their work – if you don’t want to get your hands dirty, don’t apply!
This is not an office job.
The Company:
Ashfield Extrusion is a successful profitable company with a very stable workforce and is a good place to work.
As the core of the business is impact extrusion and technical components – pressing, trimming, machining, degreasing, coating and printing – we have a lot of variety. Also, being an unusual and technically difficult process, we are secure in our markets. We have also been growing steadily for a number of years.
Size of the business: approx. 110 people; turnover around £12M
If you have a look on the website you will get a good idea of the range of processes and equipment and the working environment.
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