Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

📍 Sheffield

🕒 12-hour rotating days & nights (6am-6pm / 6pm-6am)

💰 £47,000 per annum

Stafforce Recruitment are proud to be recruiting on behalf of a well-established and highly respected steel manufacturing company based in Sheffield. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a heavy engineering environment offering long‑term stability, strong earnings and technical challenge.

Working on a shift basis, you will support the electrical operations of a large‑scale manufacturing plant, ensuring equipment reliability and minimising downtime.

Key responsibilities include:

• Electrical maintenance of motors and drives
• Fault finding on electronic cards down to component level
• Maintenance of mill thyristor drives
• Electrical maintenance of overhead D.C. and A.C. cranes
• Maintenance and fault finding on PLC systems (ABB & Allen Bradley)
• Using programming tools to diagnose faults and adjust parameters
• Monitoring and maintaining furnace control systems, including calibration of controllers, air/gas transducers, thermocouple changes and furnace lighting procedures
• Responding to breakdowns efficiently and safely to reduce production impact

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• HNC (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering
• Experience with in a heavy engineering or manufacturing environment
• Strong fault‑finding skills and the ability to interpret electrical drawings
• Working knowledge of PC‑based software (e.g. Excel)
• Experience producing clear shift reports
• A solid understanding of electrical safety legislation and maintenance standards
• Proven experience working to SWPs, risk assessments, I&I procedures, permit systems and IEE Regulations

If you're an Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking for your next move in Sheffield and want to work for a recognised name in steel manufacturing, we'd love to hear from you.

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Apply today or contact Stafforce Recruitment for more information.

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