Electrical Engineer-Heavy Machinery

Electrical Engineer (Fabrication & Automation)

Location: WV10
Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Join a Business Investing in Automation & Engineering Excellence

We're looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our busy fabrication and manufacturing facility. If you enjoy solving technical challenges, working with advanced automation and keeping production running efficiently, this is an excellent opportunity to play a key role within a growing engineering team.

Working directly on the shop floor, you'll be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting and improving a wide range of fabrication and automated production equipment. From CNC machinery and presses to PLC-controlled systems and robotics, you'll be at the heart of ensuring our operation performs at its best.

If you're a hands-on engineer with strong electrical fault-finding skills and a passion for automation, we'd love to hear from you.

As part of our engineering team, you will:

• Maintain, service and repair electrical systems across a range of fabrication machinery including CNC equipment, presses, saws, rolling and blanking lines.
• Diagnose electrical and automation faults quickly to minimise production downtime.
• Program, modify and troubleshoot Siemens PLC systems.
• Configure, maintain and improve HMI interfaces to support efficient machine operation.
• Install, commission and upgrade new production and automation equipment.
• Fault-find on drives, motors, encoders, sensors, PLCs and control systems.
• Integrate robotic systems into automated production lines.
• Diagnose faults with robots, teach pendants, controllers, sensors and vision systems.
• Support preventative maintenance programmes and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Produce and maintain accurate electrical drawings, PLC backups and technical documentation.
• Work closely with production teams to maximise equipment reliability and manufacturing efficiency.
• Ensure all work complies with electrical legislation, machine safety standards and company health & safety procedures.

We're looking for someone who has practical experience within a manufacturing or fabrication environment and enjoys working directly with machinery.

• Proven experience as an Electrical Engineer within manufacturing, fabrication or heavy industry.
• Strong electrical fault‑finding skills on industrial machinery.
• Experience maintaining CNC machines, presses and fabrication equipment.
• Siemens PLC programming, diagnostics and modification.
• HMI programming and troubleshooting.
• Industrial robotics programming and fault diagnosis.
• Experience with motors, variable speed drives, servo systems and industrial automation.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and engineering drawings.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills with a proactive approach to maintenance.

• Three‑phase electrical systems.
• Sensors, safety circuits and machine control systems.
• Industrial communication networks such as Ethernet/IP.
• Commissioning new machinery and production equipment.
• Integrating automation into manufacturing processes.

You’ll stand out if you have experience with:

• Aluminium fabrication or metal processing.