Electrical Maintenance Engineer

TechNichols Resourcing
Newport, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU15 2QX, United Kingdom
11 months ago
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Role: Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Electrician

Salary: £49,000 - £51,000 per annum plus overtime

Hours: 4 on 4 off – 2 Days followed by 2 Nights

Location: Brough - Commutable from Howden, Hull, Selby, Goole, Doncaster, Brough, York, Market Weighton, Driffield, Knottingley and surrounding areas

This global heavy plant manufacturing company offer genuinely challenging and rewarding careers for their Engineers and they are currently looking for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Electrician who wants to be part of an established, loyal and successful team.

If you’re after a role where you will have opportunities to develop your electrical skills and progress, coupled with getting involved in a range of work from reactive repairs and PPM to undertaking installations & improvement projects, then this job is for you!

The site prides themselves on being self-sufficient, not relying on outside contractors for most projects, so the maintenance teams get fully involved in most of the full Lifecyle of work. They also provide training and up-skilling where required ie. FANUC Robotics and programming or PLC’s - both fault finding and programming, although ideally you will have some of these advanced skills already.

This is a Shift based role - 4 on 4 off - 2 Days followed by 2 Nights and would ideally suit an Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Electrician with a background in an industrial or heavy manufacturing environment - the ability to work effectively within a skilled team is essential!

Responsibilities

Your role will be to focus on Electrical Maintenance and Engineering work in the factory, including:

* Supporting a wide range of heavy equipment and machinery including conveyors, mixing and robotics machinery.

* Working through a planned preventative maintenance program as well as project and continuous improvement work.

* Providing reactive maintenance, attending to and resolving breakdowns swiftly and getting production lines back up and running again.

* Dealing with VSD Drives and PLC’s.

Requirements

* The Engineer will need to have completed a recognised Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship or hold Electrical Engineering qualifications at Level 3 or above.

* Are experienced in performing reactive & PPM Electrical maintenance work within an industrial and/or heavy manufacturing environment.

* Will have experience of PLC Fault Finding, PLC programming skills are useful, additionally experience with VSD Drives is beneficial.

* Siemens PLC experience extremely desirable

* Can diagnose and repair Electrical Motors and Pneumatics.

* Are open to & willing to learn and develop your skills further, together with sharing your knowledge and experience with the team.

* A friendly, proactive and adaptable attitude to work is essential.

* Good knowledge of and strict adherence to Health & Safety.

If this role sounds of interest, please apply now and send your most up to date CV to Jane at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered. Or call TechNichols Resourcing and speak with Jane for further information.

We will endeavour to get back to all applicants but if you have not heard back within 5 working days unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful

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