Be at the heart of actionFly remote-controlled drones into enemy territory to gather vital information.

Apply Now

Electrical maintenance engineer

Bagworth
1 week ago
Create job alert

Electrical Maintenance Engineer – £52,000 + £2,000 Bonus (OTE £55,000–£60,000) – Ibstock, Leicestershire (LE67)
4 on 4 off (Days & Nights, 12-hour shifts) // 5 on 5 off 4 on 4 off 4 on 5 off (Days & Nights, 12 hour shifts) – 10% Pension + Overtime (1.5x, Double on Sundays) + 23 Shifts Holiday

About the client
ATA are proud to support one of the UK’s largest manufacturing groups, operating 36 sites nationwide, employing over 2,100 people, and generating £450m in revenue annually. This site is one of the newest and most profitable within the group, benefitting from significant recent investment and long-term stability, with quarry resources guaranteed for over 80 years. With strong retention, excellent benefits, and major training opportunities—including PLC and robotics—the business offers a fantastic environment for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking for both security and technical growth.

What you’ll be doing
As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for both reactive and planned maintenance across a wide range of heavy industrial equipment. You’ll spend around 70% of your time on breakdown response and 30% on proactive PPM, ensuring maximum uptime of critical machinery.

Your responsibilities include:

Carrying out plant-wide electrical maintenance across hoppers, mixers, conveyors, kilns, silos, packaging machinery, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
Electrical fault finding on motors, inverters, relays, solenoids, and safety circuits.
Reading and interpreting electrical drawings to diagnose and resolve issues.
Wiring, testing, and assembling electrical components safely and effectively.
Basic PLC fault finding and using IO screens, with training provided on Siemens S7 TIA Portal.
Supporting minor mechanical tasks (changing bearings, belts, pulleys) when required.
Working with PPMs issued via tablet, ensuring compliance and accurate records.
Contributing to continuous improvement projects and supporting installation of new equipment.
This is an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer who thrives in fast-paced, large-scale environments and wants exposure to high-value capital machinery.

What the client is looking for
To be successful as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you’ll need:

A recognised NVQ Level 3 Qualification.
Experience working with 415v systems, control panels, and industrial electrical systems.
Proven ability to fault find on electrical equipment using multimeters and drawings.
Some knowledge of PLCs—basic fault finding as a minimum (full training provided).
Flexibility for overtime and a proactive attitude toward training and development.
Open to candidates from industrial, forces, or manufacturing backgrounds.
The right Electrical Maintenance Engineer will enjoy continuous upskilling opportunities, including robotics and PLC programming, while working within a varied and supportive engineering team.

Why you should apply

Excellent salary with realistic OTE £56–58k through overtime and bonus.
Secure future with long-term resources and investment in new technology.
Extensive training provided on PLCs, robotics, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
Stable employer with great retention and a positive, supportive culture.
If you think you’re the right Electrical Maintenance Engineer for this opportunity, apply today or contact (url removed) or call Faisal on (phone number removed).

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer (Days Only)

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

The Best Free Tools & Platforms to Practise Robotics Skills in 2025/26

Robotics is one of the fastest-growing industries in the UK and worldwide. From autonomous vehicles and warehouse automation to humanoid robots and robotic surgery, this field blends mechanical engineering, software development, and artificial intelligence. For anyone hoping to enter the sector — whether as a robotics engineer, control systems developer, computer vision specialist, or roboticist in research — practical skills matter far more than theory alone. Employers want proof you can design, simulate, and test robotic systems. The challenge is that real robots are expensive. Buying robotic arms, drones, or mobile platforms isn’t realistic for most learners. Fortunately, a wide range of free tools and platforms exist to let you practise robotics without costly hardware. These include open-source simulators, frameworks, middleware, and reinforcement learning environments. This article explores the best free tools and platforms available in 2025 to help you practise robotics skills, build portfolio projects, and prepare for careers in this exciting field.

Top 10 Skills in Robotics According to LinkedIn & Indeed Job Postings

Robotics is undergoing a transformation—from factory automation to smart cobots in healthcare, logistics, and housing construction. In the UK, increased investment in robotics is creating substantial demand for professionals who can blend mechanical, electrical, software, and AI expertise with practical integration skills. So, what are employers looking for in 2025? By reviewing UK job advertising trends on LinkedIn and Indeed, this article identifies the Top 10 robotics skills in demand—and shows how to highlight them on your CV, in interviews, and through impactful projects.

The Future of Robotics Jobs: Careers That Don’t Exist Yet

Robotics has shifted from science fiction to reality. Machines that once only appeared in novels or films are now operating on factory floors, delivering parcels, assisting surgeons, and even exploring Mars. Robotics is no longer a niche discipline—it is a cornerstone of the fourth industrial revolution. Globally, the robotics market is forecast to grow into the hundreds of billions within the next decade. In the UK, the sector is increasingly important to economic growth, productivity, and national strategy. From the Bristol Robotics Laboratory to the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, the country is home to pioneering research. Start-ups in London and Cambridge are working on drones, service robots, and medical robotics, while multinational companies base their advanced engineering centres in the UK. Government investment is supporting the development of autonomous systems, with robotics identified as a priority in the UK’s Industrial Strategy. With applications in aerospace, agriculture, defence, logistics, healthcare, and space, robotics has the potential to transform how people live and work. And yet, we are still only in the early stages. As robotics converges with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, edge computing, advanced materials, and biotechnology, entirely new careers will appear. Many of the most impactful robotics jobs of the future don’t exist yet. This article explores why robotics will create new jobs, the roles most likely to appear, how current positions will evolve, why the UK is well positioned, and what professionals can do to prepare now.