Electrical Maintenance Engineer

A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced electrical maintenance engineer to join a leading manufacturing company.

Job Description:

• Maintaining, servicing and repairing plant, machinery and equipment, responding to both emergency breakdowns and planned preventive maintenance
• Fault finding and diagnosing electrical and mechanical failures to minimise downtime
• Maintaining and modifying equipment to ensure it remains safe, reliable and efficient
• Measuring and monitoring the performance of mechanical and electrical components, devices and machines
• Installing, commissioning and testing machinery, plant and systems
• Undertaking test procedures and inspections in line with legislation and company standards
• Providing technical advice and support to colleagues and management
• Recommending and implementing modifications and improvements to production machinery
• Working to British (BS), European (EN) and other relevant engineering standards
• Ensuring full compliance with company health, safety and environmental policies
• Actively participating in quality, environmental and continuous improvement initiatives
• Liaising effectively with contractors, suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Carrying out any other reasonable duties as directed by the Head of Engineering or senior engineering management

Beneficial Skills / Qualifications:

• Electrical and mechanical fault finding within an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Sensors – installation, testing, calibration and troubleshooting
• Silo reader systems (e.g. level sensors, proximity readers or similar instrumentation)
• Single phase and three phase electrical systems
• Electric motors – installation, maintenance, alignment and fault diagnosis
• Gearboxes – servicing, maintenance, replacement and condition assessment
• 17th or 18th Edition
• A working knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics
• Steam and/or boiler systems – basic operational knowledge or previous exposure would be advantageous