Salary: £53,000 - £54,000 per annum, plus 27 days holiday + bank holidays, life assurance, pension (up to 10% 'employer' contributions and employee to match - 20% maximum total), and overtime (£10k+ potential)
Hours: Working 4 & 3 shifts on a weekly rotation
Location: Commutable from Reading, Newbury, Thatcham, Swindon, Basingstoke, Andover, Oxford, Didcot, and surrounding areas
Company
Working in a fast moving and automated manufacturing environment with a great team and family feel culture where you can feel valued, due to growth are currently in search of a new Electrical Engineer to support various maintenance tasks around the factory. There are a lot of exciting things pending including CAPEX spend on machinery and going through an site of excellence program, bringing improvements and changes. It's a real opportunity for those who want to help shape the future of the factory.
If you are a qualified Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Electrical Engineer, ideally gained through an apprenticeship, who is looking for a career move or perhaps things have become complacent where you are or you’re not getting the rewards and recognition for your hard work, please don't delay and apply now!
Responsibilities
Focusing on Electrical Maintenance, the role is varied, fun and enjoyably.
Some of the areas will include;
· Maintenance of all plant and machinery through fault finding, planned preventative maintenance and various project work, including refurbishments and installations.
· Trouble-shoot / Fault Find on Siemens & other PLC equipment.
· Maintenance of sensors, relays, contactors, drives, AC/DC motors, 3 phase electrics etc. within the factory.
· Working in an Electrical Team and liaising with Mechanical Team, working together to get all engineering matters resolved.
· Provide input in the ongoing development of machinery and systems.
· Ensure safe working at all times with a right first time every time by everyone attitude to produce a cost effective, quality product whilst adhering to the Company’s policies and procedures.
· Identification of solutions that improve efficiency and reduce costs.
· To develop an understanding of machinery operation so that faults can be diagnosed and rectified efficiently.
Requirements
· Completed a recognised electrical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent and hold electrical engineering qualifications
· Electrical maintenance, service or installation background
· Ideally familiar with plant maintenance, reactive and proactive maintenance
· Electrical experience of ANY of the following; 3 phase, star / delta motors, drives, sensors, inverters, PLC’s (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Omron etc.), contactors, relays, control panels, servo drives.
· Experienced in a similar field, manufacturing, production or automation
· Friendly and adaptable working attitude, with the hunger and desire to learn and grow
If this role sounds of interest, please apply now and send your most up to date CV to Wesley at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered. Or call TechNichols Resourcing and speak with Wesley 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
Salary description
£53000.00 - £54000.00 per year