Electrical Maintenance Engineer

ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Derby, Derbyshire

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000

Shift: 3 Shift – Days / Afternoons / Nights

Job Role of the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a strong Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a leading FMCG manufacturing business at their high-speed manufacturing facility in Derby.

This is an excellent opportunity for an electrically biased engineer looking to join a business that heavily invests in its people, training and development. Working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you will play a key role in maintaining and improving high-speed production and packaging machinery, ensuring maximum uptime and efficiency.

You will be responsible for carrying out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance, alongside electrical fault-finding and breakdown response. You will also have the opportunity to get involved with root cause analysis and continuous improvement projects, helping to improve the reliability and performance of the site.

You will be working with a range of electrical systems, PLCs, drives and automated production equipment, making this an excellent role for an engineer looking to develop their technical skillset.

Sector – FMCG / Factory Maintenance

Non-Negotiable Requirements of the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical maintenance experience within an industrial manufacturing environment.
Strong hands-on electrical fault-finding experience.
Experience carrying out planned, reactive and breakdown maintenance within a fast-paced production environment.
Recognised electrical engineering qualification to a minimum craft level.

Requirements for the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Hands-on experience fault-finding on automated production machinery.
Experience with PLCs, ideally Siemens S5 and S7.
Experience with AC/DC inverter drives and electrical control systems.
Strong electrical engineering knowledge.
Manufacturing or FMCG experience.
Mechanical and pneumatic awareness.
Ability to work effectively under pressure and respond quickly to breakdowns.
Strong understanding of health & safety and compliance within a manufacturing environment.

Desirable Requirements for the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

ONC/HND in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
COMPEX qualification or experience working within hazardous areas.
17th Edition qualification.
Apprentice-trained background.
Experience within FMCG, food or pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Experience with GMP and KPI-driven manufacturing environments.
Experience with continuous improvement and root cause analysis.

The Electrical Maintenance Engineer will benefit from:

£55,000 - £60,000 salary including a £3,500 shift allowance.
Working for a well-established global manufacturing business.
Excellent training and development opportunities.
10% non-compulsory pension.
Private healthcare.
25 days holiday / 200 hours.
Opportunity to develop technically within a highly automated manufacturing environment.
The chance to work on high-speed production and packaging machinery.

Shift Pattern

Days: Monday–Thursday 6am–2pm, Friday 6am–12pm.
Afternoons: Monday–Thursday 2pm–10pm, Friday 12pm–6pm.
Nights: Sunday 6pm–6am, Monday–Thursday 10pm–6am.
4 Saturdays per year are required, with 14 days' notice to make up contracted hours.
If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills, then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.

For further details, contact Lewis Wall at Pioneer Selection.

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