Maintenance Engineer

Overview

As a Shift Maintenance Engineer with a strong electrical focus, you ensure reliability, safety and performance of production equipment across an industrial site. You work within a maintenance team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, tackling fault-finding and planned maintenance while developing mechanical and hydraulic skills. You will support installations, upgrades and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce downtime and boost equipment uptime. This role offers hands-on problem solving in a manufacturing setting with scope to broaden your multi-skilled capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and reactive maintenance on industrial machinery, electrical systems and control panels
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults to minimise downtime
• Maintain and fault-find on injection molding machinery, automation systems, power distribution and auxiliary equipment
• Read electrical schematics and technical documentation
• Carry out basic electrical installations, modifications and upgrades to control circuits, sensors and interlocks
• Undertake basic PLC fault-finding where trained
• Follow safe isolation and LOTO procedures at all times
• Keep accurate maintenance records and equipment histories
• Assist with machinery installations, relocations and commissioning
• Support mechanical, pneumatic and basic hydraulic maintenance as required
• Collaborate with production and engineering to identify recurring faults and improve reliability
• Contribute to Lean and 5S continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintain high standards of health and safety, housekeeping and workshop organisation

Key requirements

• Electrical qualification (e.g., City & Guilds, NVQ Level 2 or 3, or equivalent)
• Proven electrical maintenance and fault-finding experience in manufacturing
• Strong understanding of electrical systems, motor controls and control panels
• Ability to read electrical drawings and technical documentation
• Experience with electrical testing equipment (multimeters, insulation resistance testers)
• Good knowledge of electrical safety, isolation and permit-to-work procedures
• Ability to work independently and prioritise breakdowns
• Flexible, rotating shift availability (including nights)
• Problem-solving
• Proactive fault-finding
• Team collaboration
• Electrical systems and motor controls
• Control panels and protective devices
• Electrical schematics and wiring diagrams

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