Electrical Bias Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Location: Chard
Salary: Circa 42,000 + Benefits
Shift: Double Days with Early Friday Finish
Are you a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer looking for a secure long-term opportunity with a well-established manufacturer in the Chard area?
Yolk Recruitment is supporting a well-known and highly respected manufacturing business with the recruitment of an Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to join their established engineering team.
This is a great opportunity to join a stable business with a strong reputation locally, modern manufacturing processes and a genuine focus on employee retention and work-life balance. The role offers a double days pattern with an early Friday finish every week, alongside overtime opportunities and a strong benefits package.
This is what you'll be doing
As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll be part of an experienced engineering team responsible for keeping production equipment running efficiently through both planned and reactive maintenance activities.
You'll be working across a varied manufacturing environment, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring machinery downtime is kept to a minimum.
Key responsibilities:
* Fault finding on electrical and mechanical production equipment
* Working on three-phase systems, motors, drives, relays, sensors, contactors and control panels
* Supporting reactive breakdowns and planned preventative maintenance schedules
* Carrying out mechanical maintenance including bearings, chains, gearboxes, belts and conveyors
* Assisting with continuous improvement and project work across the site
* Ensuring all engineering activities are completed safely and in line with site standards
* Supporting production teams to maximise machine uptime and reliability
The experience you'll bring to the team
* Previous experience within a manufacturing or production maintenance environment
* Electrically biased with strong fault-finding ability
* Comfortable working on both electrical and mechanical systems
* Experience with inverters/VSDs, panels, motors and production machinery
* Engineering qualifications such as NVQ, City & Guilds, apprenticeship or equivalent would be beneficial
* A proactive and team-focused attitude
And this is what you'll get in return
* Salary circa 42,000
* Double days shift pattern
* Early Friday finish every week
* Overtime available paid at enhanced rates
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Pension matched up to 5%
* Health plan
* Employee discount platform
* Stable and well-invested manufacturing environment
* Long-term development opportunities within the business
Shift Pattern
* Mon-Thu: 06:00-14:00 / 14:00-22:00
* Fri: 06:00-12:00 / 12:00-18:00
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