Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Shift: Days
Pay: circa £45,000
Location: Plymouth
Have you served your apprenticeship and gained experience in a manufacturing environment? Or are you a time-served Maintenance Engineer looking for a role where the work is varied and technical? If you enjoy fault finding, working with modern machinery, and being part of a skilled engineering team, this could be a great move.
Yolk Recruitment are supporting a well-established manufacturer that has invested heavily in their Plymouth facility. The site runs a range of modern CNC machinery and supporting equipment, with a strong focus on engineering standards, safety and continuous improvement.
You'll be joining a friendly team where engineers are respected for their experience, and you'll have the chance to build your skills across a range of equipment.
This is what you'll be doing
You'll play a key role in keeping production running safely and reliably across a modern manufacturing facility. The focus is on planned maintenance, electrical fault finding and supporting small upgrade projects.
Day-to-day, you will:
Carry out planned maintenance on a wide variety of equipment and site services
Diagnose electrical faults using schematics, multimeters and safe isolation procedures
Work inside control cabinets, identifying drives, relays, PLC I/O and key components
Support machine installations, moves and small improvement projects
Record work completed and help build simple maintenance routines
Help maintain environmental, quality and safety standards
The work is varied and offers good exposure to a range of equipment, with support from experienced engineers as you learn the site.
What they're looking for
Time-served electrical apprenticeship
City & Guilds Electrical/Electronic qualification (or similar)
Confident working on machinery electrics and factory services
Able to read electrical schematics and work safely within panels
Comfortable around CNC machinery or machine tool electrics
PLC knowledge at I/O level is an advantage
Basic mechanical confidence is helpful, but the team has a clear split - electrical focus is fine.
What you'll get in return:
Salary of up to circa £45,000
Paid standby allowance of £300 per week when on-call (around 1 in 8-9 weeks)
Monday-Friday pattern with no night shifts
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Subsidised canteen
Free on-site parking
Employee rewards platform
Training and support from experienced engineers
You'll be joining a stable business with a long track record and continued investment in machinery, technology and people.
Are you up to the challenge?
If you're interested, please get in touch with engineering specialist recruiter Liam Reid.
Apply with your CV. A cover letter is welcome but not essential.
We also run a referral scheme, so if you know someone who might be interested, feel free to share their details.
Please note: due to high application volumes, we may not be able to reply to everyone. If you don't hear back within 7 days, please assume your application hasn't been successful on this occasion