Job Description: Electrical & Controls Installation Technician - Aerosol / Packaging
We are seeking an Electrical & Controls Installation Technician based in Laindon, Essex, within a purpose-built facility that employs 70 staff. Our core business involves designing and assembling filling and packaging lines for aerosols, mainly serving the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
The equipment is manufactured by our European partners and integrated into our lines, which include conveyors, enclosures, air handling, electrical control systems, and ancillary equipment. All panel building, wiring, and PLC programming are performed on-site, with additional departments focusing on pneumatics, guard building, machining, machine assembly, commissioning, and documentation.
The successful candidate will join our team of Installation Electricians to install electrical controls for bespoke aerosol filling machines at our factory and possibly at other sites.
Key Responsibilities:
* Install control and machine components, ensuring familiarity with various hand tools.
* Manage cable systems, including trays, baskets, trunking, and conduits, and prepare and install cable management systems.
* Install and terminate power and control cables, understanding different cable types and sizes (e.g., YY, CY, single core, multicore) for various voltage supplies (400V AC, 215V AC, 24V DC).
* Read and interpret electrical wiring diagrams for component identification, cable terminations, and device differentiation (contactors, relays, motors).
* Work with low and medium voltage control equipment, ensuring compliance with industrial electrical standards.
* Experience with automated production machinery or similar equipment is desirable.
Qualifications:
* Formal Electrical Engineering qualification (e.g., apprenticeship).
This role may involve site installations beyond the factory premises.
Bennett & Game Recruitment act as a recruitment agency for this vacancy. We are a multi-disciplinary technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex, operating across the UK. By applying, you consent to us processing your data and contacting you regarding this application and our services.
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