Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Desford
Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off (Days & Nights)
Salary: £60,000
Pension: Up to 15% total (10% employer, 5% employee)
Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a large engineering team at a state‑of‑the‑art, highly automated manufacturing facility. This is a brand‑new, high‑volume production site‑set to become one of the fastest in Europe-offering excellent training, modern equipment, and long‑term progression. This position has become available due to an engineer leaving, creating an excellent opportunity for a strong electrically‑biased engineer to join a well‑supported and forward‑thinking team.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide electrical maintenance, fault finding, and repair across a variety of automated manufacturing equipment.
- Work on conveyors, mixers, ovens, kilns and other large‑scale industrial machinery.
- Support continuous improvement, reliability, and efficiency across the site.
- Work within a large engineering team (approx. 20 engineers), ensuring safe and efficient operation of all equipment.
- Complete handover processes daily (5:30‑6:00).
- Participate in holiday cover to reduce banked hours (296 hours reducing to 206 after handover deductions).
- Undertake planned and reactive maintenance in a dusty, fast‑paced FMCG/industrial environment.
Overtime & Hours Structure
You will have 206 banked hours annually (equivalent to 18 days of overtime per year).
These hours can only be reduced through holiday cover.
Weekend holiday cover = time and a half deduction.
Any overtime not related to holiday cover = paid at time and a half.
Essential Requirements
- Electrically qualified (City & Guilds / NVQ / HNC or equivalent).
- Strong electrical bias with excellent fault‑finding skills.
- Experience in FMCG or heavy industrial environments.
- Experience with industrial electrical panels.
- Exposure to automation, complex machinery, and fast‑paced engineering settings.
Desired Skills
- Siemens experience (including Siemens S7) – desirable but not essential.
- Ability to work within highly automated environments.
- Experience in large production or manufacturing facilities.
Benefits
- Up to 15% total pension (company contributes 10% when you contribute 5%).
- Strong training and development opportunities.
- Chance to work at a brand‑new, cutting‑edge automated site with major production output.
- Progression opportunities within a large engineering function.
Working Environment
- Dusty industrial environment.
- Highly automated systems and robotics.
- Fastest producing site in Europe (target).
- Large, supportive engineering team (approx. 20 engineers).
Interview Process
- Informal technical discussion with Carl, reviewing your CV and experience.
- On‑site technical assessment with an engineer.
- Bring overalls & safety shoes.
- Walk‑through of site.
- Basic practical test (panel work, fault finding)
