Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 55,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: West Midlands
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £50,000 per year + overtime
Hours: shift basis
The Role
We are looking for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join our West midlands site on a permanent, full-time basis. The role focuses on maintaining, fault finding, and improving a wide range of production and plant equipment.
Key Responsibilities
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Fault finding, servicing, and maintenance of:
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Production machinery and control systems
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PLC and computer-controlled systems
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Plant services and electrical distribution systems
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Carrying out planned and preventative maintenance on:
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Process systems
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Safety systems
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Electrical distribution
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Testing electrical installations using appropriate test and measurement equipment
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Reading and interpreting electrical drawings and schematics
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Supporting and delivering small electrical projects from concept through to commissioning
Project Work Includes
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Designing simple electrical control systems
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Producing electrical drawings
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Ordering components and materials
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Building and installing control systems
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Commissioning new or modified equipment
Skills and Experience Required
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Recognised electrical qualification (Apprenticeship, BTEC, C&G, or NVQ Level 3)
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Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
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Experience with production plant systems, including:
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PLCs
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VSDs and soft starters
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Weighing equipment
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Sensors and process control systems
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Experience with scheduled and preventative maintenance
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Confident working from electrical drawings and schematics
Desirable Experience
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PLC programming and software experience, particularly Mitsubishi or Siemens
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Multi-skilled background with mechanical and pneumatic experience
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Inspection and testing qualifications
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Previous experience within the food manufacturing industry