Electrical Maintenance Engineer
16 days ago
Leicester
Electrical Maintenance Engineer Location: Desford Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below. Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off (Days & Nights) Salary: £57,000 + up to £3,000 annual bonus 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)., • 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., • 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., • Siemens experience (including Siemens S7)-desirable but not essential., • Ability to work within highly automated environments., • 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., • Dusty industrial environment., • Highly automated systems and robotics., • Fastest producing site in Europe (target). Stage 1: Informal technical discussion with Carl, reviewing your CV and experience. Stage 2: On-site technical assessment with an engineer. • Bring overalls & safety shoes., • Walk-through of site. xrnqpay, • Basic practical test (panel work, fault finding).