Electrical Maintenance Engineer
4 days ago
Birkenhead
Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer Location: Chester (CH1) Salary: £24.71 p/hr (including 25% shift uplift for all hours worked) Hours: Mon - Fri rotating 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm Contract: Permanent Our client is one of the worlds leading suppliers of engineered products for the construction, aerospace, oil & gas and defence industries. We are currently recruiting for a skilled Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their team to support safe, compliant and reliable production operations, covering reactive breakdown support, PPMs and small CAPEX/CI upgrades. As the Electrical Maintenance Engineer, your duties will be: - • Diagnose and resolve electrical/control faults safely (including intermittent faults) to restore production., • Troubleshoot Mitsubishi and Siemens PLC-controlled machinery, • Support electro-hydraulic systems: pressure/flow loss, drift, overheating, cavitation, contamination, internal leakage, and their PLC symptoms, • Maintain compliance: LOTO/isolation guarding/interlocks, and functional proving tests., • Support LEV/extraction compliance: ensure correct interlocks, sensor health, and alarm response., • Deliver RCA/CI, implement preventive actions to reduce repeat stops and scrap., • Commission modifications/upgrades; complete I/O checks, interlock proving, controlled trials and verification., • Maintain documentation/change control: PLC backups, parameter logs, and up-to-date as-built electrical/hydraulic drawings., • HNC/HND in Electrical/Controls/Mechatronics (or equivalent experience)., • Industrial electrical fundamentals: 3-phase motors, protection, earthing, control circuits, panels/MCCBs., • Proven troubleshooting on PLC-controlled machines; Mitsubishi GX Works and Siemens TIA Portal experience preferred., • Ability to read and update electrical schematics., • Drives competence: understands diagnostics and parameters; can capture evidence and implement controlled changes., • Hydraulics exposure: pressure/flow reasoning, contamination effects, safe depressurisation/accumulator awareness., • Competitive salary + shift allowance., • Overtime opportunities., • Pension scheme., • Training and upskilling (PLC, electrical, mechanical certifications)., • PPE provided including respiratory protection for Pb environments. JBRP1_UKTJ