Electrical Maintenance Engineer

About the Role

We are recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established paper manufacturing site with a strong engineering culture and a real focus on reliability. This is an opportunity for a true engineer who appreciates both legacy machinery and modern upgrades. This role involves reliability-centred maintenance, continuous improvement, process optimisation, engineering-led problem solving, and improving performance of existing assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Electrical maintenance support across production and site services
• Fault finding and repair on a mix of ageing and upgraded equipment
• Work on motors, drives, control panels, PLC-controlled systems
• Participate in PPM and reactive maintenance
• Support reliability improvements and root cause analysis
• Contribute to small project work and plant modifications
• Work collaboratively with mechanical engineers and operations teams
• Maintain high safety standards in a heavy industrial environment

Essential Experience & Qualifications

• Time-served Electrician / Electrical Engineer
• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
• Experience in manufacturing or heavy industrial environments
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills
• Experience with motors, inverters, control circuits and panels
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings
• Comfortable working shifts in a continuous production setting

What's On Offer

• Competitive base salary
• Overtime paid at 1.5x
• Strong earning potential
• 10 consecutive days off per month
• Stable, well-established manufacturing site
• A role where engineering genuinely makes the difference

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