Maintenance Engineer/ Shift Engineer in Braintree, Essex

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

If your electrical skills are going to waste on equipment that runs itself, this is worth a read. Braintree Precision Components needs an engineer who thrives on fault-finding and keeps a bespoke manufacturing facility moving. The site produces bespoke components across a range of complex production processes, with Fanuc and Siemens-controlled machinery at the heart of operations. It's a busy, skilled environment where maintenance quality directly affects output.

The role

You'll join a maintenance team of three as the electrically biased engineer, reporting to the Maintenance Manager. Your focus will be keeping production running through a combination of planned preventative maintenance and rapid fault resolution. The kind of work where sharp electrical thinking makes a real difference.

You’ll:

• Diagnose and repair electrical faults on control panels, PLCs, and inverter drives
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across production and site equipment
• Support mechanical maintenance activities including bearings, belts, gearboxes, and pneumatics
• Fault find on automation systems including Siemens and Fanuc PLCs
• Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise production downtime
• Complete electrical installation, modification, and improvement projects
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and contribute to root cause analysis

What you'll bring

Essential:

• Proven experience as an electrically qualified maintenance engineer in an industrial or manufacturing environment
• HNC in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent: NVQ Level 3 with distinction and substantial industrial experience considered)
• Solid working knowledge of 3-phase systems, motors, drives, sensors, and control systems
• Ability to read and interpret electrical diagrams and schematics
• Working knowledge of health and safety standards including safe isolation and risk assessments

Useful, not essential:

• PLC fault-finding experience (Siemens or Fanuc)
• Mechanical maintenance experience alongside electrical skills
• Experience with inverter drives and variable speed drives
• 18th Edition Wiring regs Qualification a distinct advantage

What's in it for you

• £45,000–£51,000 inclusive of shift allowance, based on a 39-hour week at £19.19/hour base rate.
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
• Company contribution pension
• Healthcare cashback scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Career progression opportunities

Flexibility: Rotating morning and late shifts, Monday to Friday.

Culture: Small, skilled maintenance team in a stable precision engineering environment.

Working arrangements

Location: Braintree, Essex · On-site

Contract: Permanent · Full-time · 39 hours per week

Shifts: Rotating – 06:00–14:00 and 14:00–22:00 · Monday to Friday

On-call: None

How to apply

This is a site-based role with no on-call requirement and a clear pattern from day one. If your background is industrial electrical maintenance and you're ready for a role where your skills are genuinely needed, click to apply.