Electrical Maintenance Engineer (Contract) Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below. Location: Desford Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off (Days & Nights) Salary: £36p/h 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). Undertake planned and reactive maintenance in a dusty, fast-paced FMCG/industrial environment. Essential Requirements 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. Exposure to automation, complex machinery, and fast-paced engineering settings. Desired Skills Siemens experience (including Siemens S7 )-desirable but not essential. Ability to work within highly automated environments. Experience in large production or manufacturing facilities. Working Environment Dusty industrial environment. Highly automated systems and robotics. Fastest producing site in Europe (target). Large, supportive engineering team (approx. xrnqpay 20 engineers).
Contract Electrical Maintenance Engineer in Ibstock employer: Confidential
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