Electrical Maintenance Engineer opportunity with a leading manufacturing business. Join a skilled engineering team carrying out fault finding, PPMs, mechanical repairs, hydraulics, pneumatics, machinery improvements and installation projects. Excellent long-term career prospects.
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Whitstable
Excellent package including shift allowance
Permanent role
Hours - Rotating shift pattern of:
Week 1: 6.00am – 2.00pm Monday – Friday.
Week 2: 2.00pm – 10.30pm Monday – Thursday and 2.00pm – 7.30pm Friday.
Are you a hands‑on Electrical Maintenance Engineer with strong electrical skills, with some mechanical knowledge, and experience within a manufacturing environment? Our client is seeking a proactive and solutions‑focused engineer to support the reliability, performance, and continuous improvement of a busy production facility.
The Role
As a key member of the maintenance team, you will play an important role in ensuring equipment availability, reducing downtime, and supporting ongoing site improvement projects. This position offers a varied workload across production machinery, facilities maintenance, and capital improvement activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Diagnose electrical faults and carry out repairs to production equipment.
- Complete planned preventative maintenance activities and condition-based monitoring.
- Support reactive maintenance and breakdown response activities.
- Work with hydraulic, pneumatic and automated machinery systems.
- Assist with equipment installations, upgrades and site improvement projects.
- Interpret mechanical drawings, schematics and technical documentation.
- Utilise the CMMS system to manage maintenance activities and records.
- Coordinate remedial actions identified through inspections and maintenance activities.
- Support facilities maintenance across buildings and site services.
- Liaise with contractors and assist with permits, RAMS reviews and safe systems of work.
- Source components and support purchasing requirements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency.
Requirements
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in an Engineering discipline or equivalent.
- GCSE Maths and English Grade 5 or equivalent.
- Additional qualifications such as 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
- Previous experience in a maintenance engineering role within manufacturing.
- Strong mechanical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with hydraulics, pneumatics and industrial machinery.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical documentation.
- Good IT skills and experience maintaining accurate records.
Desirable
- Engineering apprenticeship.
- IOSH Working Safely or similar safety qualification.
- Knowledge of CNC machinery, injection moulding, automation or plating processes.
Why Join Our Client?
- Varied and technically challenging role.
- Opportunity to work on improvement and installation projects.
- Supportive engineering environment.
- Long‑term career development opportunities.
- Stable and growing manufacturing business.
Morgan Jones is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , religion, , or expression, orientation, , genetics, , , or veteran status.
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