At a Glance
- Tasks: Take ownership of critical plant systems and enhance production reliability.
- Company: Join a leading timber company investing in modern engineering standards.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, structured training, and clear career progression.
- Other info: Work alongside an experienced team in a global organisation with diverse plant systems.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic industrial environment while future-proofing your career.
- Qualifications: Electrical engineering background with hands-on maintenance and fault-finding experience.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Electrical Maintenance Engineer £49,795 + Training + Benefits Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland – Commutable from Dumfries, Dalbeattie, Castle Douglas, Barnbarroch
Rotating shifts 6am‑6pm, 6pm‑6am (average 42hrs/week)
Are you an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer ready to take ownership of critical plant systems and accelerate your career across a complex, high‑performing industrial environment? This is your opportunity to step into a role where your electrical expertise directly impacts production, reliability, and continuous improvement across a large‑scale, multi‑process site.
Joining a large timber company in the world, you'll be part of a business that is investing heavily in its UK operations – modernising equipment, upgrading infrastructure, and pushing for world‑class engineering standards. Due to sustained growth and major site development, they're looking for an Electrical Engineer who thrives in a plant environment – someone who enjoys fault finding under pressure, improving system performance, and expanding into a truly multi‑skilled engineer.
Working alongside an experienced engineering team, you'll be hands‑on with a wide range of industrial systems across sawmilling, timber treatment, and biomass energy operations. From maintaining and optimising PLC‑controlled machinery to driving reliability improvements and reducing downtime, your role will be central to keeping the plant running at peak efficiency.
You'll benefit from structured training, exposure to diverse plant systems, and clear progression pathways within a global organisation that values its engineers. If you're looking to future‑proof your career, deepen your technical skill set, and play a key role in a modern industrial plant environment – this is the move.
The Role
- Permanent, full‑time role working shifts on a large manufacturing site
- Repairing electromechanical machinery
- Carrying out planned maintenance checks, finding and fixing any faults
- 4 on 4 off shift, 12‑hour shifts
The Person
- Electrical engineering background (any industrial or manufacturing environment)
- Strong hands‑on electrical maintenance and fault‑finding experience
- Will look at candidates from facilities management, armed forces or field service backgrounds
We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.
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