Maintenance Engineer Electrical in Chippenham, Wiltshire

Were working with a large pan-European manufacturing business, which operates 7 days a week, that is actively seeking to add an experienced Multiskilled Maintenance Electrician to join its site Manufacturing Engineering Support teams.

Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrically bias)

40 hours per week – Monday to Friday based on Double Day shift 6am-2pm/1pm-9pm

Participation in weekend On Call Rota (approx 1 in 5).

Location: nr Chippenham, Wiltshire

Salary: £40,185 plus on call allowance (additional £3852 per year/£321 per month)

Other Benefits:

• Overtime paid at 1.33 (after 40 hours worked per week)
• 34 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Pension contributions (5% employee and 3% employer contributions)
• Pluxee Employee Discount scheme
• BHSF Healthcare cash back scheme
• Generous company sick pay scheme (after 1 years service)
• Cycle to work scheme (scheme rules)
• Death in service (after 1 years service)
• Significant birthday benefit (after 1 years service)

The position\’s responsibilities are:

• Reactive Maintenance on automated production machinery
• Pre-planned Maintenance (PPM) – Input to and carry out preventive maintenance routines
• Mechanical fault finding
• Electrical fault finding with and without diagrams (three phase and control systems)
• Small installation projects
• Continuous Improvement to maintain optimal machine efficiency
• To keep clean any areas in which you are working, including transit areas to and from the workshop, the workshop and stores
• Support the Operations team in achieving targets
• Complying to the companys Health and Safety policies and procedures
• Contributing to cost effective technical solutions
• Deliver to the operational expectations
• Be part of a weekend call-out rota

To be successful, we would like you to have:

• A recognised industrial Electrical qualification 18th Edition and Level 3 Electrical Engineering qualification (City & Guilds, NVQ or equivalent)
• Have experience working as a Shift Electrician or as a dedicated Electrical Engineer in a Manufacturing environment.
• Experience in the print, packaging or associated industries would be great but is not essential. But experience in a manufacturing or industrial automation environment is critical.
• Strong electrical fault-finding skill in particular on PLCs, drives and inverters
• Excellent fault finding and diagnostic skills
• Ability to read and interpret engineering diagrams
• Experience with maintenance PPM and RM programmes.
• Ideally experience working a buddy system with a Mechanical Engineer.
• Have good communication, organisational and team work skills.
• Self motivation, ability to apply initiative and determination.

Specific training where required will be provided, OEM suppliers and via remote modem diagnostic support from the OEM.

This is a great opportunity to join a leading manufacturer in a key electrical engineering role. Working on large scale machinery in a time-sensitive manufacturing environment.

Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this stage.