Every Friday lunchtime, you're finished for the week. No nights. No weekends. No 4-on-4-off rota. Just a straight day shift in a modern, clean, well-invested factory
and your Friday afternoons back. We are looking for a qualified electrical maintenance engineer to join our maintenance team and keep some of the most advanced sheet metal plant in the UK running. The HR Booth are delighted to be recruiting a Maintenance Engineer on behalf of our client. About Based in Fife, the factory is one of the UK's most advanced manufacturers of precision sheet metalwork, electromechanical assemblies and precision machined components. We supply medical, scientific instrumentation, energy, telecoms, automotive and more and hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001. Our engineering sub contract facility runs with substantial CNC machine tools, including Trumpf CNC fibre laser profiling, SAFAN E-brake press brakes, Manual welding, Gema powder coating, wet spray and Mechanical assembly. It is a genuinely varied estate
you will not be maintaining the same three machines for the next ten years. The role You will be responsible for keeping plant and equipment available and running safely. It is a hands-on role split between planned maintenance and reactive breakdown response, with real scope to shape how we do things. Day to day, you will:
Carry out planned preventative maintenance across CNC, welding, finishing and ancillary plant
Respond to breakdowns
diagnose electrical and mechanical faults quickly and get production moving again
Fault-find and repair single-phase and three-phase systems, control panels, drives, motors and sensors
Fit replacement parts, then test and prove the equipment before handover
Record all work in our maintenance system and use the data to improve PPM schedules
Support the installation and commissioning of new plant
Manage the maintenance stores
spares, consumables and critical-spare holdings
Liaise with OEMs and specialist contractors, and arrange procurement of parts and services
Work to safe systems of work, permits and safe isolation procedures, and help us keep improving them
Work alongside production and engineering colleagues in a professional, approachable way
What we are looking for
Time-served electrical apprenticeship, or SVQ/NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
City & Guilds 2382 (BS 7671 Wiring Regulations)
18th Edition, or 17th Edition with willingness to update to the current version at our cost
Demonstrable hands-on experience with single-phase and three-phase systems: installation, fault-finding, testing and safe isolation
Experience maintaining production machinery in a manufacturing or engineering environment
Sound working knowledge of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and safe systems of work
Right to work in the UK
Maintenance Engineer employer: The HR Booth
Haldane (UK) Ltd is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of Glenrothes, where creativity and craftsmanship thrive. With a strong focus on employee development and a culture that values collaboration and innovation, team members are encouraged to grow their skills while working on prestigious projects across the UK. The company also provides competitive benefits and a supportive atmosphere, making it an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in the architectural joinery sector.
