At a Glance
- Tasks: Conduct electrical fault finding and maintenance across production machinery, ensuring minimal downtime.
- Company: Yolk Recruitment supports a high-performing manufacturer in South Wales investing in engineering functions.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, shift allowance, overtime opportunities, and training support.
- Other info: The position involves a days and nights shift rotation.
- Why this job: This role offers real ownership, variety, and progression potential in a serious engineering environment.
- Qualifications: Candidates must have NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Electrical Engineering and experience in manufacturing.
The predicted salary is between 48000 - 48000 £ per year.
Location: Pontypridd
Salary: Circa 48,000
Shift: Days & Nights rotation
The Opportunity
Yolk Recruitment is supporting a high-performing manufacturer in South Wales who are investing heavily in their site, machinery, and engineering function. This is a hands-on role where you'll be trusted to own breakdown response, drive reliability improvements, and keep production moving – the sort of environment that suits an engineer who enjoys fault finding, variety, and being close to the kit.
If you're an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer who enjoys getting to the root cause (not just swapping parts), you'll fit in well here.
What you'll be doing
- As the Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you'll take responsibility for electrical fault finding and maintenance across a busy production environment, with plenty of opportunity to get involved in improvements and projects.
- Carry out reactive maintenance and fault diagnosis on a range of production machinery, minimising downtime and restoring output safely and quickly.
- Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) routines, improving equipment reliability and helping to reduce repeat failures.
- Fault find on 3-phase motors, drives/inverters, sensors, control circuits, safety systems and panels.
- Support continuous improvement activity – identifying recurring faults, proposing fixes, and helping implement upgrades/modifications.
- Work safely within strict procedures including LOTO, permit-to-work, and site H&S standards.
The experience you'll bring to the team
- You’ll need a strong electrical maintenance foundation and the confidence to troubleshoot properly in an industrial setting.
- Time-served/apprenticeship trained, with a relevant qualification (NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds / equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or similar.
- Proven experience in electrical maintenance within manufacturing / FMCG / heavy industry / automated environments.
- Confident fault finding from drawings and schematics, including working inside panels and on safety circuits.
- Comfortable working with drives/inverters, motor control, sensors, relays/contactors, and general control systems.
- A practical, proactive attitude – someone who communicates well, takes ownership, and works effectively as part of a wider engineering team.
Benefits
This is a long-term role with stability, investment, and the chance to work in a team that values good engineering habits.
- Competitive salary + shift allowance + overtime opportunities.
- Training and development support (including electrical/controls upskilling where needed).
- A site where engineering is taken seriously – focus on reliability and continuous improvement, not firefighting forever.
- Strong benefits package (pension, holiday allowance, etc. – full details shared at application stage).
Are you up to the challenge?
If you’re an Electrical Maintenance Engineer who wants a role with real ownership, variety, and progression potential, apply now for a confidential discussion and a full breakdown of shift pattern, package, and site details.
Electrical Maintenance Engineer in Pontypridd employer: Yolk Recruitment
Located in Pontypridd, this manufacturer prioritises engineering excellence with a focus on reliability and continuous improvement. Employees benefit from a strong training and development programme, alongside a comprehensive benefits package including pension and holiday allowance.
