Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £50,000 per year + overtime
Hours: shift basis

The Role

We are looking for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join our West midlands site on a permanent, full-time basis. The role focuses on maintaining, fault finding, and improving a wide range of production and plant equipment.

Key Responsibilities

Fault finding, servicing, and maintenance of:
- Production machinery and control systems
- PLC and computer-controlled systems
- Plant services and electrical distribution systems
Carrying out planned and preventative maintenance on:
- Process systems
- Safety systems
- Electrical distribution
Testing electrical installations using appropriate test and measurement equipment
Reading and interpreting electrical drawings and schematics
Supporting and delivering small electrical projects from concept through to commissioning

Project Work Includes

Designing simple electrical control systems
Producing electrical drawings
Ordering components and materials
Building and installing control systems
Commissioning new or modified equipment

Skills and Experience Required

Recognised electrical qualification (Apprenticeship, BTEC, C&G, or NVQ Level 3)
Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
Experience with production plant systems, including:
- PLCs
- VSDs and soft starters
- Weighing equipment
- Sensors and process control systems
Experience with scheduled and preventative maintenance
Confident working from electrical drawings and schematics

Desirable Experience

PLC programming and software experience, particularly Mitsubishi or Siemens
Multi-skilled background with mechanical and pneumatic experience
Inspection and testing qualifications
Previous experience within the food manufacturing industry

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