Electrical Control Panel Wireperson

Electrical Control Panel Wireperson

• Salary to £36,500 per year (equivalent to £18.00 per hour)
• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half
• Permanent Position, Factory-based
• Location: in the Cambourne - St. Neots area, Bedfordshire
• 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• 07:30 start with an early finish every Friday (12:00 midday)
• Rural / out-of-town location - own transport required

Permanent, workshop-based role building bespoke low-voltage control panels for industrial cooking/cooling equipment. You'll build and wire panels (110-600V AC single/three-phase; 24V DC) from EPLAN schematics, mechanical layouts and BOMs.

Responsibilities

• Build/wire panels incl. junction boxes, HMI enclosures, MCCs and multi-door cabinets
• Install/terminate: protection, relays, solenoids, inverter drives, soft starts, contactors, HMIs & PLCs (Mitsubishi/Allen Bradley/Siemens)
• Fabricate/assemble using hand & power tools; mark out on stainless/GRP/steel
• Continuity testing and basic functional checks; maintain safe, tidy workshop

Requirements:

• Strong experience in electrical panel building and reading schematics/layout drawings
• Excellent wiring skills (crimping, ferrules, termination, routing) and AC/DC knowledge
• High attention to detail; able to work alone and in a team

Desirable:

• Electrical qualifications/apprenticeship, EPLAN/BOM experience, food machinery/automation background

Hours, overtime & benefits:

• 39 hrs Mon-Fri (early finish Friday); overtime available at 1.5x (Mon-Fri & Sat am)
• Annual bonus, 20 days holiday + bank holidays (rising to 26), pension, life assurance, sick pay, workwear, subsidised vending, staff meals/events

HRGO Recruitment offers permanent and temporary jobs across the UK. You must have current UK right to work to be considered. We aim to respond to all applications. HRGO is an equal opportunities employer.