Electrical maintenance engineer
Argon Engineering Limited
Location: Middleton, Greater Manchester
Salary: £45,000 - £52,000 (Dependent on Experience)
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday - Rotating 3 Shifts (6:00am-2:00pm, 2:00pm-10:00pm, 10:00pm-6:00am)
Electrical Shift Engineer - Manufacturing
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a time-served Electrical Shift Engineer to join a well-established and growing manufacturing company based in Middleton. This role is ideal for an electrically biased maintenance engineer who enjoys fault finding, problem solving, and working in a fast-paced production environment.
Working as part of an experienced engineering team, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving a wide range of manufacturing equipment, ensuring maximum uptime and supporting continuous production.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on production machinery.
- Diagnose and repair electrical faults to minimise downtime.
- Fault find on PLC-controlled machinery and automated production equipment.
- Maintain electrical control systems, drives, motors and associated equipment.
- Read and interpret electrical drawings and schematics.
- Process maintenance work orders through the site's maintenance management system.
- Work independently while also contributing effectively within the engineering team.
- Ensure all work is completed safely and in line with health and safety procedures.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing site.
- Time-served Electrical Maintenance Engineer.
- Minimum ONC qualification (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering.
- 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations is essential.
- Strong electrical fault-finding experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with:
- Safety circuit fault finding and diagnosis.
- Three-phase motor control circuits.
- Relay logic and control systems.
- PLC fault diagnosis.
- AC & DC variable speed drives.
- Sensors including proximity and optical sensors.
- Industrial control systems including Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron and Telemecanique equipment.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings.
- Computer literate with experience using a CMMS or maintenance management system.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet production deadlines.
- Flexible, self-motivated and committed with a strong work ethic.
- Basic mechanical maintenance knowledge would be advantageous.
- Competitive salary of £45,000 - £52,000, depending on experience.
- Monday to Friday rotating shift pattern.
- Company pension scheme.
- Life assurance.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Employee discount scheme.
- Regular company and charity events.
- Mental Health First Aider support.
- Long-term career opportunities with a successful and expanding manufacturing business.
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