Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Shift Engineer
📍 Location: Bristol
🕒 Shift Pattern: 4 on / 4 off (ABCD rotating shift) - 12-hour shifts (06:00-18:00 / 18:00-06:00)
💼 Employment Type: Permanent

We are looking for a skilled and hands-on Electrical Shift Engineer to join a fast-paced manufacturing facility in Bristol. The site operates a wide range of coating, printing, laminating, and extrusion processes, offering a highly varied engineering environment.

This is a practical, reactive maintenance role where no two days are the same - combining electrical fault finding, planned maintenance, and wider facilities support.

• Base salary: £50,385 (including shift allowance)

• Progression potential up to ~£57,800 over time

• Private medical insurance

• Free on-site parking

• Subsidised canteen (weekday daytime opening; closed weekends/nights)

• Pension: 8% employer contribution (with 6% employee contribution)

• Christmas party & summer BBQ

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Electrical fault finding and diagnostics across production machinery

• Reactive breakdown response (primary focus of the role)

• Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) tasks

• Maintenance of plant room and building systems (pumps, AHUs, filters, motors, etc.)

• Responding to Building Management System (BMS) alarms (training provided)

• Using CMMS (Agility system) to log work, review history, and track recurring faults

• Supporting both production equipment and general facility maintenance

• Working closely with on-site procurement support (Rubix) for parts ordering

• Balancing workshop, hands-on engineering, and system-based diagnostic work

• Time-served electrician with strong industrial maintenance experience

• NVQ Level 3 (minimum); HNC/HND desirable

• 17th or 18th Edition qualified

• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills

• Knowledge of Siemens S7 systems (ability to navigate/interpret - no programming required)

• Good understanding of DC motors

• Multi-skilled approach advantageous (electrical + mechanical awareness beneficial)

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, reactive environment

• Collaborative engineering team with a strong support culture

• Mix of single-skilled and multi-skilled engineers, including former apprentices

• Team-oriented working style with active communication between shifts

• Varied workload across production machinery and facilities systems

• Strong emphasis on teamwork during breakdown situations

This is a great opportunity for an experienced electrical engineer who enjoys varied work, problem-solving, and being part of a close-knit engineering team within a busy manufacturing environment.

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