Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer – Dayshift Opportunity

Paisley | Monday–Friday | 6:30am – 3:00pm

Ready to leave shift work behind?

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a successful manufacturing business in Paisley. This permanent dayshift role offers the chance to work within a stable, supportive engineering team where you'll have a direct impact on plant performance, equipment reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.

If you're a hands-on engineer with strong fault-finding skills and experience in a manufacturing environment, this role offers the perfect blend of technical responsibility, career stability and work-life balance.

The Role

As part of the engineering team, you'll be responsible for maintaining and improving the reliability of plant equipment, ensuring production downtime is minimised and operational performance is maximised.

Working closely with both engineering and production teams, you'll support day-to-day maintenance activities while contributing to ongoing improvement projects across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve electrical faults efficiently to minimise production downtime.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities across manufacturing equipment and machinery.
• Maintain, repair and troubleshoot conveyor systems and associated plant equipment.
• Support the ordering, management and control of engineering spare parts.
• Work collaboratively with production and engineering colleagues to maximise plant performance.
• Ensure all work is carried out in line with Health & Safety policies and procedures.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and support site improvement initiatives.
• Accurately complete maintenance records and documentation as required.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have:

• A minimum of 3 years' experience within an Electrical Maintenance Engineer position.
• A strong electrical maintenance background gained within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Experience within FMCG or another fast-paced manufacturing sector would be advantageous, although not essential.
• The ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, schematics and technical documentation.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive and flexible approach to maintenance activities.
• A commitment to high engineering standards, safety and continuous improvement.

What's On Offer?

• Permanent Monday–Friday dayshift role.
• Working hours of 6:30am – 3:00pm.
• Excellent work-life balance with no shift rotation, weekends or nights.
• Overtime opportunities available.
• Enhanced overtime rates paid at time and a half, with double time available on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
• Opportunity to join a well-established and successful manufacturing business.
• Supportive team environment with long-term career prospects.
• Stable employment within a growing operation investing in its people and facilities.

Apply Now

If you're an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking for a dayshift role that offers stability, technical challenge and an excellent work-life balance, we'd love to hear from you.