Electrical Maintenance Engineer x 2

Skopos; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Birmingham is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to provide high-standard engineering support on continental shifts. You will be responsible for diagnosing faults, executing maintenance projects, and ensuring operational reliability. Candidates must have a BTEC in Electrical Engineering and experience with heavy motorised systems. This position does not offer sponsorship, so applicants must have full leave to remain in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience of heavy motorised and hydraulic plant; steam generation and boiler house operation.
• Electrical experience with mechanical work; ability to work on equipment with multiple energy sources.
• Must be living in the United Kingdom with full leave to remain; sponsorship not available.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose faults or point of failure, repairing equipment.
• Plan and execute installation and plant improvement projects.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards.

Skills

Electrical experience

Ability to diagnose faults

Experience with heavy motorised and hydraulic plant

Education

BTEC or equivalent in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Electrical Maintenance Engineer x2 (Continental Shifts), Birmingham, £23.19 per hour - approx. £50,646.96 per annum. Continental 12 hour rotation, 4 on 4 off. Report to the Shift Plant Engineer. Responsibilities include supervising external contractors and service providers and ensuring safe, compliant maintenance activities.

Role purpose: Complete permits to work and risk assessments, assess risks for work undertaken; ensure safe systems of work are applied and followed; support and achieve Planned Preventative Maintenance, Reactive Maintenance and Plant improvement initiatives, installation projects, statutory inspections, factory services and other duties to ensure plant safety, performance, improvement and operation.

Interact with internal and external stakeholders to resolve equipment, site, and safety issues; be a point of contact for internal customers to provide technical support; coordinate with suppliers, contractors, and external bodies; ensure critical spares are available and stock levels maintained; maintain a high standard of workmanship.

Provide a high standard of multi-skilled electrical engineering support, safely working independently or as part of a team, and support continuous improvement to reduce production losses, energy use, and waste.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose faults or point of failure, repair equipment to ensure safe operation, correct function, reliability, and availability.
• Engineer out equipment failures through continuous improvement.
• Plan, coordinate and execute installation and plant improvement projects.
• Support and input to planned maintenance schedules; follow up repairs; source spares; document to audit standards.
• Communicate with suppliers; chase outstanding orders.
• Provide shift, factory startup/shutdown cover as required.
• Specify and procure critical spares; create requisitions to order.
• Report equipment issues, follow up works and spares requirements to the Shift Plant Engineer and in shift reports.
• Maintain housekeeping to a high standard.
• Support work requests outside of immediate role; perform any other non-defined duties to support engineering operations.

Qualifications

• BTEC or equivalent in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience of heavy motorised and hydraulic plant; steam generation, boiler house operation and high pressure fluid systems.
• Electrical experience with some mechanical work; ability to identify, safely isolate and work on equipment with multiple energy sources.
• Continental shifts: 4 on 4 off (2x12 hour days, 6am–6pm; 2x12 hour nights, 6pm–6am). Contracted to work all company shift patterns.
• Eligibility: Must be living in the United Kingdom with full leave to remain; sponsorship is not available.

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