Electrical Maintenance Engineer

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Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer
A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully. Location: Chester (CH1) Salary: £24.71 p/hr (including 25% shift uplift for all hours worked) Hours: Mon - Fri rotating 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm Contract: Permanent Our client is one of the worlds leading suppliers of engineered products for the construction, aerospace, oil & gas and defence industries. We are currently recruiting for a skilled Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their team to support safe, compliant and reliable production operations, covering reactive breakdown support, PPMs and small CAPEX/CI upgrades. As the Electrical Maintenance Engineer, your duties will be: - Diagnose and resolve electrical/control faults safely (including intermittent faults) to restore production. Troubleshoot Mitsubishi and Siemens PLC-controlled machinery Support electro-hydraulic systems: pressure/flow loss, drift, overheating, cavitation, contamination, internal leakage, and their PLC symptoms Maintain compliance: LOTO/isolation guarding/interlocks, and functional proving tests. Support LEV/extraction compliance: ensure correct interlocks, sensor health, and alarm response. Deliver RCA/CI, implement preventive actions to reduce repeat stops and scrap. Commission modifications/upgrades; complete I/O checks, interlock proving, controlled trials and verification. Maintain documentation/change control: PLC backups, parameter logs, and up-to-date as-built electrical/hydraulic drawings. Work effectively across shifts with strong handover: current status, actions taken, what changed, risks, and next steps.
The successful Electrical Maintenance Engineer will have the following skills: - HNC/HND in Electrical/Controls/Mechatronics (or equivalent experience). Industrial electrical fundamentals: 3-phase motors, protection, earthing, control circuits, panels/MCCBs. Proven troubleshooting on PLC-controlled machines; Mitsubishi GX Works and Siemens TIA Portal experience preferred. Ability to read and update electrical schematics. Drives competence: understands diagnostics and parameters; can capture evidence and implement controlled changes. Hydraulics exposure: pressure/flow reasoning, contamination effects, safe depressurisation/accumulator awareness. Manufacturing mindset: structured problem solving under pressure; good communication with production/maintenance.
Additional Information Working Conditions Heavy manufacturing environment with heat, noise and metals, therefore strict PPE and hygiene/contamination controls are in place.
What the company offers Competitive salary + shift allowance. Overtime opportunities. Pension scheme. Training and upskilling (PLC, electrical, mechanical certifications). xehkeey PPE provided including respiratory protection for Pb environments.
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Location:
Birkenhead
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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