Electrical Maintenance Engineer

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Job Description

Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer
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).
  • PPE provided including respiratory protection for Pb environments.

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Location:
Birkenhead
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Manufacturing

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