Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – Electrical Bias
Salary: £45,000 – £51,000 per annum
Job ref: TB73
An engineering company based in Braintree, Essex, has an excellent opportunity for a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer with a strong analytical and problem-solving mindset to join its busy engineering and maintenance team.
As an Electro-Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring manufacturing operations run efficiently and reliably. Working closely with multiple departments, you will carry out planned preventative maintenance, respond to equipment breakdowns, and support continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing facility. By maintaining production equipment to a high standard, you will help achieve manufacturing targets while contributing to projects focused on improving quality, productivity, safety, and cost efficiency.
Duties will include:
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on production and site equipment
- Diagnosing and repairing electrical faults on machinery, including control panels, PLCs, and inverter drives
- Supporting mechanical maintenance activities where required (e.g. bearings, belts, gearboxes, pneumatics)
- Responding rapidly to breakdowns, minimising downtime and production disruption
- Working on electrical installations, modifications, and continuous improvement projects
- Fault-finding on automation systems, including PLCs (e.g. Siemens, Fanuc)
- Completing all maintenance records accurately using a PC based system
- Ensuring all work is conducted in accordance with health & safety regulations
- Assisting with root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions
- Contributing to improving machine efficiency, reliability, and performance
Key skills required:
- Strong electrical fault-finding skills
- Basic mechanical maintenance knowledge
- Experience with PLC fault finding (programming experience desirable but not essential)
- Knowledge of 3-phase systems, motors, drives, sensors, and control systems
- Understanding of health & safety standards (e.g. safe isolation, risk assessments)
- Ability to read and interpret electrical diagrams and schematics
- Recognised electrical qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC/HND, 18th Edition or equivalent)
Rotating shift pattern: 39 hour working week.
Early shift: Monday to Thursday 5.30am to 2.00pm, Friday finish at 1.00pm.
Late shift: Monday to Thursday 2.00pm to 10.30pm, Friday 1.00pm to 8.30pm.
For further details, call Tracey on 01376 517079.
Or apply below.