Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Eccles, Greater Manchester
Salary: £55,000
Shift: 4 on 4 off days and nights

Job Role of the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

We are recruiting for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a food manufacturing business in the Greater Manchester area. The Electrical Maintenance Engineer must be apprentice trained and electrically biased, with experience maintaining production machinery.

The Electrical Maintenance Engineer will carry out planned and reactive maintenance, diagnose electrical faults and support improvements to equipment reliability. Working alongside the engineering and production teams, the Electrical Maintenance Engineer will help minimise downtime while maintaining site safety and hygiene standards.

Sector – Factory Maintenance – Food Manufacturing

Non-Negotiable Requirements

• Must have completed a recognised engineering apprenticeship.

• Must be electrically biased.

• Experience carrying out electrical maintenance and fault finding on manufacturing machinery.

Requirements

• Relevant electrical engineering qualification.

• Experience with planned and reactive maintenance.

• Ability to read electrical drawings and diagnose faults.

• Practical mechanical maintenance skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of an engineering team.

• Strong awareness of health and safety requirements.

Desirable Requirements

• Previous experience within food or FMCG manufacturing.

• Experience fault finding on PLC-controlled equipment.

• Experience maintaining conveyors, motors, sensors and variable speed drives.

• Experience using a computerised maintenance management system.

Benefits

• £55,000 salary.

• Opportunity to work within the food manufacturing industry.

• Varied maintenance role involving electrical fault finding and equipment reliability improvements.

If you are an apprentice-trained, electrically biased Maintenance Engineer looking for an opportunity in Greater Manchester, please apply with your latest CV.

Please contact Joe McAuliffe at Pioneer Selection.

As a registered candidate with Pioneer Selection Ltd, you automatically become eligible for our referral scheme. You will receive £250 for every candidate we place in permanent employment who has been recommended by you. Terms and conditions apply.