Electrical Maintenance Engineer

About the company

A well-established heavy industrial manufacturer is seeking an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join its engineering team.

Your tasks

The Role Working alongside a Mechanical Fitter, you’ll carry out planned maintenance, breakdown repairs and installations on factory and process machinery.

• Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and breakdown repairs
• Fault finding on 415V, 240V, 110V and 24V AC/DC systems
• Machinery installation and maintenance
• Electrical drawing interpretation and PLC I/O checks
• Overhead crane fault diagnosis
• Lighting, alarms and emergency systems maintenance
• Basic control panel building and CCTV design
• Shift reporting and safe working practices

Trade Test Includes fuse checks, continuity and insulation resistance testing, motor winding checks, equipment identification, live testing and reading electrical drawings.

Requirements

• NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds in Electrical Maintenance
• Time-served apprenticeship preferred
• 18th Edition desirable
• Essential: Heavy industrial experience
• Slitting/decoiling experience advantageous
• Full UK driving licence preferred

What we offer

Pay Rates

• Basic: £16.08/hr (approx. £36,000 per year)
• Weekday overtime: £20.01/hr
• Saturday overtime: £24.12/hr
• Sunday/Bank Holiday overtime: £32.16/hr

Excellent overtime earning potential, weekly pay and a permanent position, with a 3-month probation period.

Other

Maintenance Electrician Dudley | £36,000 Basic + Overtime | Permanent, Full-Time

Shift Pattern 40 hours per week | 3-week rotating shift

• Week 1 – Days: Mon–Fri, 6am–2pm
• Week 2 – Nights: Mon–Thurs, 8pm–6am (+£1/hr shift allowance)
• Week 3 – Afternoons: Mon–Thurs, 2pm–12am