Weekend Electrical Engineer

Weekend Shift Electrical Engineer required for a well-established manufacturer based in the East Midlands. working permanent Weekend Shifts. If working condensed hours over a 3-day week appeals, this would be a great career move for you and is best suited to a candidate who has 2-5 years of previous electrical engineering experience. The working shift pattern includes 1 week (Friday to Sunday 05.30 am – 17.30pm) and week 2 (Saturday to Monday 05.30 am – 5.30 pm). 

Offering an excellent annual salary, paid overtime, unrivalled training and personal development, this role is further complimented by attractive employee benefits and the chance to join an experienced and qualified team of maintenance engineers. Your electrical maintenance engineering skills will include the continuous maintenance of fully automated machinery and or plant equipment, ensuring that all equipment and services are maintained to the highest Health and Safety and operating standards. You will be responsible for fault finding, conducting diagnostic checks and repairs on 3 phase controls including PLCs (Siemens 7). 

There is a consistent need to reduce engineering downtime, therefore the need to respond rapidly to machine breakdowns and failures is critical, working within the wider engineering team to deliver, develop and improve maintenance schedules. Ideally educated to NVQ Level 3 in electrical engineering or as a time-served/apprentice engineer, you will report to the site engineering manager, undertaking projects and all on-site installations and machinery/equipment assessment. 

Naturally, there is a need to comply with all Health and Safety operating procedures, identifying, and managing risk, reporting on any accident, assessing near misses and any property damage caused at any time. A very challenging and rewarding mechanical engineering vacancy that offers career stability.