Electrical Maintenance Engineer

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

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

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

Key Responsibilities

• 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
  
  

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
  
  

🕒 Shift Pattern40 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
  
  

💷 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.

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

Interested? Apply now to take the next step in your engineering career!