Electrical Engineer

Colchester

Salary-Competitive DOE

Monday-Friday days- 36 hours per week

The company:

Based near Colchester, you will be joining a well-known precision manufacturing company who own a large market share within their industry across the UK, Europe and the USA.

Due to continuous growth, they are looking for an experienced maintenance engineer with strong electrical skills to join them on their day shift at their factory site. Offering a very competitive salary, a fantastic range of benefits including industry-leading pension contribution and more, this is a great time to join an expanding company!

The role will involve working in a small maintenance team carrying out PPMs, reactive maintenance and preventative maintenance on their production lines.

Job responsibilities:

• Identify faults, and carry out repairs following breakdowns, PPM''s or site work.
• Make sure all PPM schedules are completed
• Install, maintain, and repair 3-phase motors, PLCs, VFD''s, and other electrical systems
• Complete maintenance paperwork on time and to required standards
• Work alongside the production team to understand and work out maintenance requirements alongside production needs.
• Work to required health and safety procedures

This is just a summed-up list, and other responsibilities and tasks will be required.

Skills and Experience required:

• Previous experience in a similar role, within a fast-paced manufacturing/production environment
• Mechanical or Electrical City & Guilds Level 3 or similar
• Proficient in diagnosing PLC/HMI systems, with some experience of ladder logic.
• Proficient in diagnosing and commissioning Variable Frequency Drives.
• 18th Edition would be advantageous.
• *Proficient in fault-finding, 3-phase and single-phase systems
• Ability to work alone, or within a team environment

Applicants must have full UK working rights, as sponsorship is not available for this role.

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