Electrical Engineer / Technician

Electrical Maintenance Technician

Are you an experienced Electrical Maintenance Technician who would thrive in a unique heavy engineering environment within a prestigious manufacturing business? If you have the ability to multitask in a fast paced environment, and have knowledge of mechanical systems maintenance, then don’t miss this superb opportunity to join the busy Maintenance Team at Calder Industrial Materials.

Calder Industrial Materials is a highly reputable manufacturing company with headquarters based in Chester, with significant experience delivering high quality, tailored solutions for a wide range of customers worldwide. Calder is one of the UK’s leading building materials suppliers, delivering lead sheet and a wide range of ancillary products to builders’ merchants nationwide. In addition, Calder are also the UK’s leading specialist in lead engineering. The company designs, manufactures and installs radiation shielding and other products in the nuclear, medical and other markets.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, as an Electrical Maintenance Technician you’ll be responsible for the maintenance and fault diagnostics of manufacturing equipment and associated plant to ensure the company’s production effectiveness, in addition you will work on planned improvements to plant, equipment and new projects.

Your responsibilities and duties will include, although not be limited to;

• Maintaining electrical and mechanical equipment to a high standard
• Fault finding and efficient rectification of electrical and mechanical systems involving PLC control
• Responding to breakdowns
• Working on planned preventative maintenance and improvements to plant and equipment
• Completing and controlling all necessary documentation around engineering activities
• Assisting with driving continuous improvement and lean activities
• Completing light to medium mechanical fitting work as and when required

To be considered for this Electrical Maintenance Technician role you MUST have the following experience, skills, qualifications and attributes;

• Proven experience in a similar Technician role
• Completed 17th Edition Training
• Ability to read electrical / engineering drawings
• Excellent fault finding skills for electrical / mechanical
• Good working knowledge of PLC’s, relay logic and hard wired systems, HMI bus systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, variable speed drives (ac/dc)
• Ability to maintain machinery, plant and equipment
• Ability to undertake electrical installations to latest regulations
• Understanding of control techniques PLC / Drives / Comms
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced manufacturing environment
• Confident and professional, with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Ability to communicate well with other team members
• Flexibility towards tasks with a desire to learn and develop

HND / HNC in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent qualification would be advantageous, although not essential.

In return;

Salary:                          Circa £34,000, level dependent on current experience and qualifications

Additional Benefits:       4 weeks annual leave plus statutory holidays, contributory pension scheme following successful probation period, cycle to work and childcare voucher schemes, and free car parking

Hours of Work:              Monday to Friday

Contracted Hours:         Average 40 hours per week, on 12 hour rotational day / night shifts as follows:

Weekly shift 1:  Monday – Wednesday = Nights 18:00 – 06:00

Weekly shift 2:  Wednesday – Friday = Days 06:00 – 18:00

Weekly shift 3:  Monday/Tuesday (days) and Thursday/Friday (night)

Location:                       Chester (Cheshire)

Contract Type:              Permanent

This Electrical Maintenance Technician vacancy is advertised by JVP Jobs on behalf of the employer Calder Industrial Materials. At JVP Jobs we believe in providing complete transparency for you the job seeker, and by applying for this role you give express consent for us to directly submit your application to our above named client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Please note that JVP is an advertising company NOT a recruitment agency, therefore all applications will be reviewed directly by the employer Calder Industrial Materials, and should they wish to progress your application further, they will be in contact with you.

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