Maintenance Electrician

Role Responsibility
As the successful Maintenance Electrician, you will be responsible for the following:

• Respond to production breakdowns quickly & efficiently. Support in the repair and maintenance of plant and machinery i.e., carrying out any repairs/maintenance to plant, hydraulics, and PLCs etc.
• Reduce plant breakdowns.
• Identify & solve problems to provide long term solutions.
• Be involved in the design and development of new machinery installations.
• Keep up to date & accurate drawings & paperwork.
• Ensure health& safety practices are adhered to at all times.
• Undertake risk assessment and associated paperwork, where required, of the relevant activities to ensure a suitable and effective safe system of work.
• Carry out planned maintenance checks.
• Be flexible to undertake emergency repairs where and when these occur.

The Ideal Candidate

• Qualified to NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
• Holds 18th Edition in Wiring Regulation qualifications.
• Able to demonstrate previous experience as a qualified Mechanical Electrician.
• Have the ability to use your own initiative and to communicate with our internal maintenance team.
• Good technical knowledge of maintain production systems.
• Capable of reading and working to engineering/technical drawings
• Working knowledge of power presses is an advantage.
• Have good overall mechanical knowledge.
• Experience of maintaining industrial hydraulics & pneumatics is an advantage.
• Have proven experience of fault finding on PLC and control systems.

We need someone who is a team player with an open mind, a good work ethic, willing to get stuck in & bring knowledge to the company. You will need to have good organisational skills & work well under pressure. Most importantly you will need to work safely, in accordance with Health & Safety legislation.

The hours are 08:00-16:00 Monday to Thursday & 08:00-15:00 Fridays, including a 30-minute dinner break. 39 hours per week total.

Salary dependant on experience.

To apply for the role please send your CV to officepc@steelsections.co.uk