Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Gateshead

Salary: £50,000 (inclusive of shift allowance)

Benefits:

• Permanent employment from day one
• Continental shift pattern – 4on 4off
• Ongoing training and development
• Opportunity to work on large-scale industrial automation projects
• Career progression within a growing engineering business

The Company:

Our client is a well-established engineering services provider that delivers maintenance solutions to major manufacturing businesses across the UK. Due to continued growth and the award of a significant long-term project, they are looking to appoint experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineers to join their expanding engineering team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on technically advanced automated equipment while becoming part of a business that values long-term employment, investment in its people and high engineering standards.

Benefits:

• Secure permanent position
• Long-term project pipeline
• Modern automated manufacturing environment
• Supportive engineering team
• Opportunity to develop automation expertise
• Stable employer with future project opportunities

Job Description:

As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you will join a specialist engineering team responsible for supporting a major manufacturing facility. The Electrical Maintenance Engineer will carry out planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding and repair activities on automated production equipment, ensuring machinery remains safe, reliable and operational.

Working within a fast-paced industrial environment, the Electrical Maintenance Engineer will support continuous improvement initiatives, preventative maintenance programmes and equipment reliability. This Electrical Maintenance Engineer role offers excellent long-term stability through a five-year customer contract, with future opportunities across additional engineering projects.

Skills & Experience:

• Time-served Electrical Apprentice
• HNC (or higher) preferred
• Strong electrical maintenance experience
• Background in automation or automated manufacturing
• Knowledge of PLC-controlled machinery and industrial drives
• Experience fault finding on electrical systems
• Ability to read electrical drawings and schematics
• Manufacturing, industrial or process industry experience
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Why Should You Apply?

This Electrical Maintenance Engineer opportunity offers far more than just another maintenance role. You’ll be joining a growing engineering business with a secured long-term contract, working on modern automated equipment within a technically challenging environment. If you’re looking for stability, career development and the chance to work on exciting industrial projects, this Electrical Maintenance Engineer position is well worth considering

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