Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Birmingham, West Midlands
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Electrician/Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Job Title : Electrician/Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location  West Midlands

Permanant Role

Hours  

Week 1 6am-2pm Monday-Friday

Week 2 8pm-6am Monday-Thursday

Week 3 1pm-9pm Monday-Thursday and 10am-6pm Friday

Start date Immidietly

The role

You will be part of a 2-man team working a 3-shift rota. On your team will be a Mechanical fitter, and yourself the Electrician. You will be tasked to carry out preventative maintenance tasks as well as be reactive with regards to plant breakdowns and repairs.

You will also be required to carry out Installation work on machinery and within the factory and any maintenance work on bay lighting and other electrical services.

All actions need to be carried out in a safe and professional manor, reporting to supervisors, and filling out daily shift reports and other necessary paperwork.

Duties

Installation work on both factory and process machinery.
Fault find on 415v, 240v, 110v and 24vac and dc systems.
Follow CCT diagrams to aid fault finding.
PLC, establish necessary input/output (no program facility)
Fault find on OHC’s, Remote handsets, contactor function, fuses.
DC drives/inverters basic knowledge would be an advantage.
Maintain high bay lighting replacement, repair, and LED upgrade.
Test emergency lighting and evacuation alarm system.
Involved in CCT design and control panel building.
However as per the nature of the business, other general maintenance task wills be required.

Skills And Experience

Completed Apprenticeship/time served would be preferred. 18th Edition IEE Regs preferred, but not essential.  NVQ level 3 or City and Guilds in Electrical Maintenance or any other relevant qualification.  We will need to see proof of certification.

Heavy Industrial work. Experience of Slitting/Decoiling machines would be an advantage.

Driving licence preferred but not essential.

Will start with on an initial 3-month probationary period, which may be extended if required.

Trade Tests

Check fuses.
Test continuity hydraulic/pneumatic coil
Insulation resistance test 3 phase motor to earth
Test motor windings continuity
Identify equipment.
Live test
Look at Drawings.
Rates of pay

Weekly Paid

Midweek Basic Rate - £15.93ph

Overtime during the week @ Rate 2 (£19.11ph)

Saturday overtime @ Rate 4 (£23.89ph)

Sunday and Bank holidays @ Rate 3 (£31.86ph)

Basic hours equates to circa £36k + overtime.

Current working patterns (Based on 40 hours).

Week1:

6am-2pm Mon-Fri @ Rate 1        

Week 2:

8pm-6am Mon-Thurs @ Rate 2 + £1 /p/h antisocial allowance.

Week 3:

1pm-9pm Mon-Thurs, and 10am-6pm Fri @ Rate 1           

Hours & Shift Pattern subject to change.  As our client has a 24 hour production site, maintenance cover is required at all times.  Flexibility on shift hours is essential to suit the business demand and changes to business needs.

Overtime requirements.

Weekend working – A minimum of 1 Saturday in 3 required following the 6-2 shift as well as 12-hour shifts to cover holidays of other engineers and maintain 24-hour plant support and/or emergency breakdowns as and when required. Additional overtime will be required to suit business needs.

Holiday Entitlement/Other

33 days holiday

Fixed Shutdown Periods are pre-planned during Whitsun, Summer & Christmas.  Whitsun & Summer are for Maintenance Activities whereby all Engineers are required to work.

This position comes with the following benefits: -

Automatic enrolment into our Group Pension Scheme, which currently has an employee and employer contribution of 3%.
After 3 months service you will be entitled to death in service cover of 1X annual earnings
After 3 months service you will also be entitled to membership of simply health, our health care cash plan scheme, at no cost to you.
Flexible with booking holiday within reason

Job Info
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Job Title:
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Company:
CV-Library
Location:
Birmingham, West Midlands
Salary:
£36000 Per annum
Posted:
Nov 4th 2024
Closes:
Dec 5th 2024
Sector:
Engineering
Contract:
Permanent
Hours:
Full Time
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