Our client

Our client is a high-volume manufacturer based in Northumberland, operating a large, complex, asset-intensive production facility. The site forms a critical part of a wider manufacturing group and runs 24/7 continuous processes where plant reliability, safety and technical excellence are essential.

The culture is practical and engineering-led, with a strong emphasis on hands-on problem solving, accountability and teamwork. Ongoing capital investment, including the installation of new production equipment, underlines a clear commitment to long-term manufacturing capability and continuous improvement.

The opportunity

Due to a replacement hire and upcoming investment projects, our client is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join their shift-based maintenance team.

Working a continental 12-hour shift pattern (days and nights), you will play a key role in maintaining, fault-finding and improving complex manufacturing equipment to ensure high levels of uptime, safety and performance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Electrical fault finding and repair on production and ancillary plant
• Preventive and reactive maintenance of large-scale manufacturing machinery
• PLC-based diagnostics, predominantly Siemens PLC systems
• Support for the installation and commissioning of new equipment
• Working in compliance with health & safety standards 
• Accurate completion of maintenance records using a CMMS
• Providing technical support to production and mentoring less experienced engineers when required

This is a hands-on role offering a high level of autonomy on shift, with strong support from an experienced engineering team.

About you

You will be a technically strong, resilient Electrical Engineer with experience in large-scale, high-volume manufacturing environments.

You will bring:

• Proven electrical maintenance and fault-finding experience within complex industrial manufacturing
• Hands-on experience with Siemens PLC-controlled machinery
• Experience working with AC/DC drives (ideally Siemens and ABB) and tension control systems 
• Ability to work confidently and safely on a continental shift pattern
• Sound knowledge of electrical schematics and industrial diagnostics
• A strong safety mindset, with practical knowledge of LOTO and safe systems of work (ATEX desirable)
• A completed Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship and HNC in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)

You’ll be calm under pressure, detail-focused and comfortable taking ownership of technical issues, while working collaboratively with colleagues across engineering and production.

f you’re an experienced Electrical Engineer looking for a technically challenging role in a true high-volume manufacturing environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact us for a confidential discussion about the opportunity.