MERITUS are recruiting for an Electrical Maintenance Operator to join our client within the defence manufacturing sector on a 12-month contract from their site in Bolton. This is a fully onsite position working standard daytime hours, and candidates will be required to complete BPSS clearance before starting.

ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE OPERATOR - INSIDE IR35 - £29.02 RISING TO £30.38 PER HOUR UMBRELLA - BOLTON - 12 MONTHS - FULLY ONSITE - BPSS CLEARANCE - MANDATORY ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP & QUALIFICATIONS - FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW - SECTOR: DEFENCE MANUFACTURING

This is a full-time, fully onsite position operating on standard daytime hours. No travel is required.

Essential education requirements:

Candidates must have completed a recognised electrical apprenticeship and hold the relevant supporting electrical engineering qualification. Applications that do not demonstrate both the required apprenticeship and formal technical education cannot be considered.

Acceptable qualification routes include:

• Approved Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship Framework or Modern Apprenticeship with relevant further education
• Vocational G or H Units with further education and City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 and 3
• Vocational TR23 Units with further education and either an ONC or City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 and 3
• Vocational NVQ Level 3 with further education and a BTEC ONC or HNC

A time-served or modern electrical apprenticeship, or an NVQ Level 3 electrical qualification, is non-negotiable. Relevant further education in an electrical subject, such as City & Guilds Parts 2 and 3, ONC or HNC, is also required.

As an Electrical Maintenance Operator, you will work within the Calibration and Maintenance Department, operating autonomously to maintain plant and process equipment. The work will be varied and will include routine maintenance, equipment repairs, electrical testing and fault-finding activities.

You will conduct planned preventative maintenance and repairs across process and plant equipment, perform PAT testing throughout the manufacturing site, and undertake electrostatic discharge testing and inspections.

Skillset/experience required:

What can you bring to the role?

• Completed electrical apprenticeship and the required supporting technical education
• Electrical Maintenance experience is essential, ideally gained within a manufacturing environment
• Experience conducting planned preventative maintenance and repairing plant or process equipment
• Ability to interrogate electrical drawings during fault-finding activities
• Knowledge of PAT testing and electrical equipment inspection
• Knowledge of electrostatic discharge testing and inspection
• Understanding of the IET Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment
• Good IT skills
• Knowledge of SAP would be advantageous
• CCA process equipment experience would be desirable
• Self-driven approach with the ability to work independently