Electrical Bias Engineer Wrexham £47,500 Basic Salary 4 on 4 off - 12-hour Days & Nights A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Electrical Bias Engineer to join a busy, highly automated manufacturing operation in Wrexham. This is a hands-on engineering role working as part of an established engineering team, maintaining and improving automated production machinery and helping to maximise equipment reliability and minimise downtime. The role will suit an experienced Maintenance Engineer with a strong electrical background and experience working within manufacturing, production, FMCG, packaging or another high-volume industrial environment. The Role You will be responsible for the planned and reactive maintenance of automated production equipment, with a strong focus on electrical fault finding and breakdown response. Key responsibilities include: Diagnosing and rectifying electrical faults on automated production machinery Responding to electrical and mechanical breakdowns Carrying out planned preventative and reactive maintenance Fault finding across control systems, motors, sensors, drives and associated equipment Working with PLC-controlled and automated machinery Working with control panels, contactors, relays, inverters and variable speed drives Carrying out electrical testing, repairs and component replacement Supporting machinery modifications, improvements and continuous improvement activity Working alongside Production to minimise downtime Completing maintenance records and engineering documentation Carrying out mechanical maintenance and adjustments where required Working safely and in accordance with site procedures The Engineering Environment Experience with the following would be highly advantageous: PLC-controlled machinery Electrical control panels Motors and motor control Inverters / VSDs Sensors and proximity switches Contactors and relays Safety circuits and interlocks Automated production machinery Conveyors and material handling equipment Packaging machinery Pneumatic and hydraulic systems Mechanical power transmission Robotics or automated handling equipment You don't need to be a PLC programmer, but you must be confident using electrical fault-finding techniques to diagnose faults and get production equipment back up and running. The Person We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Engineer with a clear electrical bias and genuine production maintenance experience. Ideally, you will have: Previous Maintenance Engineering experience within manufacturing or production A strong electrical engineering background Proven electrical fault-finding experience Experience maintaining automated production machinery Experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance Good knowledge of industrial electrical systems Good mechanical maintenance knowledge The ability to diagnose faults logically and work effectively under pressure A recognised engineering qualification, apprenticeship or equivalent experience Experience within FMCG, food, packaging, plastics, logistics, converting or another highly automated manufacturing environment would be particularly relevant. This is a great opportunity for an electrically biased Engineer looking for a permanent, hands-on role where their electrical fault-finding and automation skills will be genuinely utilised