Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Technician | Salary £55k + Benefits | Croydon, South London | 12-hour Panama Shift Pattern | Permanent

We're hiring an Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Technician for a global manufacturing group at their Croydon production site. This position would suit an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Electrician or electrically biased Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer from a manufacturing, plastics or process industry background who enjoys troubleshooting, fault finding and continuous improvement.

In this hands-on role, you'll support the maintenance and reliability of industrial plant equipment including extrusion lines, steam boilers, thermal oil heaters, compressors and automated production systems. Working on a rotating Panama shift pattern, you'll play a key role in ensuring the site runs safely, efficiently and continuously.

Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Technician role responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance (PPM and breakdowns) on a wide range of manufacturing and industrial equipment.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults involving three-phase systems, motors, variable speed drives, control panels, sensors and instrumentation.
• Undertake electrical inspections, testing and fault finding on PLC-controlled and automated production machinery.
• Support maintenance activities across extrusion lines, steam boilers, thermal oil heaters, compressors and associated plant equipment.
• Accurately record maintenance activities, repairs and parts usage within the computerised maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Support continuous improvement and root cause analysis activities to enhance safety, performance and equipment reliability.
• Collaborate with production, engineering and process teams to reduce downtime and improve productivity.

Candidate Requirements:

• Experience in an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Electrician or electrically biased Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer role.
• Recognised electrical qualification (NVQ Level 3, completed apprenticeship, ONC/HNC or equivalent).
• Industrial electrical maintenance experience within a manufacturing, production or process environment.
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills, including experience with three-phase systems, motors, drives, control panels and electrical schematics.
• Experience working with PLC-controlled machinery and automated systems. PLC fault finding or SCADA experience would be advantageous.
• Good understanding of electrical safety, isolation procedures and Health & Safety within an industrial environment.
• Mechanical maintenance experience and familiarity with planned maintenance systems (CMMS) would be beneficial.
• Willingness to work a 12-hour rotating Panama shift pattern.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for then please apply with your CV.

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