Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Salary/Rate:£54,000 plus bonus, plus OT – £60,000–£70,000 OTE
Job type:Perm
Town/City:Birmingham
Country:United Kingdom
Job ref:CC-ElecMaintEng-Bham
Post Date:02. 06. 2026
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About the Role

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Birmingham

£54,000 plus quarterly bonus overtime –£60,000 – £70,000 OTE

Shifts: Continental style shift pattern

Join a Global Leader in Metal Manufacturing

 

This is a great opportunity to join one of the leading manufacturers in Birmingham. They are a very well-established business who supply mainly the leading aerospace manufacturers. The types of machines you will be working on as an electrical maintenance engineer on a day-to-day basis will be large industrial machines. Experience within heavy industry and experience with PLC fault finding is required. 

This role will be based in the Engineering Maintenance Department reporting directly to the Maintenance Supervisor and will be working a full continental shift pattern.

The postholder may come into contact with technology or equipment controlled by local and/or U.S. Government legislation and will be required to undertake specific security screening protocols.

 

The purpose of the role:

To provide routine maintenance support across all plant and development of new and established equipment throughout the Plant. A culture of continuous improvement, right first time and preventative maintenance operates within this area and all individuals are required to work within this framework. The main duties are to: Provide preventative, corrective, and reactive work across all plant equipment and facilities. An interesting and varied team-based role, encompassing a wide range of responsibilities for routine maintenance, fault finding, rewiring and monitoring across a wide range of industrial equipment.

 

Skills and experience required:

  • Apprentice trained with relevant technical electrical qualifications (NVQ/ONC or equivalent).
  • Excellent fault finding skills.
  • Working knowledge of PLC’s and servers, fault finding and interrogation.
  • Working knowledge of Scada systems.
  • Previous preventive maintenance experience.
  • Condition monitoring experience.
  • Ability to read, interpret and mark-up electrical drawings.
  • Ability to understand the set up and configuration of variable speed drives.
  • Good understanding IEE wiring regulations.
  • Good understanding of vacuum technology forges and presses.
  • Experience working in a medium to heavy engineering environment.
  • Safe working knowledge including PTW and Risk Assessments.
  • Multi-skilled i.e. basic fitting, hydraulics, pneumatics, FLT licence, crane driving and slinging.

Full Continental, 4 on, 4 off days and nights, working 7am -7pm on days or 7pm - 7am on nights

Don't miss this chance to work with cutting-edge technology and contribute to a vital industry.

Apply today!

 

TO APPLY

 

Demand for this role will undoubtedly be high, and interviews will be arranged very soon. If you would like to be considered, please apply today.

To apply for this role or to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Clayton Cruise at Cruise Control Recruitment. The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates

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