Electrical Maintenance Engineer (days) – Belfast

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Electrical Maintenance Engineer – Belfast – £34000 – Days Only

Your New Company

The role provides the opportunity to work for a company within the Top 100 Companies in Northern Ireland.

Your New Role

This role will impact the success of the company through the effective maintenance and repair of plant equipment to ensure downtime is kept to a minimum.

Working as an electrical maintenance engineer you will report to the Engineering Supervisor, whilst on shift your core duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings and specifications that are utilised to diagnose faults / Maintenance and repair of material handling equipment, extruders, mixers, packers, weighers etc. / Maintenance and repair of control centres, control panels and interfaces / Maintenance and repair of instrumentation required for the metering of products, liquids etc used in the production process / Maintenance and repair of electric motors and their start, speed control and soft start systems / Use of PLC’s to establish faults – replacement of PCB’s in logic controllers as required.

Use of computing techniques and in-built maintenance programmes for fault diagnosis and calibration / Maintenance and repair of pneumatic and hydraulic controlled equipment / Maintenance and repair of drives and motors used in the production process / Safe use of mills and lathes / Maintenance and repair of domestic (i.e. light, heat, power) elements / Preventative maintenance is carried out in line with PM programme / Effective liaison with production and maintenance fitters / Accurate completion of records / documentation as required / Adherence to all health, safety and environmental procedures

What You’ll Need To Succeed

Essential criteria: Able to communicate effectively at all levels / Able to work to deadlines and under pressure / Capable of solving problems / Self motivated / Capable of working on own initiative / Capable of using standard diagnostic tools / Time Served Maintenance Technician (electrical) / Candidates should have at least 3 years experience within an automated plant / Experienced in fault finding and fault diagnosis / This role will require participating in the overtime rota / Holder of a valid Driving License

What You’ll Get In Return

You will earn a market leading salary on days of £34000 + enhanced OT rates (1.5, double and triple time on bank holidays!). Excellent benefits package including above statutory holiday entitlement, x4 salary death in service benefit, long service awards and comprehensive training and development opportunities.

What You Need To Do Now

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