A global manufacturing business are currently looking for an Electrical Maintenance Technician for their site near Bolton.

This is a 24/7 shift-based role working on a wide variety of electrical systems on complex and unique high speed production equipment.

Working as part of a well-established maintenance team the position will involve working on large, planned maintenance projects and installations as part of a team as well as responding to critical breakdowns.

Key aspects of the opportunity include:

• Attending maintenance breakdowns or stoppages, working towards getting plant and machinery back into operation as quickly and safely as possible
• Mixture of planned maintenance/maintenance projects and reactive maintenance
• Working on range of equipment: PLC Fault finding and problem diagnosis on Siemens S7s, AC/DC drives, 3 phase systems
• Carry out maintenance on equipment during non-planned and planned maintenance shutdowns
• Part of an engineering department of 15 with opportunity to progress and gain additional qualifications

To be considered for this position candidates will need have electrical maintenance experience gained within a fast-paced manufacturing or process industry environment. Electrical qualifications to NVQ L3 or higher are also required. Any experience of fault finding and modifying PLCs would be an advantage.

The position is based on a 24/7, day and night 12-hour shift pattern on an average 34 hour week (average 3 shifts a week). The position also comes with a company pension scheme up to 9%, life insurance and 19 days additional holiday on top of shift rota.