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Electrical Maintenance Technician
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Electrical Maintenance Technicians - Why You Should Apply
Boost your take-home:
- If you're an electrical technician or maintenance electrician near Buxton who wants to earn more, overtime pays up to 2.0x, and every call-out is £25 plus four hours at double time. The extras stack up fast on top of a strong base rate.
Fix and build real kit:
- From gas-fired driers and bucket elevators to robot palletisers, screw conveyors and inline packing machines, you'll fault-find across PLCs, VSDs and process instrumentation. If you love solving problems on an automated plant, you won't be bored.
Muck in and shape things:
- This is a small maintenance team with a start-up mindset. Your ideas on how the plant runs are heard, and you'll have a genuine say in how the site's electrical operations develop.
Pass on what you know:
- You'll help mentor the electrical apprentice, so you leave your mark by bringing someone up while sharpening your own skills.
Your salary, benefits & hours of work
- £22.84 per hour (around £50,000 a year on a 42.5-hour week).
- Overtime at 1.5x during the week and on Saturdays, 2.0x on Sundays. Call-out scheme: £25 per call-out plus a minimum of four hours at 2.0x pay.
- 20 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays to start, rising with service to 27 days plus bank holidays.
- Company pension rising to 6% after 12 months.
- Days: Monday to Friday, with flexibility around a minimum of 9 hours per day (for example, 7am to 4pm, half-hour unpaid lunch).
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What you'll do as the Electrical Maintenance Technician
- Reporting to the Head of Maintenance, you'll keep the plant and auxiliary equipment running safely and reliably across a busy manufacturing site.
- Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance on all electrical and instrumentation equipment.
- Fault-find and repair automated plant, including PLCs, variable speed drives and process instrumentation.
- Plan, complete and record electrical testing to stay compliant with BS7671 wiring regulations.
- Get involved in commissioning new plant and equipment as the site grows.
- Contribute to root cause analysis after failures to prevent repeat downtime.
- Assist in mentoring the electrical apprentice on day-to-day maintenance tasks.
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What you'll need to apply for the Electrical Maintenance Technician
- A time-served electrical apprenticeship.
- Hands-on fault-finding/installation experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting.
Interested?
- Click Apply to find out more, or call the office to discuss.
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