Hours: Monday - Friday: Days Only - Typically 8:00am - 4:30pm
Are you an electrically trained Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer or Multi-Skilled Engineer from a manufacturing, process or heavy industrial environment?
We're recruiting for a field-based engineer to support a portfolio of anaerobic digestion and renewable energy plants across Norfolk and South Lincolnshire. You'll be responsible for keeping sites safe, reliable and operational through a mix of planned maintenance, fault finding, breakdown response and improvement work.
This is a genuinely hands-on role with a strong electrical bias, covering three-phase systems, motors, instrumentation, PLC-controlled equipment, pumps and compressors.
What You'll Be Doing
Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across three sites, soon to be four
Diagnosing electrical faults and carrying out testing and rectification
Working on three-phase systems, motors and associated plant equipment
Fault finding on PLC-controlled machinery and basic control systems
Supporting instrumentation including analogue and digital I/O
Using test equipment such as multimeters, insulation testers, clamp meters and loop calibrators
Carrying out mechanical maintenance on pumps, compressors and associated process equipment
Supporting shutdowns, plant start-ups and major maintenance activity
Monitoring specialist contractors working on site
Completing service reports and maintenance documentation
Managing your own workload across multiple sites
What We're Looking For:
Time-served electrical apprenticeship or equivalent recognised electrical qualification
HNC, NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent
Strong electrical maintenance and fault-finding experience
Experience working in an industrial, manufacturing or process environment
Good understanding of three-phase electrical systems
Ability to read electrical drawings and schematics
Full UK driving licence
Comfortable travelling between sites and occasionally working independently
PLC fault finding
Instrumentation and control systems
Analogue and digital I/O
Pumps, compressors and piping systems
Process plant maintenance
Shutdowns and major maintenance activity
Relevant backgrounds could include: Renewable energy, anaerobic digestion, biogas, food or feed manufacturing, utilities, water, waste, chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, steel or other heavy process industries.
The Person
A genuine self-starter
Confident working independently
Strong on fault finding and problem solving
Proactive and organised
Comfortable taking ownership of site issues
Hands on and practical
Motivated by continuous improvement and plant reliability
Package
Salary up to £47,500 depending on experience
Bonus scheme
Company van
Private healthcare
Up to 7.5% pension
33 days' holiday
Tools and equipment provided
Regular salary reviews
Ongoing training and development
Long-term progression within a growing renewable energy business
Working Hours
Monday to Friday, days only - typically 8am-4:30pm, with flexibility around working hours.
