Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer  Location: Cumbria  Salary: Starting Salary of 45k  Shift Pattern: Rotating Days & Nights (10 Days off straight per month with a 13 working days per months)  About the Role We are recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established paper manufacturing site with a strong engineering culture and a real focus on reliability. This is an opportunity for a true engineer - someone who appreciates both legacy machinery and modern upgrades. This is not a highly automated, high-CAPEX environment where equipment is replaced at the first fault. Instead, this site believes in: Reliability-centred maintenance Continuous improvement Process optimisation Engineering-led problem solving Getting the absolute best performance from existing assets If you enjoy improving plant performance, enhancing reliability, and making meaningful engineering improvements - this is the role for you. Shift Pattern & Overtime Rotating days and nights You will work an average of 13 shifts per month Includes 10 consecutive days off every month Excellent work-life balance compared to traditional shift roles Overtime paid at time and a half Regular availability of additional overtime days This pattern offers significant time off while maintaining strong earning potential. Key Responsibilities Electrical maintenance support across production and site services Fault finding and repair on a mix of ageing and upgraded equipment Work on motors, drives, control panels, PLC-controlled systems Participate in PPM and reactive maintenance Support reliability improvements and root cause analysis Contribute to small project work and plant modifications Work collaboratively with mechanical engineers and operations teams Maintain high safety standards in a heavy industrial environment Engineering Environment You will work across: Paper manufacturing and converting machinery Pumps, motors, gearboxes and conveyors Variable speed drives (VSDs) PLC systems (Siemens, Allen Bradley or similar) Industrial control panels and instrumentation Utilities including steam, compressed air and water systems This is a hands-on industrial site where practical engineering ability is valued. Essential Experience & Qualifications Time-served Electrician / Electrical Engineer NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering 18th Edition Wiring Regulations Experience in manufacturing or heavy industrial environments Strong electrical fault-finding skills Experience with motors, inverters, control circuits and panels Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings Comfortable working shifts in a continuous production setting Desirable Experience Experience within paper manufacturing or continuous process industries PLC fault-finding capability Knowledge of reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) Root Cause Analysis (RCA) experience Instrumentation and calibration experience Test & Inspection qualification Experience improving and maintaining ageing plant assets The Ideal Engineer You'll be someone who: Takes pride in improving equipment rather than replacing it Has a strong reliability mindset Thinks proactively and analytically Enjoys solving complex faults Wants to influence plant performance and site standards Values engineering craftsmanship What's On Offer Competitive base salary Overtime paid at 1.5x Strong earning potential 10 consecutive days off per month Stable, well-established manufacturing site A role where engineering genuinely makes the difference #INDENG