Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Our client is a global leader in stainless steel, as a business they strive to employ people who are passionate about success and seek to inspire others in their working environment.

At their site in Sheffield they are requiring a skilled Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their dynamic and hardworking team on a permanent basis in the heavy industry department.

As Electrical Maintenance Engineer your job will be to manage all electrical works and functions across the department.

THE BENEFITS:
Quarterly bonus with a max pay out of 20%
Overtime is paid at 1.5 x with certain Bank Holidays paid at 2 x (Overtime is on Saturdays)
28 days holiday (for 1st year including BH, increasing annually up to a max of 35 after 5 years' service)
Pension - Under 30 - 1% (Employee), matched, 10% (total potential) 30-49 - 1-3% (employee), matched, 10-14% (total potential) 50+ 1-5%, matched, 10-18% (total potential)
Costco Membership (Membership fees to be paid by employee)
Westfield Health Level 1 plan
Grab a steel (Site with exclusive discounts and savings)
Gym Discount (Only SIV centres)
02 Discount (Only new items not existing)

THE ROLE:
* Working on a shift basis covering the electrical operations requirements of a heavy engineering plant.
* Electrical maintenance of all motors and drives.
* Fault finding on electronic cards to component level.
* Maintenance of the mill thyrisitor drives.
* Electrical maintenance of overhead D.C. and A.C. cranes.
* Maintenance of PLC systems, specifically ABB and Allen Bradley.
* Use of programming tools to identify faults on PLC systems and changed parameters as required.
* Monitoring and maintaining the furnace control systems, calibration of controllers and the air / gas transducers, changing of thermocouples and the lighting procedure of furnaces.
* Reacting to breakdown requirements and safely / quickly identifying faults to minimise the impact on production.

Working 4 on.4 off no weekends.

Salary:
£41,422.09 plus 18.67% shift allowance £49,155.59

THE CANDIDATE:
* Education to H.N.C. Level in an Electrical Engineering discipline.
* A basic understanding of P.C. based software, Excel etc
* An understanding and ability to interpret electrical drawings
* Experience in writing reports detailing the activities during shift
* Experience in working to safety legislation relevant to operations and electrical maintenance
* Experience in adhering to S.W.P.'s, risk assessments, I+I procedures and the permit systems, as well as I.E.E. Regulations.

The Consultancy:
Edwards & Pearce acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Edwards & Pearce is an Equal Opportunities Employer