Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Role: Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Chard
Salary: Up to £44,000 + Benefits
Shift: Double Days (Early Friday Finish every week)

Are you a Maintenance Engineer looking for a secure long-term opportunity with a well-established manufacturer in the Chard area?

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a well-known and highly respected manufacturing business with the recruitment of an Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to join their established engineering team.

This is a great opportunity to join a stable business with a strong reputation locally, modern manufacturing processes and a genuine focus on employee retention and work-life balance. The role offers a double days pattern with an early Friday finish every week, alongside overtime opportunities and a strong benefits package.

This is what you'll be doing

As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll be part of an experienced engineering team responsible for keeping production equipment and facilities running efficiently through both planned and reactive maintenance activities.

You'll be working across a varied manufacturing environment, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring machinery downtime is kept to a minimum.

Key responsibilities:

• Fault finding on electrical and mechanical production equipment
• Working on three-phase systems, motors, drives, relays, sensors, contactors and control panels
• Supporting reactive breakdowns and planned preventative maintenance schedules
• Carrying out mechanical maintenance including bearings, chains, gearboxes, belts and conveyors
• Assisting with continuous improvement and project work across the site
• Ensuring all engineering activities are completed safely and in line with site standards
• Supporting production teams to maximise machine uptime and reliability

The experience you'll bring to the team

• Previous experience within a manufacturing or production maintenance environment
• Electrically biased preferred with a min NVQ level 2 electrical qualification
• Comfortable working on both electrical and mechanical systems
• Experience with inverters/VSDs, panels, motors and production machinery
• Engineering qualifications such as NVQ, City & Guilds, apprenticeship or equivalent would be beneficial
• A proactive and team-focused attitude

And this is what you'll get in return

• Starting salary up to £44,000
• Double days shift pattern
• Early Friday finish every week
• Overtime available paid at enhanced rates
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension matched up to 5%
• Life Assurance
• Sickness Pay
• Health plan
• Employee discount platform
• Stable and well-invested manufacturing environment
• Long-term development opportunities within the business

Shift Pattern

• Mon-Thu: 06:00-14:00 / 14:00-22:00
• Fri: 06:00-12:00 / 12:00-18:00