Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Overview

Job title:

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Reference: 50986

Location:

Halewood, Merseyside

Duration:
Permanent

Start date:

ASAP

Salary: £46,587.88 Basic pay per annum (potential earnings up to £59,399.54 detailed below in shift pattern information).

GPW Recruitment are partnering with Ford Halewood Transmissions Ltd (FHTL) in Halewood.

Ford Halewood Transmission Limited (FHTL) develops and manufactures transmissions with an employee workforce of circa 600 people. The Plant has a proud 60-year history as a local employer and are dedicated to manufacturing high quality products. Ford are currently investing up to £230 million at the facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles.

Ford Halewood Transmissions Limited (FHTL) are seeking Electrical Maintenance Engineers to support the business. Electrical Maintenance Engineers play a pivotal role in ensuring production machinery, assembly lines and equipment are maintained and repaired as required to ensure the maximum operation uptime, working to all relevant FHTL procedures to ensure Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Environmental objectives are met.

Salary details for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer within FHTL

• Basic annual salary £46,587.88
• Basic Annual Salaries within FHTL are all inclusive of 35% premium on all allocated holidays; 33 days holidays per year; 25 vacation & 8 bank holidays

• FHTL operates across various shift patterns which employees may be assigned to work which is aligned with production requirements on the assigned working area.
• Current shift patterns FHTL operate on are: day shift, 3-shift, 2-shift, 6DC & 7DC patterns.
• All shifts apart from day shift incur a shift premium on all hours worked.
• An example of potential earnings when working across a 3-shift pattern can be up to £59,399.54 per year.
• Please note that working specific shifts or achieving the maximum earning potential is not guaranteed.

• Free on-site gym facility inclusive of a sauna & steam room (outside of working hours).
• Employee assistance programmes: weekly appointments available for all employees to utilise for free such as massages, circuit classes, nutrition advice, yoga, chiropody, reiki and head massages (outside of working hours).
• An on-site physiotherapy and occupational health department is available to employees to support their health and well-being.
• Competitive pension scheme (company pays 1.5 times the amount of the employee contributions paying up to 12%)
• £750 annual attendance bonus (subject to company T&C's).
• Access Ford's Privilege scheme - allowing you to purchase Ford vehicles at a discount
• An excellent work-life balance, including a generous holiday allowance of 25 days (inclusive of set shutdown dates)
• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Essential:
  Recognised Engineering Craft Apprenticeship and ONC (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering
• Essential: PC Literate, Ability to work under pressure, part of a team, effective multitasker with a “can do” attitude.

• Previous employment in an Electrical Maintenance Engineering role.
• Experience of preventive maintenance, fault-finding, diagnosis of faults on pneumatics, hydraulics, servo motors & drives, spindles, encoders, ABB & FANUC Robots, PLC and CNC machines and assembly lines ideally.
• Understanding of Profibus systems.
• Siemens S7 PLC (preferred but not essential as training can be provided), Solution line, Power Line, 840D and Automation Drive Experience.
• Excellent communication skills;
  Technical cross shift handover / line up.
• Experience of utilising Electrical technical manuals and drawings.

• Perform fault-finding and diagnosis on a range of Siemens PLC controlled equipment.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance on a range of pneumatics, hydraulics, conveyors, CNC machines and robots in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations and industry standard practices.
• Be responsible for the recording of all work undertaken.
• Analysis and resolution of Electrical faults and repairs, driving for continuous improvements to machinery.
• Follow safety…