Electrician​/Electrical Engineer

Location – Castle Donnington, Midlands (Midlands region and some travel further afield where necessary)

Position – Electrician

A fantastic opportunity to join an established, national engineering contractor as an Electrician supporting a busy and fast paced Mechanical & Electrical engineering maintenance team. This position can offer longevity through its long-term maintenance framework supporting one of our key clients.

We require an enthusiastic and technically astute Electrician with some Mechanical experience/knowledge based in the Midlands and responsible for covering our regional framework maintenance projects. Our framework team are responsible for carrying out repairs and maintenance to assets and infrastructure around the UK’s Canals and Rivers including associated Electrical and Mechanical asset repair such as switch gear, control panels, PLC and SCADA equipment, moving structures, pumps etc.

Joining the company as an Electrician in the specialist Mechanical & Electrical framework team, you will undertake Electrical (and mechanical) asset repair and maintenance responsibilities that include working with SCADA, Electrical drawings (interpreting and designing), Fault Finding on PLC’s, HMI’s, Electrical Testing RCD, Earth Loop impedance, R1/R2 Loop tests, Human Machine Units, Solar Panels and charging stations, Ultrasonic/Shaft encoders, MMI’s, 16th – 18th Wiring Edition, Start/Stop Level Instrumentation, 40/10MA Loops, Mitsubishi PLC’s and QR series.

• Viewing live and historical data associated with client assets
• Configuration
• Uploading and downloading software
• Modifying sequences
• Testing communications
• Connecting instrumentation
• Updating firmware
• Uploading saved configurations and isographs to client database.
• Fault-finding and troubleshooting followed by relevant repair and maintenance
• Participate in a call out rota with other framework team members covering 365 days per year 24 hours per day.

• Full U.K Driving License
• Previous experience as an Electrician responsible for multiple field based projects.
• City & Guilds (or equivalent) Electrical Engineering
• City & Guilds 2391-10 “Level 3 Certificate in the Certification of Electrical Installations”
• City & Guilds 2382-10 “Certificate in the Requirements for Electrical Installations, 17th Edition BS7671”.
• Mechanical and hydraulic system familiarisation is desirable.
• It would be advantageous for candidates to have gained experience in multi-disciplinary Electrical and Mechanical projects.

• Hourly rate negotiable depending on experience
• Transport provided
• Uplifts for ‘on call’ rota and overtime
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Company contributory Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• Medicash Health Cash Plan & Medicash Rewards
• Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
• Consistent learning opportunities
• A safe place to work
• Employee forum’s that provide a platform for having your voice heard.

Amco Giffen is a reputable and firmly established engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. They are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country. The company works on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments to deliver exceptional peace of mind for customers across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors including rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Amco Giffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value collective expertise, celebrate individuality and are committed to improving diversity & inclusion. Our journey includes training, raising awareness, regular forums, and sharing an engagement calendar to encourage participation at all levels.

We support safety and wellbeing in the workplace. All employees are enrolled in an employee assistance programme which provides 24-hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services. We also provide mental health first aiders.

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about Amco Giffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

Recruitment Manager