Shift Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Position Type: Full-Time - Permanent

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off (2 days, 2 nights and 4 off) 06:30 - 18:30 & 18:30 - 06:30)

Overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Shift Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established industrial operation. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring high levels of plant availability through effective planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance, fault diagnosis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

This role requires a proactive engineer with strong electrical maintenance experience in industrial, manufacturing, or automated environments, capable of maintaining high engineering, safety, and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown repairs on plant equipment
• Diagnose and rectify electrical faults across motors, sensors, relays, contactors, control panels, and associated systems
• Conduct electrical and mechanical fault-finding on industrial machinery
• Support continuous improvement and engineering project work
• Work with control and instrumentation systems, including temperature sensors, pressure transducers, and flow meters
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, panel layouts, and technical drawings
• Troubleshoot PLC hardware faults, ideally with Siemens S7 exposure
• Maintain high housekeeping, health & safety, and operational compliance standards
• Report accidents, incidents, and near misses in accordance with company procedures

Candidate Requirements

• HNC in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualification
• Strong experience in electrical maintenance within industrial, manufacturing, or automated environments
• Competence in electrical fault diagnosis and maintenance of industrial systems
• Experience working with MCC panels, motors, drives, and instrumentation systems
• PLC fault-finding experience preferred
• BS7671 18th Edition qualification advantageous
• Strong commitment to safety, reliability, and engineering best practice

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.