Electrical Service Engineer in Northampton, West Northamptonshire

GBR Recruitment is working exclusively with a leading Asphalt & Cement Plant Machinery installation company, recruiting for a field‑based Electrical Service Engineer to carry out Electrical Engineering works on UK & Ireland customers' Asphalt & Cement manufacturing sites.

Travelling UK wide and into Ireland, you will carry out electrical fault finding and diagnostics services, repairs, commissioning of new machinery and retrofitting of any new machinery or production lines within a heavy‑plant environment (fixed heavy‑plant machinery, not mobile).

In this key service engineer role, you will have strong, rounded electrical skills, including strong knowledge and experience of electrical control panels and electrical control systems, plus PLC skills (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi).

You will have had previous exposure to fixed heavy‑plant machinery within Asphalt, Cement, Recycling, Biomass, Power or similar industrial plant machinery, working on equipment such as electrical control panel systems, coal burners, gas burners, oil burners, boilers, drum dryers, dust collectors, elevators, vibrating screens, fillers, weighers, mixers, storage systems, bitumen supply systems, crushers, pre‑heaters, kilns, proportioning equipment, grinding mills, silos, coolers, conveyor systems and more.

This role requires the applicant to be away from home most of the week or all week (up to five days, Monday to Friday), so you must be prepared to travel to different customer sites across the country and into Ireland.

Duties

• Aftersales Service Engineering (Electrical) duties on Asphalt & Cement works, electrical installation, including fault finding, diagnostics, technical advice & guidance, repairs, commissioning of new machinery & new lines, plus retrofitting new machinery/parts.
• Working across a vast array of Asphalt & Cement works plant machinery (fixed) across both the UK & Ireland.
• Working on electrical control panels & electrical control systems.
• Working on PLCs.
• Consultative approach with all clients on their sites (Plant Directors, Managers etc.).
• Reading electrical technical drawings.
• Working on HV & LV.
• Calibrating pressure, temperature, level, weighing, instrumentation & analytical equipment.
• Inspection & testing of electrical machinery / parts & components.
• Some mechanical engineering tasks.

Experience / Attributes Required

• Electrical Engineering Professional (time served apprenticeship / HNC qualifications or other).
• 18th Edition IET Reg's.
• Asphalt &/or Cement Plant Machinery experience or similar high capital heavy plant machinery such as recycling, biomass, power, etc. (fixed plant / heavy plant machinery).
• PLC experience.
• Automated machinery experience.
• Electrical Control Systems experience.
• Gas & Oil Burners experience.
• Boiler experience.
• Fault finding, diagnosing, commissioning & retrofit experience.
• HV & LV experience.
• Happy to work away from home most days across Monday to Friday & to travel the UK / Ireland (this is a must).

Fantastic benefits including £600 per month stay‑out‑from‑home bonus on top of the advertised salary above (£7.2K p/a extra), company van, enhanced overtime rates (x1.5 rate in M‑F, x2 weekends), 7% discretionary bonus, health insurance scheme, 33 days annual holiday & more.

If you are an Electrical Engineer, Multi‑Skilled Engineer, Electrician, Maintenance Engineer, Shift Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Project Engineer or similar, this could be a great opportunity for you, working within a highly progressive business.

Immediate start available and fantastic earning potential.

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