Maintenance Electrician

CV-LibrarySelby, North YorkshirepermanentPosted: 23 July 2026
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Maintenance Electrician

📍 Selby
💰 £57,000 per annum
🕒 Monday to Friday | 3 Shift Rotation (6am–2pm / 2pm–10pm / 10pm–6am)
🏭 Packaging Manufacturing

Maintenance Engineer – Electrical Bias

Are you an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking for a well-paid shift role with weekends free?

We're recruiting on behalf of a leading packaging manufacturer in Selby for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their established engineering team. Offering a salary of £57,000, this is an excellent opportunity to join a successful business that invests in its people and offers genuine long-term career prospects.

The Role

As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you'll play a key role in maintaining the reliability, performance and efficiency of a busy manufacturing facility. You'll carry out planned preventative maintenance, electrical fault-finding and reactive breakdown repairs while supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Working as part of a skilled engineering team, you'll help maximise production uptime and ensure all electrical systems and production equipment are operating safely and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

* Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on electrical systems and production machinery.

* Respond quickly to electrical breakdowns, diagnosing faults and completing effective repairs.

* Fault-find and repair industrial electrical systems, sensors, drives, motors, control panels and automated machinery.

* Work with PLC systems, inverters, relays, contactors and control circuits.

* Assist with machinery installations, upgrades and continuous improvement projects.

* Support electrical improvements and modifications across the site.

* Record maintenance activities accurately using the site's CMMS system.

* Work closely with production teams to minimise downtime and maximise plant performance.

* Ensure all work is completed safely and in accordance with company procedures.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have:

* Previous experience as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer within a manufacturing environment.

* A recognised Electrical Engineering qualification (Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent).

* Strong electrical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.

* Experience working on industrial production machinery and automated systems.

* Good understanding of PLCs, sensors, motors, drives and control systems.

* Basic mechanical fault-finding experience would be advantageous.

* A proactive attitude with a commitment to continuous improvement and high engineering standards.

What's on Offer?

* £57,000 annual salary

* Monday to Friday 3-shift pattern

* 6:00am–2:00pm / 2:00pm–10:00pm / 10:00pm–6:00am

* Weekends free

* Stable and growing packaging manufacturer

* Ongoing training and development

* Pension scheme

* Holiday allowance

* Long-term career progression

* Supportive engineering team and modern manufacturing environment

If you're an Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking for a fresh challenge with a leading manufacturer in Selby, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today or contact Brazen Search for a confidential discussion about the opportunity

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