Contract Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer Location: Leicester Job Reference: JBTLEI Job Type: Contract Duration: Ongoing Rate: £36+ per hour outside of IR35 Job Description - Electrical maintenance engineer My Client…

Outside IR35 Engineering
Pay rate £36 – £38/hour
Contract type Contract
Posted 4 September 2026

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Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location: Leicester
Job Reference: JBTLEI
Job Type: Contract

Duration: Ongoing

Rate: £36+ per hour outside of IR35

Job Description - Electrical maintenance engineer

My Client is a leading manufacturing site looking for Electrical maintenance engineer with FMCG experience to join on both an ongoing basis.

Duties as a Electrical maintenance engineer:

Reacting to breakdowns both electrically and mechanically, fault finding, analysing and continuously improving the site.
Work closely with other departments to improve the site.
Attend meetings as required, analyse data and find solutions to improve equipment performance whilst ensuring safe working practice and full communications are maintained at all times.
In addition, you will be involved in projects within the business to develop an effective engineering install and commissioning.
PLC fault finding

Requirements as a Electrical maintenance engineer:
A formal qualification in an electrical (apprentice served, NVQ, HNC or equivalent)
Strong electrical experience preferable within a FMCG environment.
Knowledge / experience of working with controls, analysing faults and providing solutions.
Experience of both reactive and preventative maintenance
Good technical ability relating to automation hardware and software.
Strong organisation and communication skills and the ability to work in a multi-disciplined team of varying levels of technical experience.

please apply ASAP if you are interested in this electrical maintenance engineer position

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