Package Role - Electrical Engineer (Days) Location - Peterborough Contract Type - Permanent, Full time Working Pattern - Site based (shift basis) Salary - £40,086 per annum Start Date - ASAP What's in it for you Competitive salary Attractive pension scheme Opportunities for career growth and development Collaborative and dynamic work environment Comprehensive benefits package About the role - Electrical Engineer Our client is looking for an Electrical Engineer to maintain all their electrical equipment, machinery, auxiliary instruments, and gauges, ensuring minimum disruption to production and compliance with safety requirements across their state-of-the-art factory. Responsibilities Electrical Maintenance: Carry out and record maintenance work on machines and equipment, ensuring compliance with electrical safety legislation. Comply with planned electrical maintenance schedules. Update electrical programmes and associated programmes to ensure that information is current. Conduct research into the development and implementation of new and existing equipment. Perform statutory inspection and testing procedures, and safety inspections as per the agreed schedule. Ensure care of plant instrumentation and undertake any servicing or calibration required. Provide flexible support across all manufacturing departments, where safety and training allow. Maintain an understanding of electrical safety legislation and regulations and ensure compliance with both.Fault Finding and Repair: Determine the nature of faults or breakdowns from information received from production personnel and interrogate the equipment. Analyse the symptoms of the fault, make initial assessments, and if required, report faults via usual reporting channels. Rectify faults and return the equipment to full production, in a safe and timely manner. Utilise logical fault-finding techniques to check through circuits, consulting with electrical drawings and using test equipment. Repair unit spares, including any spares required for the manufacturing process.Installation and Modification: Install or commission new equipment in conjunction with project support, external contractors, and suppliers. Design and draw up circuit diagrams using a CAD system; write up relevant PLC programmes. Recommend and implement improvements to line and ancillary equipment. Install hardware for modifications to the line, which can include mechanical containment, conduit, sensors, relays, PLCs, logic systems, etc.Analysis: Analyse line performance in relation to speed, temperature, and product flow and update PLC programmes to achieve optimum performance. Assess the feasibility of suggestions for improvements and take appropriate action. Record all changes in the online logbooks, electronic data, and modification sheets. What we need from you Level 3 Apprenticeship (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronic Engineering (with an electrical bias) Commitment to Health and Safety A 'can-do' attitude A drive for continuous improvement What we would like from you HNC (Level 4) qualification Basic programming and fault-finding techniques Relevant experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment