ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Job Title - Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location - Leicester

Salary - Up to £40,000

Shift - Permanent Early Shift (6:00am - 2:00pm, Monday to Friday)

Job Role of the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

We are offering a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join a modern, high-volume toilet paper manufacturing site. The company has heavily invested in advanced converting lines, automated packing systems, and continuous improvement projects, making it an excellent workplace for engineers seeking career development, technical growth, and long-term stability.

You will be responsible for carrying out electrical maintenance, fault-finding, and planned preventative maintenance on a range of automated and semi-automated tissue production machinery, ensuring maximum uptime and production efficiency.

You will work on equipment including:

Tissue converting lines

Winders and rewinders

Log saws

Wrapping and bagging machines

Shrink wrap systems

Conveyors and baling equipment

Sector - Industrial Manufacturing (Tissue / Hygiene Products)

Non-Negotiable Requirements of the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical maintenance experience within an industrial manufacturing environment

Hands-on experience with pre-planned, reactive and breakdown maintenance in a fast-paced factory

Essential Requirements for the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Strong hands-on electrical fault-finding experience

Experience working with three-phase systems, motors, sensors, relays and inverters

Recognised electrical engineering qualification (NVQ, City & Guilds, or equivalent)

Experience working within a manufacturing environment

Desirable Requirements for the Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Basic PLC fault-finding knowledge

Experience within FMCG, tissue, paper, packaging or high-speed production environments

Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer in the UK

The Electrical Maintenance Engineer will benefit from:

Working for a stable, growing and market-leading manufacturing business

Permanent early shift pattern (excellent work-life balance)

Company benefits package including pension and life insurance

Overtime opportunities

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Long-term career progression within engineering

If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills, then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.

For further details contact Kieran Wall at Pioneer Selection.

As a registered candidate with Pioneer Selection Ltd, you automatically become eligible for our referral scheme.

You will receive £250 for every candidate we place in permanent employment who has been recommended by you. Terms and Conditions apply - please see our website for further details