Yolk Recruitment Ltd
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Electrical Maintenance Engineer at Yolk Recruitment Ltd, based in Port Talbot, Wales, paying £48,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- £48,000 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site · Weekend work
- Location
- Port Talbot, Wales
- Closing date
- Sector
- Maintenance Engineer
About 11% above the going rate for maintenance engineer
Reference 57533164
About the role
Port Talbot
£48,000 - including shift allowance + overtime
3 Shift Pattern
Yolk Recruitment is working with an established and growing manufacturer looking to recruit Electrical Maintenance Engineers to join its engineering team.
This is a great opportunity for an electrically biased maintenance engineer who enjoys fault finding, breakdowns and working with modern automated equipment. You'll be joining a business investing in its engineering capability, with continued growth, increased production demand and further projects planned.
The role will have a strong electrical and controls focus, with responsibility for diagnosing faults across automated production equipment, including working withOmron /Siemens PLC systems.
What you'll be doing- Carrying out electrical maintenance across production and manufacturing equipment
- Responding to breakdowns and identifying electrical and control system faults
- Fault finding on Omron /Siemens PLC-controlled machinery
- Interrogating PLC systems, reading programs and tracing I/O to diagnose faults
- Making minor PLC adjustments and edits where appropriate
- Fault finding across motors, sensors, drives, control panels and automated equipment
- Completing planned and preventative maintenance activities
- Carrying out repairs and improvements to increase equipment reliability
- Working closely with the wider engineering and manufacturing teams
- Supporting the installation and commissioning of new machinery
- Getting involved in continuous improvement, automation and engineering projects
- Electrical Engineering or Maintenance background
- Previous experience within a manufacturing, production or industrial environment
- Strong electrical fault-finding skills
- Experience working with PLC-controlled machinery
- Ability to interrogate PLCs, read programs and use them for fault diagnosis
- Experience working with automated manufacturing equipment
- A recognised electrical or engineering qualification
- A proactive approach to breakdowns, reliability and continuous improvement
- £48,000 including shift allowance
- Overtime opportunities available
- Additional earning potential through weekend overtime
- Training and development on site-specific control systems
- Opportunity to further develop your PLC and automation knowledge
- Involvement in new equipment and engineering projects
- Growing manufacturing environment with further investment planned
If you're an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Technician or Multi-Skilled Engineer with strong electrical fault-finding skills and experience working with PLC-controlled equipment, we'd like to hear from you.
Apply today or contact Andy at Yolk Recruitment for a confidential discussion.
Reference: 57533164 · Posted 22 hours ago · Closes 17 Dec 2026 · Listed via Yolk Recruitment Ltd
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