Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Horsham
Salary: Up to £50,836 per annum plus additional benefits
Role: Permanent, Full-time

Overview
We are recruiting for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a leading organisation operating within a highly regulated, fast-moving industrial environment. This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a forward-thinking engineering team focused on plant reliability, continuous improvement, and high engineering standards across a large-scale site.

You will play a key role in minimising downtime, delivering preventative maintenance, and supporting reliability and process improvement projects.

The Role
As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining plant and equipment availability through reactive maintenance, fault-finding, and planned preventative maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive electrical maintenance and rapid fault diagnosis
• Deliver planned preventative maintenance to reduce downtime
• Improve plant reliability and efficiency through engineering improvements
• Support continuous improvement and reliability projects
• Liaise with external contractors for specialist maintenance activities
• Maintain accurate documentation and maintenance records
• Ensure all work is completed in line with health and safety and compliance standards

About You

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Electrical Engineering
• Strong experience in electrical fault-finding, repair, and reactive maintenance
• Confident carrying out PPMs and supporting process improvements
• Good understanding of health and safety and engineering compliance
• Background in industrial maintenance, manufacturing, utilities, waste, or similar environments
• Proactive, reliable, and a strong problem solver

What’s On Offer

• Salary up to £50,836 per annum
• Permanent, full-time position
• Stable, regulated industrial environment
• Supportive engineering team with a focus on best practice and improvement
• Long-term career stability and development

Commutable Locations:
Horsham, Crawley, Billingshurst, Haywards Heath, Redhill, Dorking, Burgess Hill, Guildford, Worthing, Horley, Shoreham-by-Sea, and surrounding areas

If you’re a skilled Electrical Maintenance Engineer with a passion for plant reliability and continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now.

ABOUT US
This role is being handled by McCarthy Recruitment, an award winning behavioural leadership recruitment consultancy covering the whole of the UK. McCarthy is like no other recruitment agency you will have worked with, our difference is our commitment to providing a professional and personalised recruitment service of the highest quality. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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