Electrical Fitter - Plant Maintenance

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Plant Maintenance Electrician, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability and safety of electrical systems across the manufacturing site. Your day will involve fault finding, repair, and maintenance of a wide range of plant and equipment, supporting efficient production and minimising downtime. You'll work both independently and as part of a skilled maintenance team, contributing to a high-performing and safety-focused environment.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Plan and execute assigned maintenance projects and electrical repairs.
• Diagnose and resolve technical issues on site, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
• Carry out installation, testing, and servicing of electrical plant and equipment up to 415V, and support work on equipment up to 6600V.
• Perform fault finding on electrical and electronic circuits and systems.
• Read, interpret, and work from electrical/electronic circuit diagrams.
• Conduct testing of electrical installations to current regulations.
• Support the setup and commissioning of machinery and equipment for production.
• Contribute to installation projects and collaborate with Industrial Engineers.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation for processes and equipment.
• Provide technical guidance and support to junior team members where required.

What You Bring

• Time-served Electrical Modern Apprenticeship (NVQ Level 2 and 3 plus Technical Certificate C&G/ONC/HNC) or equivalent qualifications.
• Post-apprenticeship experience in an engineering or industrial environment.
• Full working knowledge of B.S. 7671 "18th Edition Wiring Regulations" and "Electricity at Work Regulations" 1989.
• Proven experience in whole plant maintenance, ideally with an NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance.
• Extensive fault-finding skills on electrical and electronic circuits.
• Experience with PLC systems and CNC machine tool repair.
• Competent IT skills for use with computer-based test equipment.
• Mechanically multi-skilled with a safety-first mindset.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers low-emission power generation through service and decarbonisation. This includes zero or low-emission power generation, along with all gas turbines, steam turbines, and generators under one roof. We provide decarbonisation opportunities through service offerings, modernisation, and digitalisation of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one-sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonisation, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energise society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• 26 days holiday, increasing to 29 days with time served.
• Access to a flexible benefits portal for private medical cover, cycle-to-work schemes, and more.
• A class-leading adjustable pension scheme.
• Opportunities for career development and continuous learning.
• The chance to work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of Siemens Energy and manufacturing.