GBR Recruitment are working exclusively with a leading Asphalt & Cement Plant Machinery installation company, recruiting for a field based Electrical Service Engineer to carry out Engineering works on UK & Ireland customers sites.  

Travelling UK wide & over into Ireland, you will carry out Electrical fault finding & diagnostics services, repairs, commissioning of new machinery & the retrofitting of any new machinery / production lines within a Heavy Plant environment (Fixed Heavy Plant Machinery, not mobile).  

In this key Service Engineers role, you will have strong rounded Electrical skills, including strong knowledge & experience of Electrical Control Panels / Electrical Control Systems, plus strong PLC (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi) VSD & SCADA skills.

You will have had previous exposure to Asphalt &/or Cement Plant Machinery, working on various machinery such as Electrical Control Panel Systems, Coal Burners, Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Boilers, Drum Dryers, Dust Collectors, Elevators, Vibrating Screens, Fillers, Weighers, Mixers, Storage, Bitumen Supply Systems, Crushers, Pre-Heaters, Kilns, Proportioning Equipment, Grinding Mills, Silo’s, Coolers, Conveyor Systems & more.

This role will require the suitable applicant to be away from home most of the week or all the week (up to 5 days, Monday to Friday).

Duties:

• Aftersales Service Engineering (Electrical) duties on Asphalt & Cement works, including fault finding, diagnostics, technical advice & guidance, repairs, commissioning of new machinery & new lines, plus retrofitting new machinery / parts.
• Working across a vast array of Asphalt & Cement works Plant Machinery (fixed).
• Electrical Control Panels & Electrical Control Systems works (PLCs, SCADA etc.).
• Consultative approach with all clients on their sites (Plant Directors, Managers etc.).
• Reading Electrical Technical Drawings.
• Working on HV & LV.
• Calibrating pressure, temperature, level, weighing, instrumentation & analytical equipment.
• Inspection & Testing of Electrical Machinery / Parts & Components.
• Some Mechanical Engineering tasks.

Experience / Attributes Required:

• Electrical Engineering Professional (time served apprenticeship / HNC qualifications).
• Asphalt &/or Cement Plant Machinery experience (fixed plant / heavy plant machinery).
• PLC & SCADA experience
• Electrical Control Systems experience
• Gas & Oil Burners experience
• Boiler experience
• Fault finding, diagnosing, commissioning & retrofit experience
• HV & LV experience
• Happy to work away from home, Monday to Friday & to travel the UK / Ireland (a must)

Fantastic Benefits include £600 per month stay out from home bonus, Company Van, Enhanced Overtime Rates (x1.5 rate in M-F, x2 Weekends), Health Insurance Scheme & more.