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Electrical Engineer

Innova SearchWrexham, Wales🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 6 Oct 2026

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Salary
£47.5k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Posted
Yesterday

Job Description

Electrical Bias Engineer

Wrexham

£47,500 Basic

4 on 4 off 12-hour Days & Nights

We are recruiting for an Electrical Bias Engineer to join a busy manufacturing operation in Wrexham.

This is a hands-on engineering position supporting automated production machinery, with a strong focus on electrical fault finding, breakdown response and preventative maintenance.

The successful Engineer will have a solid electrical engineering background alongside good mechanical knowledge and be confident diagnosing and resolving faults on automated production equipment.

The Role:

  • Provide hands-on engineering support across a busy production environment
  • Diagnose and repair electrical faults on automated production machinery
  • Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance
  • Fault find on motors, sensors, drives, control systems and associated equipment
  • Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise production downtime
  • Work with PLC-controlled and automated machinery
  • Support machinery reliability and continuous improvement
  • Carry out mechanical maintenance when required
  • Work closely with production teams to resolve engineering issues
  • Maintain accurate engineering and maintenance records
  • Work safely and follow all relevant health & safety procedures

The Person:

  • Proven Maintenance Engineering experience within a manufacturing or production environment
  • Strong electrical engineering bias
  • Excellent electrical fault-finding ability
  • Experience working on automated production machinery
  • Good understanding of PLCs, sensors, motors, drives and control systems
  • Mechanical maintenance knowledge
  • Experience of both planned and reactive maintenance
  • Able to work independently and respond effectively to breakdowns
  • Engineering qualification/apprenticeship preferred

Previous experience within FMCG, food, packaging, converting, logistics or other automated manufacturing environments would be highly relevant.

The Package:

  • £47,500 basic salary
  • 4 on 4 off shift pattern
  • 12-hour rotating days and nights
  • Permanent position
  • Hands-on engineering role within a modern manufacturing environment

If you're an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer looking for a permanent role where your electrical fault-finding skills will be genuinely utilised, we'd like to hear from you.

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