Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Pontypridd
Approx. £40,000 during training period, rising to circa £48,000 upon transition to shift pattern
Monday to Friday Days (Year 1), progressing to Days & Nights rotation

The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a high-performing manufacturer in South Wales who are investing heavily in their site, machinery, and engineering function. This is a hands-on role where you'll be trusted to own breakdown response, drive reliability improvements, and keep production moving - the sort of environment that suits an engineer who enjoys fault finding, variety, and being close to the kit.

This position offers a structured development pathway. You'll initially work a Monday to Friday days-based pattern, allowing you to fully embed yourself within the site, machinery, processes and engineering team. During this period, the salary is approximately £40,000. Following successful completion of your training and onboarding period (typically around 12 months), you'll transition onto the site's rotating days and nights shift pattern, increasing earnings to circa £48,000.

If you're an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer who enjoys getting to the root cause (not just swapping parts), you'll fit in well here.

What You'll Be Doing

As the Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you'll take responsibility for electrical fault finding and maintenance across a busy production environment, with plenty of opportunity to get involved in improvements and projects.

• Carry out reactive maintenance and fault diagnosis on a range of production machinery, minimising downtime and restoring output safely and quickly.
• Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) routines, improving equipment reliability and helping to reduce repeat failures.
• Fault find on 3-phase motors, drives/inverters, sensors, control circuits, safety systems and panels.
• Support continuous improvement activity by identifying recurring faults, proposing solutions and helping implement upgrades and modifications.
• Work safely within strict procedures including LOTO, permit-to-work and site H&S standards.

The Experience You'll Bring

You'll need a strong electrical maintenance foundation and the confidence to troubleshoot properly in an industrial setting.

• Time-served/apprenticeship-trained with a relevant qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Proven experience in electrical maintenance within manufacturing, FMCG, heavy industry or automated environments.
• Confident fault finding from electrical drawings and schematics, including working within control panels and safety circuits.
• Experience with drives/inverters, motor control systems, sensors, relays, contactors and general control equipment.
• A practical, proactive attitude with strong communication skills and a willingness to take ownership.

What's In It For You?

This is a long-term opportunity with stability, investment and a clear progression route into a higher-earning shift-based role.

• Starting salary of approximately £40,000 whilst working a Monday-Friday days pattern.
• Progression to a rotating days and nights shift pattern after the initial development period, increasing earnings to circa £48,000.
• Overtime opportunities available.
• Training and development support, including controls and electrical upskilling.
• A site where engineering is taken seriously, with a genuine focus on reliability and continuous improvement.
• Competitive benefits package including pension and holiday entitlement.

Are You Up To The Challenge?

If you're an Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking for genuine development, long-term progression and the opportunity to become a key part of a growing engineering team, apply now for a confidential discussion and a full breakdown of the package, progression plan and site details.

Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for further opportunities.