Yolk Recruitment Ltd
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Pontypridd
Salary: Circa £48,000
Shift: 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.
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.
This is 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 – identifying recurring faults, proposing fixes, and helping implement upgrades/modifications
- Work safely within strict procedures including LOTO, permit-to-work, and site H&S standards
The experience you'll bring to the team
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 / equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or similar
- Proven experience in electrical maintenance within manufacturing / FMCG / heavy industry / automated environments
- Confident fault finding from drawings and schematics, including working inside panels and on safety circuits
- Comfortable working with drives/inverters, motor control, sensors, relays/contactors, and general control systems
- A practical, proactive attitude – someone who communicates well, takes ownership, and works effectively as part of a wider engineering team
And this is what you'll get in return
This is a long-term role with stability, investment, and the chance to work in a team that values good engineering habits.
- Competitive salary + shift allowance + overtime opportunities
- Training and development support (including electrical/controls upskilling where needed)
- A site where engineering is taken seriously – focus on reliability and continuous improvement, not firefighting forever
- Strong benefits package (pension, holiday allowance, etc. – full details shared at application stage)
Are you up to the challenge?
If you're an Electrical Maintenance Engineer who wants a role with real ownership, variety, and progression potential, apply now for a confidential discussion and a full breakdown of shift pattern, package, 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 – then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.
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