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Posted 23 July, 2026

Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Orion
Eye, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer Location: Diss, Norfolk (IP21) Salary: Up to £50,000 Overtime Hours: Monday to Friday37.5 hours per week8:00am4:00pm or 9:00am5:00pmEarly finish every FridayNo on-call----------------------------------------We are delighted to be supporting a leading manufacturing business in Diss in their search for a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their day-shift engineering team.This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer who enjoys fault finding, solving complex technical problems, and being the engineer that others turn to when they get stuck.The successful Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer will play a key role within the team, acting as an escalation point for more complex electrical faults while supporting reliability improvements across a busy manufacturing site.----------------------------------------The Role As a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer , you will spend the majority of your time working hands-on with production machinery, supporting electrical fault finding, breakdown resolution, and equipment reliability.Whilst this is not a PLC programming role, the successful candidate will be comfortable using PLCs and HMIs as part of the fault-finding process and will be able to diagnose issues across automated machinery and control systems.You will also support small improvement projects and help drive reliability and continuous improvement initiatives across site.----------------------------------------Key Responsibilities Electrical fault finding on manufacturing machinerySupporting breakdown and reactive maintenance activitiesActing as an escalation point for more complex technical faultsDiagnosing faults using PLCs and HMIsWorking on motors, drives, inverters, sensors, and control systemsReading and fault-finding from electrical schematics and drawingsSupporting planned maintenance activitiesAssisting with machinery upgrades and improvement projectsSupporting other engineers with technical guidance when required----------------------------------------Experience Required To be successful in this Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer position, you will ideally have:A strong background in electrical maintenance within manufacturingExperience fault finding on production or automated machineryConfidence reading electrical drawings and schematicsExperience using PLCs and HMIs for troubleshooting and diagnosticsKnowledge of motors, drives, inverters, contactors, relays, and control circuitsStrong fault-finding and problem-solving skillsThe ability to work independently and take ownership of issues----------------------------------------What's On Offer? Salary up to £50,000Monday to Friday working patternEarly finish every FridayNo call-out or on-call requirementPrivate healthcareOngoing training and developmentStable and supportive engineering teamLong-term career opportunity within a well-established manufacturing business----------------------------------------If you're a Senior Electrical Maintenance Engineer who enjoys fault finding, working on machinery, and solving technical problems rather than simply replacing parts, we'd love to hear from you.Apply today with your CV for immediate consideration. Luke Donnellan - Team Midlands. 01296 737321INDMIDTPBN1_UKTJ