1,403 Electrical Technician jobs in the United Kingdom

• Produce electrical circuits and sub-circuits for vehicles and equipment with varying complexity.
• Adhere to the company's Health & Safety policies and procedures, prioritising the safety of yourself and others.
• Comply with the company's safety rules and regulations to create a secure working environment.

• Strong background in electrical engineering.
• Minimum of four GCSEs with grades A - C (or equivalent).
• Recognised qualifications such as City and Guilds, BTEC, or NVQ.
• Ability to interpret and work with electrical schematic drawings.
• Proficiency in using general electrical engineering tools and techniques.
• Attention to detail and ability to perform honest monitoring and inspection of work.

Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Technician to join a growing facilities and maintenance team, supporting a multi-site operation in Huddersfield. This is a hands-on, day-based role focused on ensuring electrical safety, compliance, and operational continuity across a mix of office and warehouse environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned and reactive electrical maintenance across various sites
• Perform regular inspections, testing, and fault-finding in line with current electrical regulations
• Certify all work to industry and legal standards (e.g. BS7671)
• Maintain accurate records via a digital maintenance management system
• Work closely with the Maintenance Manager and wider team to ensure tasks are completed efficiently and safely
• Assist in delivering small projects and upgrades where required
• Be flexible and willing to support occasional out-of-hours tasks as needed

Requirements:

• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (City & Guilds 2382-18)
• Proven experience in a similar electrical maintenance role (commercial, warehouse or multi-site environments preferred)
• Confident working independently and as part of a team
• Experience with inspection, testing, and electrical certification (e.g. EICRs)
• Basic IT skills and familiarity with digital job tracking systems
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel between local sites
• General building maintenance knowledge outside of electrical work would be beneficial

Aqumen Business Solutions is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to £40,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

We have a fantastic role just in today for an Electrical Technician to join our client in South Ayrshire on a permanent basis. They are a global leader in there market who combine science and creativity to develop some of the most groundbreaking products in there industry.

We are ideally looking for someone with experience of working in food or pharmaceutical manufacturing industries, or other FMCG environment. Ideally with some experience of automation and industrial controls.

You will be joining a well-established team in a day shift-based role on a site that operates Monday - Friday 6am - 6pm with requirements to cover critical call outs on a rota basis (currently 1 in 4 weeks)

In this role you will cover a wide range of responsibilities ranging from routine electrical testing of the installed equipment, routine planned maintenance tasks on industrial processing equipment and supporting services, dealing with unplanned events on equipment, driving reliability improvements, and building the site in house skills to deal with industrial process control systems such as PLC systems, variable speed motor drives and industrial controls.

You will have many responsibilities, some will include:

• Conducting routine planned maintenance tasks, on production equipment and commercial/industrial installations.
• Responding to machine issues and breakdowns and resolving faults in a safe and timely manner
• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure using your own initiative.
• Ability to identify issues of quality and safety and respond accordingly.
• Ability to work in a food and pharmaceutical production environment, to a high standard of product care
• High quality record keeping of maintenance tasks.
• Ability to work in a neat and tidy manner.
• Ability to communicate well with other departments and respond to various customer needs to provide a good standard of service to others.
• Ability and desire to learn to build your own skills and our in house capability.
• Ability and desire to become involved in improvement works such as support for capital projects and site energy saving initiatives.

We are looking for you to have the following:

• Electrical maintenance qualifications or equivalent
• A desire and interest in industrial automation and controls
• Ability to plan and manage own tasks against changing production demands
• Ability to understand production priorities and respond to tasks accordingly
• Computer literate on Word, Excel and ideally SAP PM or other CMMS
• Have good fault-finding skills on electrical installations, the ability to install and modify equipment as required, to work to a very high standard of safety and the ability to learn
• Drive a well-funded improvement agenda. You will need to be able to work with diverse teams across engineering, technical, quality and production roles.

To discuss further, please get in touch today for a confidential chat.

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Job Title: Electrical Technician – HGV / Automotive (Boxer Programme)
Location: Stockport
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £19.22/hour
Travel: Initial training required in Munich, Germany
Industry: Defence Vehicle Assembly / Electrical Systems

Deliver Excellence on the Frontline of British Defence

We are working with the UK's leading defence company, who are seeking an experienced Electrical Technician to join their expanding team supporting the Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme. Based in a brand-new facility in Stockport, you’ll play a hands-on role in installing, diagnosing, and integrating electrical systems on advanced military vehicles. Full training is provided, including an initial 2-week programme in Munich with our parent company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install and integrate electrical components and systems on military-grade vehicles.

• Read and interpret technical drawings and work instructions.

• Use diagnostic tools and software to install and test vehicle systems, identifying and resolving faults.

• Perform static and dynamic acceptance testing of vehicles.

• Liaise with internal departments and supply chain partners to ensure timely issue resolution.

• Order parts and log work through SAP and complete associated documentation.

• Support and deliver training to others, following upskilling in Munich.

• Comply with all Health & Safety requirements and contribute to 5S/housekeeping standards.

• Drive and manoeuvre vehicles on-site (training provided).

What We’re Looking For:

Essential:

• Level 2 Certificate in Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair (or equivalent).

• Level 2 Certificate in Auto Electrical and Mobile Electrical Competence (or equivalent).

• Valid UK Driving Licence.

• Willingness to attend training in Munich.

Desirable:

• Level 3 Diploma in Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair.

• IT Level Qualification in Maintenance or Installation for Engineering/Manufacturing.

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work independently and prioritise tasks under pressure.

• High level of attention to detail with consistent quality delivery.

• Proactive team player with the ability to adapt to changing requirements.

• Good IT skills and familiarity with SAP and Microsoft Excel.

Murray McIntosh are currently seeking an Electrical Technician to work for a client of ours on a contract basis as detailed below:

Responsibilities:

• Control panel building
• Panel wiring to IPC standards
• Rack building and wiring
• Cable pulling
• Prototype wiring
• Adding connectors to cables
• Working to diagrams and schematics
• 18th edition electrical would be preferred

Astute's Power team is exclusively partnering with Seabank Power to recruit an Electrical Technician for its Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station in Bristol.

The Electrical Technician role comes with a starting salary of 53,829, rising to 59,811 following successful probation, in addition to a bonus, pension, flexible working and a range of other benefits.

If you're an Electrical Technician and are looking to work for an organisation that operates a major UK power station, submit your CV to apply today.

• Carry out routine maintenance, repairs and installations on a range of electrical systems
• Undertake fault finding and troubleshooting to maintain plant availability
• Use the maintenance management system for work scheduling and reporting
• Manage external contractors and supervise on-site works
• Deliver small plant improvement projects from design to implementation
• Work with high and low voltage systems including transformers, motors, switchgear and actuators
• Operate in compliance with ATEX equipment requirements

• Apprentice trained
• Minimum of a level 3 qualification in electrical engineering or similar
• Experience working in power generation, or alternatively another similar heavy process industry such as steel works, petrochemical, etc.
• Ex-forces applications welcomed.

• Able to work independently and manage technical tasks
• Competent in using IT for day-to-day activities
• Clear and effective in communication at all levels
• Willing to work flexibly across a range of technical challenges

• Starting salary: 53,829, rising to 59,811 post-probation
• Annual bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Relocation assistance
• Flexible working options
• Cycle to work and EV leasing schemes
• Social and team events
• Paid overtime at 1.5x base rate (available as required and during outages)

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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Salary: 45,000 per annum plus company vehicle and Veolia benefits

Hours: 42 hours per week. Monday to Thursday 8am - 5pm and 4.30pm finish Friday

Location: Roseisle, Morayshire, IV30 5YP




When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone.



As an Electrical Technician you'll be pushing for innovative solutions to create a more sustainable future for all. We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.




What we can offer you:

• 25 days of annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
  
• Refer an Engineer to us once you've joined and earn 1000
  
• Access to our people's pension scheme
  
• Free physiotherapy service
  
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
  
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
  
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
  

What you'll be doing:

• Take responsibility for planned and breakdown maintenance activities on a wide variety of heavy and light current electrical apparatus in the facility, rotating equipment, switchgear, control equipment, building services etc.
  
• Report, diagnose and remedy plant defects, proposing modifications & plant improvements where appropriate.
  
• Liaise with and support other Company staff such as the maintenance and operations departments.
  
• Ensure compliance with the company's Quality and Environmental Management System and Health and Safety Policies and become an advocate of the "think safe, work safe, home safe" culture.
  
• Ensure that the facility operates within legal requirements and environmental legislation ISO (phone number removed).
  
• After a period of training and familiarisation, be available on call for out of hours plant technical and breakdown cover on a one week in 4 basis.
  
• The equipment on site includes, but is not limited to, large packaged boilers, biomass and biogas boiler systems, 7 bar steam distribution network, belt press, solids conveying systems, centrifuges and water treatment plant with associated pumps. blowers, tanks and their associated control systems.
  

What we're looking for:

• A recognised apprenticeship (or equivalent) with detailed knowledge of all aspects of electrical maintenance techniques
  
• Experience gained in a continuous process industry
  
• Computer literacy and the ability to train in computerised maintenance systems
  
• Flexibility, with a creative approach to problem-solving
  
• Ability to be contacted, and attend site, outside normal hours when required
  
• Experience with control and instrumentation systems
  
• Experience with PLC controlled systems

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.

Electrical Technician

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Technician to join a leading engineering company based in Fareham.

Introduction

The primary role of the Electrical Technician, once fully trained as an Engineer, will be to design and develop control systems for complex technical machines and equipment. This role has huge development opportunities for the right individual.

Responsibilities:

Your duties will include working on motion control equipment and drives, safety systems, and monitoring systems - PLC and video based. This role will become be a mix of desk-based specification, design and documentation as well as being down on the production line both coordinating and assisting with the work so a hands on approach will be required for this position.

Ideal Experience:

• Engineering Degree or equivalent relatable experience.
li>Any experience of electrical control systems would be beneficial li>Experience in electrical circuit fault finding.
• Experience in wiring and any wiring standards knowledge
• Willingness to be hands on.
• Keen to develop and progress
• Proficient in MS Office.

Salary -  £35,000 - £42,000

Hours:   Day Shift Monday to Friday

Benefits:

• ompany Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Care

If you could be interested in this excellent Electrical Technician opportunity, please apply and we'll be in touch with further details