Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

About the role

Swegon is looking for a Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias to join its operations team at the Snodland site in Kent. The role provides electrical expertise and hands-on maintenance support to keep machinery, plant and facilities safe and reliable, covering planned preventative maintenance, breakdown response and improvements. It is a broad maintenance role and the candidate must be based in or around Snodland and ready to travel to other locations daily.

Key responsibilities

• Complete planned maintenance, inspections and servicing, including cleaning, lubrication, adjustments and component replacement.
• Diagnose and repair electrical faults on machinery, motors, drives, sensors and control circuits using drawings and test equipment.
• Respond to breakdowns, identify causes, repair effectively and support safe return to production, escalating where necessary.
• Carry out routine mechanical repairs within competence, such as bearings, belts, chains, guards and pneumatic components.
• Undertake general building and facilities maintenance, and support equipment installation, machinery moves and engineering projects.
• Follow safe isolation, lock-off procedures, risk assessments and safe systems of work; leave equipment and work areas safe and tidy.
• Record work completed, faults, parts used and follow-up actions in the maintenance system, and identify spare-part requirements.
• Investigate repeat failures and help improve equipment reliability and preventative maintenance routines.
• Work with maintenance colleagues, production teams and contractors, and support and coordinate contractors as directed.

Required profile

• Minimum five years' industrial maintenance experience, including electrical fault-finding, breakdown repairs and planned maintenance.
• Practical ability and willingness to carry out routine mechanical repairs and general maintenance within competence.
• Experience of safe isolation, electrical test equipment and knowing when specialist support is needed.
• Recognition of competence: a recognised Level 3 qualification in electrical maintenance or electrotechnical engineering, with a completed apprenticeship or equivalent assessed workplace competence route; City & Guilds, EAL or equivalent accepted.
• Relevant 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations qualification and knowledge of applicable amendments.
• Full driving licence.
• Good numeracy, literacy and computer skills, including maintenance records and Microsoft Office.

Required skills

• Reading electrical schematics and diagnosing faults on industrial motors, drives and control systems.
• Electrical fault diagnosis and safe working practices.

Selection includes technical questions and a practical assessment of electrical fault diagnosis, safe working and general maintenance. Swegon describes itself as a global provider of ventilation, heating, cooling and climate optimisation solutions, with about 3,300 employees and 21 production plants.