Electrical Engineer

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

Main Responsibilities

Covering support and maintenance services specifically for MOJ / HMP client as well as other BUK clients as required

Problem solving and troubleshooting of electrical, mechanical and control systems for MOJ (and other security clients such as Police, NHS etc). Repairs of issues found.

Constantly observe for potential health and safety issues at work

Electrical installation, commissioning, fault finding & project works

Modification of PLC & MCC Control Panels, including fault finding

Prompt reporting about maintenance visits and call outs to the manager and suggesting solutions in the case of unresolved issues

Liaise with customers about technical side of the maintenance visit / call out or project works as required

Maintain good relationship with customers’ engineers during the maintenance visit and promote Bilfinger’s brand

Identify areas of concern on existing equipment and suggest possible solutions and improvements

Specify parts required for call outs, projects or maintenance

Support and shadow new starters to ensure they have a good understanding of service activities

Follow market development on his/hers area of expertise

Suggest training courses needed to keep skills up to date

Keep all security vetting requirements up to date for the clients namely MOJ, NHS, Police services, Nuclear clients etc

As a Service Engineer you would be required to carry out preventive maintenance checks to site for our contract customers and you would be required to carry out inspections of control equipment, diagnose and rectify any faults that you find. You would be expected to resolve any issues at site with the minimum interruption to the client. You may be troubleshooting problems over the phone as well as attending the site to resolve problems.

Other duties carried out may be testing equipment and installation and commissioning of control systems on site.

Online access (Broad band) will be required from your home to access company’s intranet and file server.

We are looking for pro-active can-do mentality, hands on engineer and team player who can interact and interface with other team members and as well as clients.

Experience and Qualifications

Installation of Electrical PLC Systems (Including Containment)

Electrical Fault finding on Automated control systems

Level 3 electrical apprenticeship

ECS Card Black or Gold desirable

18th edition Regulations desirable

IPAF desirable.

Be able to carry out control panel and MCC modifications 

Must be able to obtain SC

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.