Shift Electrician

Job Title: Shift Electrician

Department: EWSR Engineering, Process Support

Location: Corby (NN17)

Salary: £31,982 plus 15% shift premium (Total £36,779)

Closing Date: Sunday 28th April 2024

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

What you will do

As an Electrician, your primary responsibility will be to ensure the smooth operation of machinery while adhering to the highest Health & Safety standards. You’ll follow site maintenance procedures for both planned and unplanned maintenance tasks.

You’ll be an integral part of a multi-skilled team that performs both planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Your work schedule will involve rotating 8-hour shifts from Monday to Friday, alternating between days (7 am - 3 pm), backs (3 pm - 11 pm), and nights (11 pm - 7 am).

Your additional duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Electrical Maintenance: Prepare and carry out electrical maintenance activities across the plant.
• Troubleshooting: Investigate relay control circuits and troubleshoot issues.
• Record Keeping: Ensure that all engineering activities (preventive, corrective, breakdown, and shutdown maintenance) are accurately documented using the site’s Maintenance Management System (MMS).
• Technical Skills: Work with different types of drives, AC/DC motors, and perform basic PLC fault finding.
• Interpretation: Read and interpret electrical drawings.
• Cost Optimization: Contribute to reducing the total life cycle cost of assets and overall maintenance expenses.
• High Standards: Maintain assets within your designated area to high engineering standards, consistently supporting business objectives.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvement activities that enhance plant availability, safety, environmental impact, and asset performance.

What you will need

The ideal Electrician candidate will have:

• Certification: An electrical Level 3 qualification (NVQ, ONC, BTEC, etc.).
• Additional Skills: Familiarity with the 18th Edition and basic mechanical skills would be advantageous.

We’re also interested in hearing from individuals who possess:

• Experience: Working with low-voltage electrical systems, drives, and PLCs.
• Problem-Solving: The ability to diagnose electrical system faults and conduct root cause analyses.
• System Knowledge: Experience with computerized maintenance management systems (e.g., SAP).
• Computer Literacy: Basic computer skills.

If you’re passionate about maintaining high standards and contributing to the success of our manufacturing operations, we encourage you to apply!

For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: Jon.Taylor@Tatasteeleurope.com  

What we can offer you

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Annual Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.

Why us?

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here Stoves cooking less carbon – YouTube

To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video: Tata Steel – A place you can thrive – YouTube