Multiskilled Engineer (Electrical Bias)
Working Hours:
40 hours per week
7.30am – 16.30pm, Monday to Friday.
1 hour unpaid lunch break.
If successful, you will complete a three-month probation period.
We are looking to recruit a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join our team at our Crossley Road site in Stockport.
As a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will report directly to the Production Manager and take on a proactive, hands on role.
You’ll be responsible for electrical maintenance and repairs across a diverse range of machinery, including fabric inspection and packing equipment, fabric cutting machines, stenter ovens and associated peripherals (unwinders, coating heads, Pleva weight monitoring, rewind systems), fabric pleating machinery, lamination equipment, and our liquor mixing plant.
Your role will also include electrical installation work across the site—such as installing armoured cabling for new machinery, lighting and power installations—alongside completing PPM activities on factory services and equipment. You will also support the installation and commissioning of new plant and machinery.
We’re looking for someone with a proven background in a similar role, strong electrical expertise, and ideally some mechanical capability. You should be confident in identifying potential issues and recommending effective corrective actions.
You’ll thrive here if you’re a focused team player with a strong character, enjoy working in a fast paced and growing business.
Essential Criteria:
• Apprentice trained or equivalent, with NVQ Level 3 in electrical maintenance or installation.
• Strong fault finding skills and the ability to interpret schematic drawings.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671).
• Experience in a manufacturing environment—ideally textiles or a paper mill.
• Experience working in a factory/Production environment in a similar role is preferred.
Our Benefits:
• 28 days holiday (including statutory), rising by one day after one completed year of service.
• Auto enrolled in our Stakeholder Pension Scheme ((Louvolite contributes 4%).
• Life Assurance covering your annual salary.
• Subsidised canteen offering freshly cooked meals and sandwiches every day.
• Free car parking.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling support, legal guidance, and medical advice from qualified nurses, for you and your immediate family.
• Mental Health First Aiders available to provide support and guidance.
• Discounted Gym Memberships.
• Discounted Blinds and Shutters, upon successful completion of your Probationary Period.
• Free Flu Jab vouchers every Autumn.
• Christmas Savings Scheme.
• NHS Health checks
Interested?
Apply through the form below with your CV