# Maintenance Electrician

**Company**: GSK
**Location**: Irvine
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Facilities & Maintenance
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join our Engineering team at the GSK Irvine site.

As an Electrical Maintenance Technician, you will play a vital part in keeping our operations running smoothly, safely, and efficiently. You will perform routine maintenance, testing, and fault diagnosis across a diverse range of electrical systems and support the commissioning of new project installations.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Maintain and test a wide range of electrical installations and equipment to ensure ongoing safety and quality compliance.

- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair complex electrical equipment and system faults, escalating issues where necessary to optimize production performance.

- Inspect electrical systems routinely to verify correct, efficient, and safe operation.

- Support the installation, operational testing, and performance verification of new project equipment as part of commissioning and validation.

- Accurately record and report all maintenance activities to maintain a clear audit trail and provide documented evidence for analysis.

- Strictly adhere to site safety procedures and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW).

- Provide coaching and guidance to apprentices and junior technicians to support their technical growth and development.

- Conduct thorough job handovers to ensure status updates and critical details are clearly communicated to appropriate personnel.

**About You:**

This role is ideal for a self-motivated Maintenance Electrician with proven experience in a manufacturing environment. You are resilient, calm under pressure, and possess excellent interpersonal skills.

**Basic Qualifications:**

- Relevant electrical engineering qualification (e.g., recognised engineering apprenticeship and education to NVQ level 3 and/or HNC).

- Strong experience of Electrical maintenance (ideally from a highly regulated industry).

- Understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience installing and maintaining electrical equipment in hazardous areas (CompEx certified or equivalent).

- Hands-on experience with electric motor overhauls.

- Knowledge and practical experience with precision motor laser alignment.

- Familiarity with enterprise software systems (e.g., ERP / SAP / Transform).

- Demonstrated track record of delivering continuous improvement (CI) initiatives.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive base Salary

- Annual bonus based on company performance

- Opportunities to partake in on the job training courses

- Opportunities for support for professional development and chartership (GSK are accredited by IET, IMechE, IChemE and other professional bodies)

- Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes

- Employee recognition programmes

## Skills

### Required
- Asset Life Cycle Management
- Data Integrity
- Digital Fluency
- GxP Regulations
- Lean Management
- Manufacturing Technologies
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Problem Solving
- Risk Awareness
- Standards Compliance

### Nice to have
- CompEx certification
- Electric motor overhauls
- Precision motor laser alignment
- ERP / SAP / Transform
- Continuous improvement (CI) initiatives

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