Electrician

CREGG is hiring a permanent Electrician for a Sligo-based manufacturing client. Excellent benefits and salary are offered. Email or call for more information.

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Responsibilities

• Build and wire bespoke electrical control panels and motor control centres (MCCs).
• Install and terminate electrical components including contactors, relays, circuit breakers, drives (VSDs), PLCs, HMIs, and associated control equipment.
• Travel to manufacturing facilities to resolve electrical issues with production lines.
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) with customers and engineering staff.

Requirements

• Must be a qualified electrician.
• Ability to read and work from electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and panel layout drawings.
• Competent in the use of hand tools, power tools, and test equipment (multimeter, insulation tester, loop tester).
• Experience building panels for the food processing, pharmaceutical, or industrial automation sectors.
• Familiarity with PLC hardware (Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley, or similar) and VSD installation.
• Installation and wiring of PLCs, I/O modules, drives, safety relays, and HMIs.
• Electrical test equipment: insulation resistance tester, continuity tester, multimeter, loop impedance tester.
• Reading and interpreting EPLAN and AutoCAD Electrical schematics.