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Linah Group

Runs farms, food businesses and a resort in Egypt

Maintenance Engineer - Electrical & Automation

Controls & Automation EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeEgypt

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation/Control Engineering, or Mechatronics Engineering is required.
  • Additional certificates in maintenance systems, such as TPM, CMMS, or PLC basics, are a plus.
  • One to three years of hands-on industrial electrical and automation experience in food processing, FMCG, or automated sorting facilities, including demonstrable experience troubleshooting PLCs, VFDs, sensors, and power panels.
  • Experience maintaining conveyors, production lines, X-ray systems, AHUs, cooling units, sorters, metal detectors, mixers, chocolate production lines, baking systems, and packaging lines.
  • Working knowledge of utilities such as compressors, chillers, pumps, and electrical distribution systems.
  • Familiarity with food safety requirements, including hygiene design and equipment sanitation, in maintenance work is required.
  • Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and basic troubleshooting tools.

Responsibilities

  • Program, troubleshoot, back up, and optimize PLC logic using Siemens, Allen-Bradley, and Schneider systems, and maintain HMI interfaces.
  • Diagnose faults in VFDs, servo drives, field sensors, control loops, and industrial communications, including Profinet and Modbus.
  • Calibrate and maintain specialized line automation components, including scales, X-ray inspection systems, metal detectors, and checkweighers.
  • Perform scheduled preventive electrical maintenance on production and packaging lines to reduce unplanned downtime.
  • Respond promptly to electrical breakdowns, perform root cause analysis, and repair control circuits and power lines.
  • Accurately document electrical interventions, parameter adjustments, and fault logs in the CMMS.
  • Maintain high-speed production lines, packaging machinery, and key processing systems during high-demand months.
  • Prioritize electrical troubleshooting based on production schedules and line urgency.
  • Coordinate with production and quality teams on planned electrical modifications and power shutdowns.
  • Monitor and maintain high-to-low voltage distribution networks, main distribution panels, motor control centers, transformers, and UPS systems.
  • Oversee electrical systems for utilities, including air compressors, cooling units, chillers, AHUs, pumps, and emergency generators.
  • Keep electrical utility equipment within safe operating limits, with proper load balancing and high power-factor efficiency.
  • Apply Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures, arc-flash protocols, PPE requirements, and electrical safety standards during maintenance work.
  • Maintain food-grade electrical standards, including IP-rated enclosures, proper cable trunking, hygienic panel sealing, and clean sensor installations.
  • Promptly report and escalate electrical safety hazards or unsafe wiring conditions.
  • Monitor consumption of critical electrical and automation spare parts, including PLCs, VFDs, servo motors, fuses, relays, and sensors, and submit replenishment requests.
  • Contribute to cost control by optimizing spare-parts usage, identifying reliable alternative components, and maintaining software licenses.
  • Identify recurring electrical or automation faults and engineer permanent solutions to improve reliability.
  • Participate in root cause analysis, engineering modifications, and control panel rewiring projects.

Desired Qualifications

  • Additional certificates in maintenance systems, such as TPM, CMMS, or PLC basics.

About the Company

Linah Group

Runs farms, food businesses and a resort in Egypt

Linah Group operates agricultural, food manufacturing, retail and hospitality businesses in Egypt. Its Linah Farms business grows Medjool and Barhi dates and other crops, then sorts, packs and exports produce for commercial buyers while selling packaged foods directly to consumers. The group also includes Cookievore, a bakery business, and NoorNation, which develops renewable energy and water systems. Its hospitality operations include Sultan Gardens Resort in Sharm El Sheikh, and a group technology function coordinates systems across the operating businesses. The farming operation traces its roots to a desert reclamation project begun in 1997 in the Bahariya Oasis.

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