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We are an established Manufacturing / Textiles organisation with a proven record of providing Quality Products. Offering Stability and a supportive work Environment. 

The position of Maintenance Electrical will offer you the opportunity to join an established team and will offer you to grow professionally into the organisation. 

Multi-Skilled ability – 60/40 Split

Benefits the maintenance electrician will receive: 

• Salary: £35.000
• Shift: Days only Monday to Friday – Flexible on Start and finishing times  
• Pension,
• 25+8 Days holidays
• Life Assurance
• Parking
• Canteen

The Maintenance electrician will hold the following: 

• Experience in an engineering maintenance or service role is essential. 
• Holding fault finding abilities with Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC’s 
• Excellent fault -finding skills are crucial, especially; motor drives, temperature controllers, able to fault find on PLC and other control systems.
• Competent in mechanical repairs
• Experience carrying out preventative maintenance tasks.
• Ability to facilitate repairs under pressure.
• Flexible and able to adapt to situations as they occur.
• Able to work in a team and independently.
• IT literate; including Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook,), Gradus CMMS system.
• Familiar with building maintenance tasks
• Apprentice trained. 
• Educated to HNC in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Extensive Electrical knowledge 17th Edition – progressing to 18th.
• Full valid UK Driving Licence
• Flexible – as you may be required to travel to alternative sites on occasions. 

The Maintenance electrician role is commutable from the following locations: Stockport / Stoke-On-Trent / Macclesfield

A huge opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join an award-winning company based near Telford. With over 30 years in their field my client is one of the most established businesses in the UK. 

My client is looking for an electrically bias Maintenance Engineer to join their growing engineering team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 250 skilled employees on their 14-acre site. 

Maintenance Engineer Benefits:

• £46,181
• Premium OT 
• Company pension. 
• Cycle To work scheme. 
• Employee discounts. 
• Sick Pay 
• Canteen.  

Maintenance Engineer Duties: 

• Panama shift pattern. 
• Electrical fault finding. 
• Planned preventive maintenance. 
• Implementing new processes. 
• Use of CMMS. 
• Ensuring all operating equipment is safe and fit for purpose. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements: 

• Apprentice trained.
• NVQ Level 3 / BTEC Level 3 / HNC Level 4 or equivalent in Electrical Engineering. 
• 18th edition. 
• PLC fault finding (Siemens S7, Allan Bradley, Mitsubishi). 
• CMMS experience. 
• Mechanical skills would be advantageous. 
• Pneumatics. 

An overall great opportunity packed with benefits. So, if this seems like the right role for you, please apply to find out more details. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Telford, Newport, Bridgnorth, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Market Drayton, and surrounding areas.

We are an organisation with an established presence in the West Midlands region who are seeking to recruit a Trainee Controls Engineer to support our Midlands based operation. 

The role is a great opportunity to not only use the controls skills you have now, but with both training and onsite mentioning (from the experienced controls team on site), it will give you a genuine route to becoming a fully-fledged Controls Engineer. 

Benefits of a Controls Engineer:

• Base Salary of £42,000
• Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
• Above Average Holiday Entitlement
• Enhanced Company Pension
• Company Funded Healthcare
• Day Working
• Early Friday Finish 
• On Site Parking 

Duties of a Controls Engineer:

• Working Days, you will be required to support our onsite automated production system that will see you working closely with our Maintenance, Projects and CI teams to resolve issues and make improvements to production processes, that heavily rely on automation.  

Requirements of a Controls Engineer:

• You must have a proven electrical maintenance background and hold proven Plc & Automation skills to a programming modification level with Siemens S7 or Tia Portal, with a desire to move your career towards Control Engineering. 

Ideally you will be Apprentice trained but must be qualified to a minimum of NVQ 3 in Electrical or Mechatronics. 

This role is commutable from Atherstone, Coleshill, Coventry, Solihull & Sutton Coldfield.

We are a well established and highly regarded manufacturing business with a track record of providing top quality products into a stable industry sector. With a low staff turnover, we offer a stable and supportive work environment for our employees. 

As an Electrically Biased Maintenance Technician, you will have the opportunity to work in a technically diverse setting, gaining exposure to a wide range of plant and equipment. Join our maintenance team, known for its longevity and grow professionally in a dynamic and rewarding role.

Benefits: 

As a valued member of our team, you will enjoy the following salary, perks and benefits:

• Competitive Base Salary of £46,000
• Outstanding Company Pension Scheme & Life Assurance 
• Share Options 
• Paid Overtime at Premium Rates 
• Generous Paid Holiday Entitlement
• Attractive Staff Discount on Company Products
• Free Onsite Car Parking
• Opportunity to work in a stable and Thriving Engineering Sector

Duties of a Maintenance Technician

As a Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician, your key responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking both planned and reactive maintenance tasks across our plant.
• Utilising your multi-skilled abilities to handle various technical challenges.
• Supporting a range of plant and equipment within our diverse manufacturing environment.
• Collaborating closely with the maintenance team to ensure smooth operations.
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, Plc controls, robot, hydraulic and pneumatic issues to implement effective solutions.
• Maintaining compliance with safety regulations during maintenance activities.

Requirements of a Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician

To excel in this role, you must meet the following criteria:

• Hold formal Electrical qualifications to either a City & Guilds Level or NVQ standard.
• Be apprentice trained.
• Possess genuine multi-skilled abilities to tackle diverse maintenance tasks.
• Proven experience supporting plant and equipment in a manufacturing, process, or production environment.
• Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong commitment to maintaining high-quality workmanship and safety standards.

If you are a skilled and motivated Maintenance Technician seeking a rewarding career in a technically diverse manufacturing business, we invite you to apply. 

Join us and be a part of our commitment to excellence and employee satisfaction.

The Maintenance Technician role is commutable from Bloxwich, Brownhills, Cannock & Walsall

A huge opportunity for a maintenance engineer to join a growing team in the West Midlands. My client operates globally in the steel sector with sites all over Europe. They have recently opened a new site and are looking to expand their engineering teams. 

My client is looking for an electrically bias maintenance engineer to support plant and equipment on a double day’s shift (earlies and lates).   

Maintenance Engineer Benefits:

• Salary £45,000 
• Premium OT. 
• Early finish Fridays. 
• Private pension.
• Health cash plan. 
• Dental cash plan. 

Maintenance Engineer Duties: 

• Double days (earlies and lates). 
• Planned and reactive maintenance. 
• Implement health and safety on site. 
• Project work. 
• Involved with site installs. 
• Responsible for plant equipment (tube mills, slitting lines, coating lines). 
• Implement continuous improvement. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements: 

• Electrical apprentice trained.
• 17th / 18th edition qualified.  
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment; Ideally heavy manufacturing. 
• Siemens S7 knowledge. 
• Excellent fault-finding abilities. 
• Hydraulics and Pneumatics. 

This is a huge opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer so please apply to find out more details. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Dudley, Kidderminster, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich, and surrounding areas.

I am seeking to recruit a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer for one of the largest privately owned heavy Engineering & Fabrication businesses. As a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will provide technical advice, assistance and carry out a range of interventions to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the facility as well as completing machine malfunction rectification work and carry out the plant service schedules.

Working Monday to Thursday 6.00am – 3.45pm with 30 minutes unpaid lunch break with plenty of overtime offered also, the other benefits include:

• £35,665 salary 
• Automatically enrolled into a company pension scheme after 3 months.  The scheme is a defined contribution scheme with Aviva based on employee contributions of 5% of gross salary and a contribution of 4% from The Company.
• 20 + 8 days Holiday 
• Medicash Health Plan 

You must be qualified with formal Engineering accreditation (EITB), Academic qualifications (City & Guilds / BTEC), or the equivalent.

Some duties for the Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer role may involve:

• Maintaining CNC machine tools 
• Maintaining PLC controlled machinery (Siemens preferred)
• Maintaining Pneumatics and hydraulics systems
• Using planned preventative maintenance systems
• Maintaining material handling conveyor systems
• Completing electrical installation work
• Ability to work consistently and accurately, to deadlines, to meet the demands of a manufacturing.

We would be keen to talk to Mechanical Maintenance Engineers and Maintenance Electricians who are commutable from Grantham, Melton Mowbray, Newark on Trent and Sleaford.