SENIOR VEHICLE TECHNICIAN

Probe Technical Recruitment are recruiting a very exciting opportunity for an Engineering Manager for a global manufacturer based near Rutland. The current Engineering Manager is staying within the site just moving roles. We are looking for someone to effectively manage the Maintenance, Development, and Site service teams to ensure plant / equipment availability, reliability and performance. You will assist with the further development of the team of over twenty engineering colleagues, engaged in the maintenance of machines, automation and ancillary equipment.

The benefits package for the Engineering Manager role include:

• £55,000 salary.
• Day’s role Monday - Friday 9am – 5pm but site is 24/7 so some flexibility is required.
• 33 days holiday
• Enhanced pension matched up to 6%
• Life Assurance after completion of probation
• Private Medical Insurance for yourself & family
• Company sick pay after one years’ service     

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The key areas for the Engineering Manager focus:

• Previous experience from a manufacturing background is very desirable.
• Provide a safe and effective reactive maintenance response to unplanned breakdowns.
• Maintain an effective planned maintenance program.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities for our manufacturing processes – monitoring production data and root cause failure analysis.
• Manage maintenance and capital expenditure budgets.
• Effectively manage spare part procurement and stockholding levels.
• Identify and justify yearly capex projects - needed to keep the plant running at budgeted levels of performance.
• Maintain relationships with key suppliers and sub-contractors.

We would be very keen to talk to Maintenance Managers or Plant Managers that feel it’s time for a new opportunity and challenge based around the Stamford, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, and Grantham.

Probe Technical are looking to recruit a full time and permanent Maintenance Electrician to join an experienced and dedicated Engineering team near Corby on a permanent night shift working Sunday to Thursday, 22.00-06.00. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to utilise their engineering skills and join a privately owned global business. As well as being focused on continuous improvement and implementing specific products, as a Maintenance Electrician you will also be responsible for maintaining the upkeep of the buildings and grounds areas of the plant facility.

The package details for the role of Maintenance Electrician include the below and further at interview:

• Salary £50,000 (including shift allowance)
• 40 hours per week, Sunday to Thursday, 22.00-06.00
• 3% paid via salary sacrifice, saving you tax and NI contributions
• 20 days plus bank holidays, rising to 25 plus bank holidays after 5 years’ service
• Death in service benefit – 2 x annual salary
• An annual pay review is conducted every January

Along with a minimum NVQ Level 3 or higher in Engineering Maintenance or equivalent, as a Maintenance Electrician you will be required to have experience/further education in engineering. Experience of PLC systems for fault finding and minor programming modifications. Experience using and installing Variable Speed Drives VSD’s within an FMCG environment is beneficial. 
Other key duties involve:  

• Maintenance of plant and equipment.
• Identifying, diagnosing and fixing faults and breakdowns.
• Carrying out of planned Preventative Maintenance.
• Facilitating and executing continuous improvement activities.

The Maintenance Electrician role is commutable from Leicester, Northampton, Corby, Kettering, and Peterborough. 

I’m working with a global food manufacturing company who have tasked me with finding a site service coordinator who will work alongside the site services manager and provide day-to-day operations of site and equipment. You will be based at a modern and fully automated site and be part of a team that boasts great culture with real training and progression opportunities. 

We're looking for an experienced Site Services Coordinator or Planner, ideally with a background in manufacturing. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly regarded company, offering an excellent benefits package and the chance to work with an inclusive and friendly team. 

Site Service Coordinator Benefits:

• Salary £53,424
• Premium rate overtime. (x1.5 and x2). 
• Pension Scheme. 
• Generous holiday entitlement. 
• Clear progression routes. 
• 24/7 Employee Assistance. 
• Company activities and events. 
• Free Parking. 
• Subsidized Café 
• Fantastic Facilities. 

Site Service Coordinator Duties include:

• Days 07:00 – 15:30 (Flexible). 
• Support the Site Services Manager in maintaining a safe plant and ensuring audit readiness in line with all relevant standards.
• Ensure legal compliance and record-keeping for site utilities (water, air, electricity) and systems (Legionella, boilers, pressure, lighting, fire).
• Use SAP effectively for shift operations, ensuring accurate data entry and performance diagnostics.
• Assist in developing and applying best practices in maintenance to improve reliability, efficiency, and safety.
• Contribute to small project coordination, including scope, scheduling, EH&S planning, budgeting, and execution.
• Responsible for utility monitoring. 
• Contractor control. 

As a Site Service Coordinator Requirements include: 

• Recognised Engineering Qualifications. 
• 18th edition. 
• Health and Safety Qualifications (NEBOSH, IOSH, COSHH). 
• CMMS experience (SAP). 
• BOAS and HACCP. 
• Food hygiene experience. 
• Past experience in a site services role. 

Please apply find out more about this role. 

This Site Service Coordinator position is commutable from: Wolverhampton, Dudley, Telford, Walsall, Bilston, Featherstone, Cannock, Stafford, and surrounding areas.

I have a fantastic opportunity for a maintenance engineer to join a well-known company based near Wolverhampton. As an engineer you will support the engineering team leader to carry out effective maintenance across the site.  

My client is looking for a maintenance engineer to join their team on a continental shift pattern. The right person will be a multi-skilled engineer with no preference as training will be provided. As well as a good salary and benefits package my client offers career development opportunities for those who seek it. 

Maintenance Engineer Benefits:

• Salary £53,514 
• Premium rate overtime. (x1.5 and x2). 
• Pension Scheme. 
• Generous holiday entitlement. 
• Clear progression routes. 
• 24/7 Employee Assistance. 
• Company activities and events. 
• Free Parking. 
• Subsidized Café 
• Fantastic Facilities. 

Maintenance Engineer Duties include:

• Continental shift pattern 2 days 2 nights. 
• Planned and Reactive maintenance. 
• Ensure smooth running of the plant and machinery. 
• Manage and supervise sub-contractors on site. 
• Identify and procure critical plant spares. 
• Monitor electrical and mechanical systems performance. 

As a Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

• Apprentice trained. 
• 18th edition (Advantageous). 
• FMCG experience. 
• Strong fault-finding capabilities. 
• Health & Safety / Food Safety.  
• Be knowledgeable in using quality assurance systems and standards. 
• PLC knowledge (advantageous) 
• CMMS Knowledge. 
• Be able to work as part of a team. 

Please apply find out more about this role. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Wolverhampton, Dudley, Telford, Walsall, Bilston, Featherstone, Cannock, Stafford, and surrounding areas. 

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Contractors

Immediate Start (Inside IR35) 
Ongoing Project | Days-Based | FCSA Umbrella | Manufacturing Environment
Commutable from - Cannock, Brierley Hill, Dudley, Lichfield, Walsall. Tamworth

We are urgently seeking to recruit several experienced Multi Skilled Maintenance Contractors to support a key project within our busy production plant.

As part of the engineering team, you will be responsible for delivering both planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of automated machinery and production equipment. 

Your multi skilled capability across both electrical and mechanical disciplines is essential for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carrying out maintenance on production and process machinery
• Diagnosing faults and performing repairs to minimise downtime
• Supporting Plc controlled systems and robotic applications (basic exposure required)

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong electrical or mechanical background
• Multi skilled with proven fault finding and repair experience
• Experience in fast paced manufacturing, process or production environments
• Ideally apprentice trained, with formal qualifications (City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent)

Project Details:

• Start: ASAP
• Shift: Days & Rotting Shifts Available
• IR35 Status: Inside IR35 – must be paid via an FCSA-accredited umbrella company
• Contract Type: Ongoing

If you’re a skilled maintenance contractor ready to hit the ground running, we’d love to hear from you.

Our brand new and exciting client have one some work with some huge global companies and require an air conditioning engineer and HVAC engineers to join their team. This role will be packed with training and opportunities for growth into supervisory positions. 

My client is looking for an experienced air conditioning engineer who will have previous experience with various air conditioning systems through out commercial and industrial properties. This role will be nationwide and will require some over night stays. Great earning potentials with OT and Bonuses. 

Air Conditioning Engineer Benefits

• £35,000 - £45,000 DOE.
• Plenty of premium OT (x1.5). 
• Pension. 
• Van provided from site. 
• Full uniform and PPE provided. 
• Tools provided. 
• Training and progression for right person. 
• Bonuses. 
• On-Call (Stand by fees and Premium call-out charge). 

Air Conditioning Engineer Duties include:

• Days (Monday-Friday).
• Planned and reactive maintenance. 
• Work with large systems. (A/C, Chillers, AHU’s). 
• Fault finding on large systems. 
• Installation and commissioning. 
• Work closely with clients and team to make sure projects are completed on time. 

Air Conditioning Engineer Requirements include: 

NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Air Conditioning. 
F-GAS (Essential). 
2391 Test and Inspect (Advantageous). 
Full UK License. 
Previous experience in air-conditioning or HVAC engineering. 
Willingness to progress. 
Good communication skills and well presentable. 

Please apply find out more about this fantastic role. 

This Air Conditioning Engineer position is commutable from: Lichfield, Walsall, Aldridge, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Burntwood, Cannock, Burton, Birmingham, and surrounding areas.  

Probe Technical are looking to recruit a full time and permanent shift Supervisor to join a market leading Manufacturing facility. We will consider someone that isn’t currently a supervisor but wanting that next step up.  Your role will be to assist within the Management team, supervising the Operatives and Fitters on shift. It is a very hands-on role, where some Engineering experience is beneficial as you will be required to do some Maintenance.  This is an excellent time to join due to business growth.   

You must be flexible to work 12-hour shifts, covering days, nights and weekends. 

The package details for the role of Shift Supervisor:

• Salary £47,000 depending on experience.  
• Company pension matched (will be disclosed at interview)
• Enhanced Holiday – Holiday increases with service 
• Life Assurance 
• Discretionary company bonus (% discussed at interview) 

Along with a minimum requirement of a Level 2 in Engineering / Mechanical Maintenance Engineering, some duties and experience for the Shift Supervisor will involve:

• Following Health & Safety regulations.
• Reactive response to breakdowns within the factory. Hydraulic and Pneumatic experience is desirable. 
• Work closely with production teams to ensure the plants are achieving efficiency 
• Responsibility for the efficient operation of the production lines and associated activities.
• Delegating work to Production Operatives and Maintenance Fitters / Engineers on shift 
• Previous background / experience within a heavy manufacturing environment. 

The role of Shift Supervisor is commutable from Derby, Burton on Trent, Swadlincote and Ashby-de-la-Zouch 

Probe Technical Recruitment are recruiting a great opportunity for a proven Maintenance Technician to join a well-respected employer within the engineering sector. As a Maintenance Technician you will be required to undertake both planned and reactive maintenance across the plant, which will require you to have experience of supporting plant and equipment within either a fast-paced manufacturing, process, food or production environment and be comfortable in undertaking facilities maintenance work too.

Along with a day shift pattern of either 7-4 / 8-5, the Maintenance Technician role also has a package of:

• Salary base £33,072 (£15.90 p/h)  
• Paid Overtime anything over 40 hours 1.25x and over 48 at 1.5x
• Paid lunch break
• Company Pension at 3% company and 5% employee 
• Stable Working Environment.

You must be an Electrically qualified Maintenance Engineer or Maintenance Electrician and hold Electrical abilities and some exposure to supporting PLC controls including Siemens S7.

The role of Maintenance Technician is commutable from Tamworth, Burton on Trent, Derby and Leicester.

If you have hesitated about moving over the past few months, this is a great opportunity to join an organisation that won’t be affected by any potential fallout from the current economic climate. 

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Design Engineer to join a well-established company, with nearly 60 years of experience. The business is a growing company, who design and manufacture specialist handling equipment, across many different sectors. 

The role will be primarily office based, however it may involve some travel to suppliers and customers as required.

The main function will be to design and modify materials handling machinery. Collaborate on new product development and implement value engineering and DFM principles to enhance production efficiency.

Design Engineer Package and Benefits

• Salary £30,000 - £40,000, dependant on experience 
• Hours 8:30am – 5:00pm, 4pm finish on Friday’s (flexi-hours are available)
• 30 days holiday, increasing to 33 days with service
• 4x salary – Death in service

Commutable From: Boston, Peterborough, Stamford, Bourne, Wisbech, Grantham, Melton Mowbray

Person Specification

• The Design Engineer should have significant demonstrated experience in an engineering and manufacturing environment – preferably with engineered metal fabricated equipment.
• The highest levels of quality standard are needed and required for this role. The Design Engineer will be expected to help implement changes leading from internal quality issues or engineering changes. 
• Experience in utilising appropriate lean methodologies in variability of specifications.
• Be able to maintain accountability for the accuracy of the system information relating to the Bill of materials for every part assembly and contract job.
• Be proficient in Microsoft office products - Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
• Have experience in Autodesk Inventor (or similar) 3D CAD, AutoCAD.2D CAD & Vault.
• Be able to liaise with other departments to ensure timely completion of projects.

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to)

• The Design Engineer will design core machinery using 3D CAD (Autodesk Inventor or similar).
• Designs/modifications to standard machinery to suit the clients particular site requirements and/or engineering changes as required.
• Creation of bills of materials for entry into the company’s ERP system.
• Working with sales and development engineers to create new products from initial concept through to full production units.
• Value engineering of current designs. Use of DFM best practices to meet the needs of the production facility.
• Working with the production operatives to increase production efficiency through better machine design and the design of jigs and fixtures.
• Enhancing the customer satisfaction levels to be the major focus. Be forward thinking and raise new ideas and working methods to increase the departments throughout.

We’re working with a market-leading manufacturer and supply chain partner specializing in reusable plastic container systems — a growing segment at the heart of sustainable logistics and circular economy initiatives.

The company operates across the UK and international markets, supplying reusable packaging solutions to some of the world’s most recognizable retailers and food producers. It combines innovative product design with a strong operational footprint and a commitment to reducing single-use packaging waste.

Toolmaker Hours, Pay and Benefits

• Salary £40,000 (including shift allowance)
• Working hours. There are two options: 10:00am – 6:00pm Monday to Friday or 2:00pm -10:00pm Monday to Friday
• 25 days holiday, plus statutory
• Sick pay based on length of service, up to 24 weeks

Toolmaker Role Purpose 

The Toolmaker will repair and service the moulding machine tools, and related equipment, in a timely and efficient manner.

Commutable From: Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, and Grantham. 

Candidate Requirements

• Time served toolmaker – for insurance purposes, Apprenticeship / Qualifications have to be from the UK
• Proven Injection Mould / Plastics experience. 
• Electrical experience is an advantage but not a necessity.
• Experienced in the operation of toolmaking equipment, eg grinders, lathes, machining.
• CNC Machining centre experience an advantage.
• A base understanding on pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Ability to understand technical drawings.
• Computer literate.

Toolmaker Key Responsibilities

• Build, repair and maintain tooling
• Work to fine tolerances
• Prove tooling and troubleshoot until running acceptably - target to enable the tools to run "right first-time" in a production environment
• Able to understand technical drawings
• Liaise with operational staff to understand tooling related issues
• Maintenance of machinery on site
• General tool making tasks
• To be flexible in a “breakdown” scenario