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MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Job Description

Due to retirement, an opportunity has arisen for a maintenance engineer to join a nationwide FMCG company in Stoke-on-Trent. 

This position would be perfect but not essential for an electrically bias maintenance engineer who has experience within a food manufacturing environment. My client boasts great attrition rates and are keen on training and developing their engineer’s skills. 

Maintenance Engineer Benefits:

  • £51,000
  • Shift cover rates (+£85 per shift). 
  • 14% Pension (4% your contribution / 10% their contribution).  
  • 22 days holiday. 
  • Cycle to work. 
  • Discounted products. 
  • Access to health and dental services. 
  • X4 death in service. 
  • Employee assistance programmes. 
  • Training and development (PLC courses etc). 


Maintenance Engineer Duties include:

  • Continental shift (2 days – 2 nights).  
  • Planned and reactive maintenance. 
  • Improving and maintaining production equipment. 
  • Updating CMMS. 
  • Fault diagnostic and repair. 
  • Continuous improvement projects. 


Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

  • Recognised electrical qualifications. 
  • Electrical fault finding. 
  • Must be able to interpret electrical drawings. 
  • PLC knowledge (advantageous). 
  • Food / FMCG experience (advantageous). 
  • Willingness to learn new skills. 


Please apply find out more about this fantastic role. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Stoke-on-Trent, Market Drayton, Crewe, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, and surrounding areas. 

Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.

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If you believe that your skills and experience match what we are looking for please call me or APPLY and I will be in touch.

Should you want to learn more about any of our MAINTENANCE, RELIABILITY & SERVICE ENGINEERING vacancies, or should you just want to discuss your particular needs, then please do not hesitate to contact me to have an informal, confidential chat.

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Maintenance, Reliability & Service Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

SIMILAR JOBS

 

A great opportunity for an electrical bias maintenance engineer to join a fantastic family ran food company in the heart of Stoke. My client has produced their product since the 19th century and remails a leader in their field.  

My client is looking for a maintenance engineer to join their team on a rotating mornings and days shift rota. If you are looking for a days based role, close to home and be part of a great engineering team, this role may be for you. 


Maintenance Engineer Role Benefits:

  • £41,000. 
  • Premium OT. 
  • 28 days holiday. 
  • Nest pension. 
  • On site parking. 
  • Free company products. 

Maintenance Engineer Duties include:

  • Mornings (06:30 – 15:30). 
  • Days (08:30 – 17:30). 
  • Planned and preventive maintenance. 
  • Attending breakdowns. 
  • Keep downtime to a minimum. 
  • Keeping maintenance logs. 
  • Continuous improvement activities. 
  • Project work. 


As a Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

  • Completed an engineering apprenticeship. 
  • Electrical qualifications. 
  • Previous FMCG / Food experience (Advantageous).
  • 2+ years post apprenticeship experience. 

Please apply find out more about this role. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Stoke, Stafford, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stone, Cheadle, Market Drayton, and surrounding areas. 

 

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Electrician.

This is an opportunity to join a leading Manufacturing organisation, known worldwide, supplying into Food & Manufacturing organisations. A company who continues to grow and pride themselves on a good working environment.  

The maintenance electrician will be joining an already established Maintenance team and will have support from Senior engineers on site.  

This role is commutable from: Stockport / Stoke-On-Trent / Macclesfield / Denton 

Shift the maintenance electrician will be required to work Monday to Thursday – the option to work 1pm till 11pm or 2pm till 12 o clock.

Benefits: 

  • Salary: £38,000 - £40,000  
  • Pension
  • 21+8 Days holiday
  • Overtime
  • Flexible working hours / 4-day week.   

Industry: Manufacturing / Packaging organisation   

Maintenance Electrician Duties:

  • Trouble shooting and Fault Finding on various machines including Injection Moulding Machines, Extruders, Grinders, Rotational Moulding Machines, and associated ancillaries.
  • Planned Preventative Maintenance.
  • Identifying parts required to carry out repairs and providing details to the Maintenance Manager.
  • Using blueprints, wiring diagrams and manufacturer’s installation manuals to complete projects.
  • Testing of fixed installations.
  • Some building maintenance such as lighting & small power.
  • Installation of 3 phase supplies & associated switchgear.
  • Highlighting potential problems with aging switchgear and advising the correct course of action for rectification.

Maintenance Electrician Requirements:

  • Experience with Siemens and Mitsubishi PLC’s. – Strong fault-finding abilities 
  • Experience with Grinders, Extruders, Injection Moulding machinery. 
  • Ideally experience within Single and 3 phase systems. 
  • Dealing with some Plant maintenance such as Lighting and Small power. 
  • Must be Apprentice trained, holding a Formal qualification in Electrical engineering. 
  • 17th or 18th Edition trained/compliant.
 

I have a great opportunity for a Facilities Manager who has worked in a manufacturing environment and has experience in energy reduction to join the building service team of a global manufacturer in Shropshire.     

My client is looking for a Facilities Manager to manage maintenance activities, engineers, and CMMS to provide specialist knowledge in energy management. You will be responsible for ensuring optimal operational efficiency of the building. This role will have a focus on energy management so, the right candidate will have previous experience. 

Facilities Manager Role Benefits:

  • Salary £54,220 
  • x2 yearly bonuses (£3,000). 
  • Private medical. 
  • 8% employer pension contribution. 
  • Lunch time finish Friday. 
  • Subsidised café. 
  • Sick pay. 
  • Income protection. 
  • Onsite parking. 

Facilities Manager Duties include:

  • Co-ordinate and control water / energy reduction. 
  • Maintain compliance with climate change regulations and internal environmental reporting requirements.
  • Implementation of activities to achieve Co2 reduction targets.
  • To own CMMS structure to ensure the energy related asset structure is up to date and maintained. 
  • Continuous improvement activities. 
  • Research low carbon technologies. 
  • Project planning and budget submission. 
  • Investment justification. 

As a Facilities Manager Requirements: 

  • Recognised engineering qualifications. (NVQ Level 3, HNC, Degree). 
  • Energy management experience. 
  • Facilities management experience. 
  • Worked in a manufacturing environment. 
  • Mechanical and electrical engineering. 
  • Project management experience. 
  • CMMS experience. 


Please apply to find out more about this role, or if your CV is not up to date, please call me to find out whether this role may be right for you.

This Facilities Manager position is commutable from: Wolverhampton, Dudley, Telford, Walsall, Bilston, Featherstone, Cannock, and surrounding areas. 

 

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 double days shift, working Monday - Friday, 06.00-14.00 and 14:00 - 22:00. 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, 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 up to £48,000 depending on experience (including shift allowance)
  • 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 06:00 - 14:00 and 14:00 - 22:00
  • 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
  • You would qualify for the annual pay review this and 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.  

 

New exciting opportunity to join a Global Manufacturing organisation based in Greater Manchester Area.  This is an exceptional opportunity for a higher skilled maintenance electrician who holds strong Programming and Fault-finding abilities with Siemens & Allen Bradley PLC’S

This Maintenance Electrician position is commutable from the following locations: Warrington / Skelmersdale / Bolton / Wigan 


The Maintenance Electrician will be required to work the following Shift: Continental – 4on-4off systems – 2days-2nights. 12 hours Shift. 


Benefits the Maintenance Electrician will receive: 

  • Salary: £54,000 - £57,000 
  • Great Training and progression opportunities 
  • Company Pension 
  • Secured on site Parking 
  • Plenty of overtime 

The Maintenance Electrician will be responsible and hold the following experience: 

  • As mentioned, key to the role is the fault finding and programming experience with PLC’s / Hardware. Siemens & Allen Bradley 
  • Previous experience within a Manufacturing environment 
  • Maintain and install all electrical machinery 
  • Carry out planned preventative maintenance 
  • Complete maintenance work orders, use of CMMS systems 
  • Be able to communicate at all levels throughout the business 
  • Electrically Biased – but holding a split on the mechanical Side 
  • Knowledge of variable speed drives 
  • Must be able to read schematic drawings 
  • 17/18th IEE Wiring regulations 
  • Proven experience within a similar role 
  • Apprentice trained holding a HNC / HND in Electrical engineering 
 

Maintenance Technician – Join Our Established Team in a Stable Industry Sector 

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 a Shift 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: 

In return for your Maintenance skills and experience, we offer:-

  • Competitive Negotiable Base Salary to £51,000
  • Outstanding Company Pension Scheme & Life Assurance 
  • Rotating 12 Hour Shift Working 
  • 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


Position Overview:

As a Maintenance Technician, you will play a vital role in ensuring the ongoing operational efficiency and reliability of our facilities and equipment. This is a hands-on position that requires a solid foundation in electrical maintenance.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct regular maintenance, inspections and repairs on machinery, equipment and facilities.
  • Troubleshoot and diagnose electrical & Plc control issues to determine appropriate solutions.
  • Collaborate with the production team to address urgent maintenance requirements and minimize downtime.
  • Perform preventive maintenance tasks to ensure optimal functionality and extend the lifespan of equipment.
  • Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, including work done, parts used, and time spent.
  • Adhere to safety protocols and company standards at all times.


Duties of a Maintenance Technician: 

As a Maintenance Technician, you will play a vital role in ensuring the ongoing operational efficiency and reliability of our production equipment. This is a hands on position that requires a solid foundation in electrical maintenance.

Requirements of a Maintenance Technician

  • Electrical qualifications to a City & Guilds or NVQ standard.
  • Completion of a recognised apprenticeship programme.
  • Proven experience electrical maintenance within a Heavy Engineering, Process, Production or Manufacturing Environment.
  • Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to quality workmanship.
  • Ability to work effectively within a team and independently.
  • Effective communication skills to report maintenance updates.


If you are a dedicated Maintenance Technician with a passion for electrical maintenance and you thrive in a team environment, we encourage you to apply. 

Join our team of skilled professionals who take pride in maintaining our organisation's exceptional standards.

The Maintenance Technician role is commutable from Atherstone, Drayton Bassett, Fazeley, Tamworth & Polesworth 

 

I have a fantastic opportunity for a maintenance engineer to join a well-known company based near Wolverhampton and Dudley. As an engineer you will be tasked with looking after the kit on site and keep downtime to a minimum. 

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 on bias. This is a great opportunity to work with one of the world’s best employers.  

Maintenance Engineer Role Benefits:

  • Salary £49,707 
  • Premium overtime rates. 
  • Generous holiday entitlement. 
  • 12% Employer Pension Contribution. 
  • Training and progression opportunities.  
  • Xmas Bonus. 
  • Cycle to work. 
  • Volunteering days off. (Paid) 

Maintenance Engineer Duties include:

  • Continental shift rota. 
  • Improve and promote safety across site. 
  • Lead a team of multi-skilled engineers. 
  • Focus on departmental KPI’s. 
  • Manage and supervise contractors. 
  • Shift reports. 
  • Planned and reactive maintenance. 
  • Identify and procure critical spares. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

  • Apprentice trained. (Mechanical or Electrical). 
  • Previous experience in team leading role. 
  • Strong fault-finding capabilities. 
  • Health & Safety / Food Safety. 
  • Be knowledgeable in using quality assurance systems and standards. 
  • PLC knowledge (advantageous). 
  • SCADA systems (advantageous). 

Please apply find out more about this role. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth, Telford, Dudley, Kingswinford, Stourbridge, Wombourne, Bilston, Brierley Hill, and surrounding areas.  

 

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for Electrical biased maintenance engineer. This is an opportunity to Join an organisation who pride themselves in providing Development and progression opportunities, a company who will fund courses to help progress  engineers on site. The right individual will join a Friendly & busy site where you will join an already established team as well as being part of a major manufacturing organisation. 
  
The Maintenance electrician role is commutable from the following locations:  Blackburn / Blackpool / Burnley / Preston  

Benefits the Maintenance Electrician will receive

  • £56.542    
  • Progression & Training and development opportunities 
  • Great Pension 
  • Medical Care 
  • 25+8days holiday 

Shift requirements in place for the Maintenance electrician:

  • 3 Shift Rota / Mornings – Monday to Friday / Afternoons – Monday to Friday & Saturday / Nights: Monday to Thursday 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Previous experience within a Manufacturing environment. 
  • Dealing on both Maintenance and Facilities. 
  • Apprentice trained holding a HNC / City& Guilds in Electrical engineering / 17th – 18th Edition. 
  • Ability to fault find on various electrical controls systems at both single and three phase.
  • Strong fault-finding abilities on PLC’s. 
  • Good understanding of health, safety, and environmental requirements specific to plant maintenance
  • Ability to conduct electrical installation work. 
  • Good understanding of Facilities & Maintenance processes and production critical equipment
  • Can demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Self-motivated and able to work in a team environment or on own
  • Qualified to conduct work to BS 7671 wiring regulations. 
  • Qualified to conduct electrical inspection and test. 
  • Good level of computer literacy and ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
 

The Company

This is a great opportunity with a world leading supplier in their field, who are privately owned and with operations in 20 countries. In the UK, they develop and manufacture bespoke products, with over 90% being exported.

They have this exciting opportunity to become a key member of their dedicated UK external sales team, where you will be responsible for the account management and growth of the business, along with a responsibility for the achievement of turnover and profit margin targets across the Midland’s region.

Please Note: The Area Sales Manager must have proven sales experience within either; Instrumentation, Sensors, Valves, Pumps, Pneumatics or similar.


Area Sales Manager Package and Benefits

  • £50,000 + bonus
  • Company car
  • Work from home role
  • 37.5 hours, 8:30am – 5:15pm, 1:00pm finish on Friday’s (with flexible hours)
  • 24 days holiday, increasing with service, plus paid birthday leave
  • Life Assurance 4x salary, enhanced sick pay, private medical insurance, professional subscriptions


Area Sales Manager Candidate Requirements

  • Proven sales experience within either; Instrumentation, Valves, Pumps, Pneumatics or similar. 
  • ONC in Electrical / Instrumentation (highly advantageous but not essential).
  • Degree in Engineering would be advantageous.
  • A clean driving license.
  • Has a good proven track record of field sales background.
  • Strong negotiating skills and capacity.
  • Ability and willingness to follow instructions of management and respond to requests from others in the team in a helpful manner.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.


Area Sales Manager Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the market share within allocated geographic areas, industries or accounts in the Midland’s region.
  • Develop and expand on a long-term basis certain nominated and parent company established Global accounts within the area of responsibility.
  • Continuous focus, action and target setting for developing new business and building new customer bases in the Midlands region.
  • Accountable for the establishment of both annual and monthly sales objectives in coordination with the Company’s strategic plan.
  • Follow-up leads generated by marketing activities.
  • Implementation of the sales and marketing plans.
  • Assist in the reporting and forecasting functions monthly, as well as assisting in the reporting, controlling, forecasting, and managing of the allocated industries and accounts within the areas of responsibility.
  • Provide an Industry and product reporting package as determined by Company Management.
  • Expected to be knowledgeable of market and industry trends, competitors, and leading customer strategies. 
  • Maintain appropriate data and information on the company CRM system 
  • Other duties as determined by the Regional Sales Manager.
 

TOOLING DESIGN ENGINEER

A Tooling Design Engineer is required to join a busy, family orientated organisation, who enjoy extremely high staff retention.

We are currently seeking a qualified and experienced Tooling Design Engineer for a permanent, full-time position in our Technical Engineering Department. As the Tooling Design Engineer, we need you to have good 3D CAD experience.

Supplying into a wide range of different industry sectors, this offers great stability and long- term growth opportunities.

Commutable from :- Stoke on Trent, Stockport, Knutsford, Congleton, Buxton, Wilmslow, Whaley Bridge, Macclesfield and Cheddleton

BENEFITS for a Tooling Design Engineer

  • £35,000 - £38,000
  • Flexi hours
  • DAYS
  • Training offered in some aspects of Toolroom
  • Life Assurance
  • Death in Service
  • Discounted Gym Membership
  • Annual Bonus
  • Cycle to work scheme

DUTIES for a Tooling Design Engineer

  • Working with the team of skilled Toolmakers and Engineers in the Toolroom facility
  • Hands-on Turning, milling and grinding
  • Machine building experience
  • Problem solving
  • Wire cutting
  • Programming
  • Use of 3D CAD systems

REQUIREMENTS for a Tooling Design Engineer

  • To have gained your experience within a manufacturing environment
  • Engineering Qualifications to support experience
  • General engineering experience with regards to Turning, Milling and grinding
  • Mechanical trouble shooting
  • Wire cutting would be advantageous
  • Knowledge of 3D CAD systems
  • Training can be offered in some aspects of the Toolroom functions
  • The role involves collaboration with a team of skilled Toolmaker/Engineers in our Toolroom facility.
  • A logical approach to problem solving
  • Full driving licence is essential

A wonderful opportunity awaits you!