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I'm looking for a mechanically biassed Maintenance Engineer in the Stoke area. We’re working closely to identify an Engineer that is qualified to a minimum level 3 in a mechanical discipline. You will be part of a big multi-disciplined maintenance team on a continental shift rota. They will offer you a great package starting at £51,400 + shift cover premiums and OT. They also offer an extensive benefits package including a matched pension of up to 10% and training courses such as mech to elec and PLC training. 

My client is a British firm that operates across the UK for a wider group, and they can offer you a secure position packed with benefits during an uncertain period. 

Maintenance Engineer Benefits: 

  • £51,364.68
  • Shift cover rates (+£85 per shift). 
  • Pension matched up to 10% 
  • 24 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).  
  • Assist with breakdowns. 
  • Planned and reactive maintenance. 
  • Improving and maintaining production equipment. 
  • Updating CMMS. 
  • Fault diagnostic and repair. 
  • Continuous improvement projects. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

  • Recognised engineering qualifications.  (NVQ Level 3 as minimum). 
  • Apprentice trained. 
  • Mechanical engineering experience. 
  • FMCG experience. 
  • Knowledge around pneumatics. 
  • Welding. 
  • Knowledge with packaging machinery (advantageous). 


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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An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Engineer to join one of my favourite clients to recruit for.  They’re a nationwide FMCG company based in the Stoke-on-Trent area, and this company actually does do what it promises, placing a huge emphasis on the training and the development of their Engineers, which, along with a genuinely superb salary and benefits package, they have incredibly low staff turnover, and this position has only arisen due to a retirement.

The ideal candidate would be an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer who has experience working within food manufacturing, but there is flexibility, as recruiting the right person into their established team is important to them, so if you feel that you could be a good fit and would like to work for a fantastic employer who will invest in your development, please read on.

Maintenance Engineer Benefits: 

  • £51,364.68
  • Shift cover rates (+£85 per shift). 
  • Pension matched up to 10% 
  • 24 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).  
  • Assist with breakdowns. 
  • Planned and reactive maintenance. 
  • Improving and maintaining production equipment. 
  • Updating CMMS. 
  • Fault diagnostic and repair. 
  • Continuous improvement projects. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

  • Recognised engineering qualifications.  (NVQ Level 3 as minimum). 
  • Apprentice trained. 
  • Electrically qualified. 
  • PLC knowledge advantageous. 
  • FMCG experience. 
  • Hydraulics and Pneumatics.


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.

 

We have received a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join a Leading manufacturing organisation, Located in the UK as well over Sea’s. An international organisation who are looking to strengthen their already established maintenance team 

Are you looking to join a company who continue to make major investments a company who drive Progress opportunities within, and support engineering who are keen to development. This is a company who pride themselves on a good working environment and are passionate in supporting all member staff. 

The maintenance Engineer will be required to work the following shift: Double Days shift: 6am till 2pm & 2pm till 10pm  – Monday to Friday  

Commutable from: Crewe / Stoke-om-Trent / Winsford / Chester   

Benefits the Maintenance engineer will receive: 

  • Salary: £43,081.57
  • 10% Pension Contribution
  • 25+8days holiday
  • Holiday buy back scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme 
  • Overtime – rates – T/H & D.T
  • Development / Progression / Training. 

The Maintenance Engineer will hold the following: 

  • Experienced within a Manufacturing / FMCG Environment. 
  • Holding experience with Hydraulics & Pneumatics, ovens, Conveyors, Gearboxes 
  • General machining experience 
  • Welding abilities – MIG & TIG  
  • Holding basic electrical abilities would be at an advantage – Re-wiring etc, 
  • 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 Mechanical engineering (or equivalent)
  • Full valid UK Driving Licence
  • Flexible – as you may be required to travel to alternative sites on occasions. 
 


An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Engineer to join one of my favourite clients to recruit for.  They’re a nationwide FMCG company based in the Stoke-on-Trent area, and this company actually does do what it promises, placing a huge emphasis on the training and the development of their Engineers, which, along with a genuinely superb salary and benefits package, they have incredibly low staff turnover, and this position has only arisen due to a retirement.

The ideal candidate would be a mechanically-biassed Maintenance Engineer who has experience working within food manufacturing, but there is flexibility, as recruiting the right person into their established team is important to them, so if you feel that you could be a good fit, and would like to work for a fantastic employer who will invest in your development, please read on.


Maintenance Engineer Benefits:

  • £51,364.68
  • Shift cover rates (+£85 per shift). 
  • Pension matched up to 10% 
  • 24 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).  
  • Assist with breakdowns. 
  • Planned and reactive maintenance. 
  • Improving and maintaining production equipment. 
  • Updating CMMS. 
  • Fault diagnostic and repair. 
  • Continuous improvement projects. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

  • Recognised engineering qualifications.  
  • Apprentice trained. 
  • Excellent mechanical abilities. 
  • Able to read engineering drawings. 
  • Hydraulics and Pneumatics.
  • Electrical knowledge advantageous.
  • Welding abilities advantageous.  


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. 

 

 

A fantastic new opportunity has arisen for a mechanically biassed Maintenance Engineer to join a nationwide FMCG company in Stoke-on-Trent. 

This position would be ideal for someone who is mechanically minded and is able to strip down and rebuild machinery and 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:

  • £43,000
  • Shift cover rates (+£85 per shift). 
  • 14% Pension (4% your contribution / 10% their contribution).  
  • 33 days holiday. 
  • Cycle to work. 
  • Discounted products. 
  • Access to health and dental services. 
  • X4 death in service. 
  • Employee assistance programmes. 
  • Training and development 


Maintenance Engineer Duties include:

  • Day shift (Monday-Friday). 
  • Stripping down existing machinery. 
  • Assist with breakdowns. 
  • Undertake planned maintenance tasks.
  • Improving and maintaining production equipment. 
  • Updating CMMS. 
  • Continuous improvement projects. 


Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

  • Recognised engineering qualifications. 
  • Ideally apprentice trained. 
  • Food packaging machinery experience would be ideal but not essential. 
  • Strong mechanical engineering abilities. 
  • Experience with pneumatics.  

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.

 

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. 

 

I have a fantastic opportunity for multi-skilled maintenance engineer to join a heavy, high-volume production site in Bilston near Wolverhampton. My client is well established within its field and produces some big brand products for the likes of Screwfix, B&Q and Wickes. In this role you will be in charge of all planned and preventive maintenance on site. 

This position would be ideal for someone with plant maintenance skills and a good knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics. You will be working a day’s only shift pattern (see below), and you will be paid a lifestyle bonus of £47 for every weekend day worked (excluding overtime). This will take your salary to around £51,074. 

Maintenance Engineer Benefits:

  • £48,626.401 (£51,074 incl. lifestyle bonus).  
  • OT at premium rates (x1.5). 
  • £47 lifestyle payment (paid every rostered weekend day). 
  • 5% matched pension. 
  • Good training and progression routes. 
  • 29.5 days holiday. 
  • Days only. 


Maintenance Engineer Duties include:

  • Days only (Week 1 – Tuesday to Friday  8hrs per day / Week 2 – Wednesday to Friday 8hrs per day & Saturday & Sunday 12  hrs per day). 
  • Make improvements to production. 
  • Preventive maintenance checks. 
  • To maintain manufacturing machinery. 
  • Ensure all data recording is completed accurately. 
  • Installation work. 


Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

  • Recognised Engineering Qualifications. 
  • Hydraulics and Pneumatics is essential. 
  • Welding and fabrication. 
  • Ability to use lathes, millers, grinders. 
  • Controls knowledge advantageous (Siemens S7). 
  • Heavy engineering background. 
  • Strong fault-finding abilities. 

Please apply find out more about this fantastic role. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury. Cannock, Stourbridge, and surrounding areas. 

 

We are seeking to recruit a number of Multi-skilled Maintenance contractors to support our plant with a key project.  

You will be required to undertake both planned and reactive maintenance tasks to our wide range of production machinery that will require you to hold good multi skilled abilities.

Linked to your multi skilled abilities you must also hold some exposure to supporting Plc controls and robotic applications and ideally have undertaken three phase installation work. 

Ideally you will be apprentice trained but must hold formal qualifications electrically to a City & Guilds or NVQ standard, having gained your maintenance experience within a fast moving manufacturing or production environment. 

In return for your skills and experience we offer a negotiable hourly rate and ongoing work for up to six months. 
 
*Please note that as this project falls inside IR35, we will have to pay you via a FCSA accredited Umbrella. 

Commutable from Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, Kings Norton, Rowley Regis, Walsall & Wolverhampton.

 

Probe Technical are looking to recruit a temporary 12-week contract for a Panel Wirer to be based at a business in Worcester. They are a lovely small firm which are extremely busy and due to annual leave need some cover. You will be responsible for ensuring the precise installation of electrical wiring and associated materials to schematic and engineering drawings. 

The package details for the role of Panel Wirer include the below and further at interview:

  • Hourly rate of £17 p/h 
  • Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm 
  • Standard Pension 
  • 20 + Bank Holidays 
  • There is overtime on offer but paid at the normal rate 
  • Minimum 12 week contract

You must have a minimum 3-year previous experience building & wiring panels. Good numeracy and literacy skills. BS7671 18th edition desirable.

Other key duties and experience for the Panel Wirer role involve:  

  • Perform panel layout, assemble components into panel.
  • Wiring panels.
  • Read, interpret and work from schematic / engineering drawings / instructions from engineers
  • Site based installations and Panel modifications
  • Undertaking all relevant tasks along with general housekeeping duties.
  • Occasional site visits for trouble shooting, repairs or installation.
  • Machine wiring experience advantageous

The Panel Wirer role is commutable from Worcester, Kidderminster, Tewkesbury and Evesham

 

Probe Technical are looking to recruit a full time and permanent Tool Room Engineer to join a busy fast paced manufacturing environment that supply to a range of industry sectors such as garden, home, catering, aerospace and automotive. You will be ensuring optimum performance and safe operation of all Mould tools to assist in the efficient running of the plant whilst maintaining good housekeeping. 

The package details for the role of Tool Room Engineer include the below and further at interview:

  • Salary £35,000 rising to £38,000 after probation 
  • Monday – Friday 8am – 4.30pm 
  • Company pension matched up to 8%
  • 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays 
  • Health care plan 
  • Excellent discount on company products 

You must hold a time served apprenticeship in toolmaking, machining or engineering. Knowledge of injection moulding process is beneficial and being able to read technical drawings. 

Other key duties and experience for the Tool Room Engineer role involve:  

  • Carries out breakdown maintenance on all mould tools, jigs, fixtures etc.
  • Carries out preventative maintenance on all mould tools, jigs, fixtures etc.
  • Carries out projects associated with tools, tooling and/or manufacturing equipment as requested by the Tool Room Manager.
  • Provides shift cover in the Tool Room when required.
  • Attends college/training courses where applicable.
  • Ensures conformance to the Company Quality System procedures as documented.

The Tool Room Engineer role is commutable from Oxford, Banbury, Daventry, Southam and Buckingham 

 

New exciting opportunity to join a global Manufacturing organisation based in Greater Manchester Area.  This is an exceptional opportunity for a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join an already established maintenance team. 

The Maintenance Engineers position is commutable from the following locations: Warrington / Skelmersdale / Bolton / Wigan 

Shift the maintenance engineer will be required to work Shift Pattern 4 on 4 off - 2 x 12 hr days & 2 x 12hr nights, 5 * 18-day breaks fixed

Benefits the Maintenance Engineer will receive: 

  • Salary: £51.000- £54,000 DOE 
  • Great training and progression opportunities 
  • Company Pension Contribution 7%
  • Life Assurance 
  • Healthcare 
  • Secured onsite Parking 
  • Plenty of overtime 

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

  • Maintain and install all mechanical plant & machinery in line with company requirements.
  • React quickly, diagnose & repair any mechanical related problems on the plant or equipment.
  • Carry out our planned preventative maintenance schedule on the full range of equipment within the site .
  • Ensure that all plant and machinery is kept in a good, safe working & clean condition.
  • Complete all relevant paperwork associated with the task being performed in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Carry out daily inspections as requested related to safety, air, steam and water leaks and complete repairs as necessary.
  • Report any problems regarding equipment and machinery immediately to the Engineering Team Leader.
  • Ensure that you are aware of the Company Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures and that you always adhere to them.
  • Complete Maintenance work orders, use of a CMMS system, Agility or similar
  • Experience with pneumatic & hydraulic equipment & systems
  • Knowledge of high-pressure steam boilers and systems
  • Welding skills such as MMA, TIG, MIG
  • General workshop skills, tools, lathe, milling etc.
  • Able to read schematic drawings
  • Some multi skilling would be advantageous
  • Ideally you will be Apprentice trained holding a HNC / City & guilds Level 3 in Mechanical engineering. 
 

This is an exceptional opportunity for a qualified Maintenance Electrician to join a leading organisation based in the Manchester joining an already established maintenance team on Plant 

This is an opportunity to join a leading manufacturing organisation a company who continue to invest and develop, you will be joining an established organisation who have sites throughout the UK + Overseas. This is an opportunity for a driven Engineer who is keen on development and progression, 

The Maintenance Electrician role is commutable from the following locations: Manchester / Stockport / Stretford / Stalybridge / Denton 

Benefits the Maintenance Electrician will receive:

  • Salary: £50.200 – Paid Weekly   
  • Benefits: Sick-Pay, Pension, Childcare vouchers, Generous holiday, Gift Vouchers, plenty of overtime, + More
  • Shift the Maintenance Electrician will be required to work: Working a ON-OFF systems. 5on – 1off -5on -1off - 5on -4 off /// Shift pattern runs from Sunday to Saturday. 

The ideal Maintenance Electrician will have

  • Previous experience within a Heavy Manufacturing Environment 
  • Proven experience within a Similar Maintenance electrician role 
  • Strong fault-finding abilities on PLC’s – ideally Siemens. 
  • Additional requirements: Conveyor Systems, Lifting equipment, Motors and Drives, Control systems. Single and 3 Phase systems, Inverters, SCADA Systems. 
  • Holding High standards of fault-finding abilities 
  • Carry out essential maintenance on all aspects of the production lines
  • Work through a programme of PPM and helping develop the agility maintenance system
  • Improve factory OEE through development and innovation of the production facility

Qualification the Maintenance Electrician will hold: 

  • Electrical Apprenticeship
  • BTEC ONC & BTEC HNC Electrical Engineering.
 

Due to significant investments my client is looking for an Engineering Stores Manager to take complete control of the engineering stores area. You will be responsible for the sites new CMMS and collaborate with the new planned maintenance team. 

My client is a British leading manufacturing company based in Shropshire. Great company and culture and growing year on year. 

Stores Manager Role Benefits:

  • Salary £40,000 
  • 25 days holiday + BH 
  • 6% pension. 
  • Training and progression opportunities.  
  • Life assurance. 


Stores Manager Duties Include:

  • Days based role (07:00-16:00).
  • Tracking and reporting stores performance. 
  • Complete regular cycle counts. 
  • Inventory management and critical analysis. 
  • Continuous improvement collaboration. 
  • Monitor and improve min/max order point. 
  • Develop and enhance CMMS. 
  • Ownership of stores KPI’s. 


Stores Manager Requirements include: 

  • Previous experience in engineering stores. 
  • Continuous improvement experience. 
  • CMMS or MRP experience. 
  • Strong IT and excel skills. 
  • FMCG experience advantageous. 


Please apply find out more about this role. 

This Stores Manager position is commutable from: Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth, Telford, Newport, Shifnal, Stafford, Cannock, Shrewsbury and surrounding areas.