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MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Job Description

Maintenance Technician – No Night Shifts & Low Staff Turnover, Working within a Well Established Maintenance Team. 

Are you a skilled Maintenance Technician looking for an exciting opportunity to work with cutting edge technology, within a stable environment.


Company Overview: We are a globally recognised manufacturing organisation with a key site in the West Midlands. Our commitment to excellence, innovation and employee satisfaction has made us a leader our industry sector. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment, resulting in an impressively low staff turnover.


Benefits: 

In return for your skills and expertise, we offer:

  • Competitive Base Salary of £36,000 
  • Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
  • No Night Shift Working & an Early Friday Finish
  • Above Average Company Funded Pension Scheme
  • Above Average Paid Holiday Entitlement
  • Company Funded Healthcare
  • Company Funded Life Assurance
  • On Site Free Car Parking 


Duties of an Maintenance Technician 

  • As a Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficient and reliable operation of our state-of-the-art equipment and machinery. Your responsibilities will include:
  • Conducting scheduled maintenance and inspections to ensure optimal equipment performance.
  • Diagnosing and resolving mechanical and electrical issues in a timely manner.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve production processes and maximize efficiency.
  • Supporting PLC controls and/or Robot applications, ensuring seamless integration and functionality.
  • Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production and equipment reliability.


Requirements of a Maintenance Technician

  • To be successful in this role, you should possess the following qualifications and experience:
  • Ideally be Apprentice trained and qualified in either Electrical or Mechanical disciplines, with City & Guilds or NVQ certification.
  • Proven multi skilled ability.
  • Ideally have exposure to supporting Plc controls and/or Robot applications.
  • Previous experience of supporting plant and equipment within either a manufacturing or production environment will be essential 


The Maintenance Technician role is commutable from Bilston, Walsall, Wednesbury, Willenhall & Wolverhampton  

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

Our aim is to help you secure the best possible future for yourself & this is a totally FREE service to all our Candidates.

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

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The Company

Operating from a new factory, this UK leading business has an outstanding reputation for quality, reliability and workmanship.

They offer a full design service, project management and product development facilities. While still focusing on the Retail market, they now offer design expertise, prototyping and manufacturing for the hospitality, healthcare, corporate, sport, leisure and education sectors.


CAD Designer (Shopfitting) Salary, Hours and Benefits

  • £35,000 - £45,000
  • 39 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 7:30am – 4:00pm
  • Hybrid working – two days per week from the office
  • Modern manufacturing facility
  • Onsite parking


This role is commutable from the following areas: Oldbury, Dudley, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Stourbridge


CAD Designer (Shopfitting) Role Overview

Due to the growth of the company, the business is seeking an enthusiastic person to join their Design department. The role will be to specialise in the design of retail equipment within Interior Shop Fit Outs. Knowledge of CAD Design, Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks and having a background within retail shopfitting would be hugely advantageous. 

The ideal candidate will be able to work as part of a team and follow instructions but also act on your own accord, whilst working to tight deadlines and schedules. The role will be to create full production drawing packs, create cutting list and requisition sheets whilst supporting the rest of the team, ensuring all projects are delivered on schedule and on budget.


CAD Designer (Shopfitting) Candidate Requirements

  • Highly proficient in Solidworks packages or Autodesk Inventor
  • Experience in the design and manufacture of retail equipment / retail interiors (this experience would be a big advantage)
  • An Engineering / Design degree would be useful, but is not essential
  • Knowledge of different timbers, materials and joinery
  • Good working knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes
  • Excellent engineering problem solving
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite – beneficial
  • Full UK driving licence


CAD Designer (Shopfitting) Key Responsibilities

CAD design and development of retail equipment
Create full production drawing packs
Create cutting lists and requisition sheets


CAD Designer (Shopfitting) Soft Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • High attention to detail
  • Able to work under pressure and tight deadlines
  • Enthusiastic
  • Team Player
 

TOOLMAKER

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a TOOLMAKER

This is an exciting Organisation to be part of, you would be joining a prestigious, state of the Art manufacturing organisation. Specialising in either high quality off the shelf modules, to individual new developments. We are very much at the forefront of brand -new technology.

We have been providing pioneering technologies and products to our customers worldwide for a number of years now, out teams are accomplished teams of experts, highly specialised in the development, industrialisation and production.

Commutable from Birmingham, Halesowen, Smethwick, West Bromwich, Rowley Regis, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Willenhall, Handsworth, Sutton Coldfield, Cradley Heath, Bartley Green and Walsall

KEY BENEFITS

  • Salary: £36,000
  • Free parking on site
  • DAY position
  • Overtime Paid
  • Early Friday finish
  • Large, stable well -established business
  • Super long- term prospects
  • Friendly supportive team

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Full use of Toolroom equipment
  • Produce new tooling
  • Working from engineering drawings
  • Refurb and maintenance of existing tooling
  • Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve tooling issues
  • Working with a large team of Engineer and production teams to meet deadlines

REQUIREMENTS

  • Ideally Apprentice trained or equivalent
  • Proven Toolmaking experience
  • Proficient use of standard toolroom equipment
  • Strong problem solving abilities
  • The ability to read engineering drawings
  • Happy to work days

Let’s craft the future, together!  Send your CV ASAP to be considered

Only relevant Toolmaking experience will be considered, and you musty have the Right to Work in the UK.

 

Company

This is a fantastic opportunity with a global company that continues to grow, both in size and revenue. They consider themselves to be agile and highly innovative, embracing the technology associated within the industry. The business has a strong family culture which provides a positive working environment where employees feel valued and trusted.


Manufacturing Engineering Manager Salary and Benefits

  • Up to £50,000 - £55,000 (negotiable dependant on experience)
  • Excellent company pension
  • 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
  • Company bonus
  • Dental and health benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Annual group shares

Commutable From: Birmingham, Walsall, Dudley, Kidderminster, Wolverhampton, Telford


Role Purpose

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager will be responsible for overseeing the Manufacturing Engineering Team activities and developing capabilities to meet the needs of the business. 

Reporting to the Head of Manufacturing, this role will play a key role in establishing a global network of efficient and high-quality manufacturing facilities that can leverage the advantages of being close to the market. 

You will be an excellent communicator who is driven and committed to quality and continuous improvement, very much production minded.


Manufacturing Engineering Manager Candidate Requirements

  • The Manufacturing Engineering Manager will ideally have a demonstrable background from an Automation environment.
  • A proven background in driving improvements on the shopfloor.
  • Natural leader and change manager.
  • 5+ years experience leading a Manufacturing Engineering / Operations Excellence team.
  • Intimate knowledge and experience with implementing lean methodology, ideally formal lean training e.g. Lean six Sigma.
  • Must be an excellent collaborator working closely with your peer group, along with being an excellent communicator, capable of engaging with individuals one-on-one, communicating in a clear and concise manner and share information/new ideas with team members.
  • Ability to - dive deep into processes and drive results; to take on any task thrown your way, with hunger to continuously learn and develop; to meet tight deadlines and balance multiple, competing priorities.
  • Expert in use and set up of Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
  • Comfortable working in a high-pressure environment, in an agile and dynamic way to tackle unexpected & emerging issues.


Manufacturing Engineering Manager Key Responsibilities

  • Analyse current working methods implementing key KPI’s and implement improvements to improve the efficiency and quality of company processes.
  • Lead and support improvement projects, through effective change management. From minor changes through to Capex justification and commissioning of transformational changes.
  • To instil a continuous improvement mindset, appropriately train team members on key tools and techniques to drive CI.
  • Work closely with the manufacturing leaders to coach appropriate problem-solving tools and preventative actions.
  • Review current processes and ways of working to identify areas of improvement, gathering feedback and data from all internal stakeholders.
  • Work cross functionally to develop the site layout plans, value streams layout, organisation and standardisation plans to support our growth ambitions.
  • Support the reduction in overall manufacturing costs through best practice standardisation and operational development.
  • Provide mentoring and leadership to your team members.
  • Develop close relationships with other key internal functional areas.