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A massive opportunity for a maintenance engineer to join a global company based in Kidderminster. With an annual turnover of £3.5 billion my client is the world market leader in its sector. They have over 200 plants worldwide in over 30 different countries, including 16 in the UK. 

My client is looking for a maintenance engineer to join their 4 on / 4 off continental shift at one of their biggest UK sites. Loaded with benefits and a great salary package, if this job sounds appealing to you, please read on. 


Maintenance Engineer Benefits:

  • £46,800 (Rising to £52,000+).  
  • Premium OT. 
  • Company pension. 
  • Share scheme. 
  • Health and wellbeing. 
  • Life assurance. 
  • Training and progression. 

Maintenance Engineer Duties: 

  • Continentals (4 on / 4 off). 
  • Carrying out essential maintenance to plant and equipment. 
  • Attend breakdowns. 
  • Keeping CMMs up to date. 
  • Keeping downtime to a minimum. 
  • Involved with project work. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements: 

  • NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in an engineering discipline. 
  • Hydraulic and Pneumatic experience. 
  • Mig and Arc welding. 
  • Fabrication experience. 
  • Experienced maintenance in a manufacturing environment.
  • Heavy engineering experience (advantageous). 


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

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Dudley, Worcester, Bromsgrove, Wolverhampton, and surrounding areas. 
 

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

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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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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 and due to a promotion in the team we are seeking an experienced maintenance technician to join us. 

Benefits for the successful Maintenance Technician: 

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

  • Starting Salary of £48,000 
  • Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
  • Company Funded Pension & Life Assurance
  • Company Funded Sick Pay
  • Paid Holiday 
  • Onsite Parking 
  • Genuine Company Funded Training
  • Working within a Stable Non-Automotive Manufacturing environment, supporting a wide variety of plant and equipment

Duties of a Maintenance Technician

The role will see you working within a team undertaking both planned and reactive maintenance to plant and equipment and would ideally suit an engineer with experience of supporting plant and equipment within either a manufacturing, process or production environment. 

Requirements of a Maintenance Technician

  • Proven experience in undertaking planned and reactive maintenance to plant and equipment within either a manufacturing, process or production environment.
  • Hold a Multi skilled ability, ideally with some exposure to supporting Plc Controls, CNC or Robot Technology.
  • Be Apprentice trained and hold City & Guilds or NVQ accreditation within either an Electrical or Mechanical discipline. 

The Maintenance Technician role is commutable from Cradley Heath, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Quinton & Bromsgrove.

 

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 
  • 277 hours holiday 
  • Health care cover. 
  • Life assurance. 
  • 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. 
  • Responding to breakdowns. 
  • 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.

 

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

 

Due to expansion, we are seeking to recruit proven Electrical Facilities Engineer, to join our onsite facilities maintenance team. 

Our company has a respected and established presence in the region for many years, producing a well-known product. With a low staff turnover, we pride ourselves on creating a supportive and stable working environment for our employees and we don’t work shifts. 

Benefits: 

  • In return for your skills and experience, we offer:-
  • Annual Salary to £40,000
  • Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
  • Day Working 
  • Generous Annual Bonus 
  • Company Funded Pension
  • Company Funded Healthcare 
  • Company Funded Life Cover 
  • Exceptional Paid Holiday Entitlement 
  • Early Friday Finish 
  • Onsite Parking 
  • Funded Training 

Duties of an Electrical Facilities Engineer 
As a proven Site Services Electrician / Facilities Engineer you will working on our single site as a static engineer, undertaking both planned and reactive maintenance to the sites electrical infrastructure and building services associated to the facility. 

Requirements of an Electrical Facilities Engineer 

  • Have a proven background in undertaking Electrical Installation work (single & three phase) within a manufacturing, process or production environment. 
  • Ideally Have Experience of undertaking statutory maintenance checks on Infrastructure, Fire Suppression Systems and Sub Stations. 
  • Have experience of supporting a wide range of internal lighting and power (Ideally both LV & HV)
  • Qualified Electrically to City & Guilds or NVQ level 3
  • If you have undertaken a recognised Electrical Apprenticeship and / or hold JIB or AM2 accreditation it will be at an advantage. 

The role is commutable from: Birmingham, Coseley, Cradley Heath, Dudley, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Wednesbury & Willenhall. 
 

 

We are a well respected employer within the engineering sector and are seeking to recruit junior maintenance engineer to join day shift team.

If you are currently in an operator role and have some basic maintenance experience and are keen to develop these skills further (with our support) the role will see you progress into a full time maintenance post.

Benefits: 

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

  • Starting Salary of £32,000
  • DAY WORKING 
  • Company Funded Pension
  • Life Assurance 
  • Healthcare 
  • Excellent Holiday Entitlement
  • Product Discount 
  • Early Friday Finish

Duties of a Junior Maintenance Engineer  

As a proven Engineer you will be required to operate our equipment, allied to undertaking both planned and basic reactive maintenance tasks that will require you to hold good multi skilled abilities linked to both hydraulic and pneumatic skills.

Requirements of a Junior Maintenance Engineer 

Ideally you will be apprentice trained and hold formal electrical or mechanical qualifications to a City & Guilds or NVQ standard, having gained your operating and maintenance experience within a fast moving manufacturing or production environment, however we are keen to offer you support to continue to develop your maintenance skills. 

The role is commutable from Aldridge, Brownhills, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hednesford, Lichfield, Shenstone & Tamworth

 

I'm looking for a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer in the Stoke area. We’re working closely to identify an Engineer that is qualified to a minimum level 3 in an engineering 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). 
  • Electrical qualifications would be a bonus. 
  • Apprentice trained. 
  • FMCG experience. 
  • Knowledge around pneumatics. 
  • 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. 

 

Service Engineer (Mechanically Biased) – Blackburn Based 

Are you a skilled Service Engineer – mechanically biased looking for a new challenge? Want to work with a company that values experience, offers variety, and gets you home for a long weekend every week?

We’re on the lookout for an Apprentice-Trained Service Engineer with a strong mechanical bias to join an established team. Based in Blackburn, you’ll travel to key customer sites across Bristol, Scunthorpe, Cumbria, and Leicester, providing top-tier service and support.

Location: Blackburn (with travel to Bristol, Scunthorpe, Cumbria & Leicester)
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 07:30am – 5:00pm (4-day working week!)

Benefits for the Service Engineer

  • Salary: Offer a Salary from £35,000 - £40,000 
  • Overtime Available 
  • Company Van
  • Full-Time, Permanent
  • Pension 
  • 20 + 8 Days Annual Leave 
  • iPad
  • Company Credit Card
  • All Expenses Covered
  • PPE

Experience & Requirements for the Service Engineer.  

  • Apprentice trained and qualified to Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering (essential)
  • Experience in sewage treatment, recycling plants, or heavy engineering environments is highly desirable
  • Comfortable with UK-wide travel (Monday–Thursday)
  • Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills
  • Self-motivated with excellent customer service abilities
  • Servicing, repairing, and maintaining mechanical equipment on customer sites
  • Providing technical support and ensuring machinery runs efficiently and safely
  • Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance
  • Working closely with site teams to ensure high standards are met.
 

We are seeking to recruit a Service Engineer (Mobile Plant Engineer) for one of the largest privately owned Engineering businesses in Europe. This is an exciting opportunity for a Service Engineer to join their manufacturing team based at any of the facilities in the UK. 

You will be responsible for ensuring plant availability and engineering resource is available when required to assist the operational function at any location. You will provide technical advice, assistance and intervention to ensure the safe and efficient operation of all plant assets as well as carrying out machine malfunction rectification work.  

Benefits for the Service Engineer role include:

  • Working 37 hours a week, over a 4-day week! Monday to Thursday: 7.00am to 4.45pm
  • Hourly rate of £19.86 
  • 25 days plus bank holidays
  • Pension is 5% employee and 4 % employer
  • Company van provided 
  • Overtime Available 
  • Support in furthering your career with advanced programmes 

A general level of education together with EITB Certificate of Craftsmanship or equivalent and an IEE 17th/ 18th edition wiring regulations certificate. Must have a mechanical and electrical maintenance background preferably within a manufacturing environment. Duties for the Service Engineer include: 

  • Able to demonstrate practical experience of machine tools, maintaining PLC controlled machinery (Siemens preferred), pneumatics and hydraulics systems, material handling conveyor systems, electrical installation work and planned preventative maintenance systems.
  • Maintain all plant assets and conduct a regular PPM service and carry out machine malfunction correction work to ensure plant and equipment is available to meet the operational demands placed upon it in a safe and efficient manner.
  • Oversee and participate in all large installations and machine removals/re-positioning where required

The role of Service Engineer is commutable from anywhere in the UK as it is a mobile role.

 

A fantastic new opportunity for an electrically-biased Maintenance Engineer to join a leading specialist manufacturer. This is an opportunity to join an established organisation who have 50+ years within the industry. This is an award-winning organisation who hold a very strong track record. 

This is an opportunity for a driven, motivated Engineer who is confident and holds strong electrical abilities, an opportunity to join an already established maintenance team. 

The Maintenance Electrician role is commutable from the following locations:  Rochdale / Bolton / Manchester / Oldham 

Benefits the Maintenance Electrician will receive: 

  • Salary: £48,961    
  • 6% Pension scheme 
  • Life Assurance 
  • 33days holiday
  • Medical Care 
  • Healthcare
  • Overtime 

Shift in place: Days – Monday to Friday. 7:30am till 4pm – Early finish on a Friday. 

Call out system in place – you will be required to work a 1in5 call out system. 

Duties and requirements the Maintenance electrician will hold and be responsible for: 

  • Previous experience within a similar role is essential to this role. 
  • Strong fault-finding abilities. 
  • Prove experience within a manufacturing environment. 
  • Proven experience with: AC & DC Drives, Installation experience, Wire testing, Panel Building, Instrumentation. 
  • Experienced with Siemens PLC’s – strong fault-finding abilities – Programming would be at an advantage.  
  • Planned preventive maintenance. 
  • Carry out routine servicing and inspection on all production machinery. 
  • Carry out essential testing of equipment and systems. 
  • Ideally holding experience with ATEX equipment. 
  • Ideally, we are looking for a 70/30 split as there will be some mechanical requirements. 
  • We are looking for an Apprentice trained maintenance electrician. 
  • Holding a Formal qualification in Electrical engineering – City & Guilds Level 3 or NVQ Level 3 
  • 17th / 18th IEE Wiring regulations. 
  • City & Guilds 2391 Testing 
  • UK Driving licence required / Travel to alternative sites required – all site located in within 5Miles of one another. 
  • Must be happy to work the required call out system. Working 1in5 calls – this is split between engineers. 
 

We are seeking to recruit a proven Maintenance Engineer (Shift Engineer) to join a busy fast paced manufacturing plant that supply globally. You will be based on site working a 3-shift system and there will be an induction phase of up to 2 months where you will be working morning and afternoons rotation until familiar with the site. The goal is to continue the shift from a reactive approach (fixing problems as they occur) to a proactive one (preventing problems before they happen). This not only improves efficiency but also helps achieve business targets.

Benefits for the Maintenance Engineer role include:

  • £37,846 (plus a shift premium equating to £8,704.54 per annum) £46,550 
  • 3 Shift rotation 
  • 34 days holiday inc statutory bank holidays
  • 7% contribution match stakeholder pension scheme
  • Medicash cash plan, eligibility to join the private healthcare scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Workwear provided
  • Bonus

You must be time served with a mechanical maintenance Apprenticeship (minimum NVQ level 3 or equivalent). Practical working experience in Manufacturing/Industrial Environments. Some duties for the Maintenance Engineer may include:

  • Welding & Fabrication – MIG, TIG, and arc welding; metal fabrication and repairs.
  • Machine Shop Skills – Lathe operation, milling, grinding, drilling, and general machining.
  • Hydraulics – Fault-finding, maintenance, and repair of hydraulic systems, pumps, valves, and actuators.
  • Pneumatics – Installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of pneumatic circuits, compressors, and control valves.
  • Mechanical Fitting & Assembly – Bearings, gearboxes, conveyors, motors, chains, and belts.
  • Planned & Reactive Maintenance – Conducting routine servicing and emergency repairs to minimise downtime.

The role of Maintenance Engineer is commutable from Derby, Nottingham, Mansfield, and Chesterfield.