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As specialists in the field, our client has progressed to become a market leader in high precision engineering throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide. This is a superb opportunity for a Calibration Engineer to join the team on a double day shift. The successful candidate will manage the calibration of all inspection equipment and the control of the issuance and receipts of all gauges.

Benefits for the role of Calibration Engineer: 

• Salary depending on experience £31,000. 
• Double day shift 0600-1400 Monday – Thursday and 0600-1230 Friday. Then the Afternoons are 1400-2400 Monday- Wednesday and 1400-2230 Thursday with Fridays off on the Afternoons week. 
• 34 Days Holiday 
• Company Pension 
• Bonus

Key Duties for the Calibration Engineer: 

• To embrace all the Company’s core values.
• To have ownership and full accountability for all calibration.
• Have a good knowledge of all inspection processes.
• Have a good understanding of all inspection capabilities.
• To ensure all inspection equipment are fully up to date to comply with ISO 9001:2015.
• To work with the purchasing department to ensure all externally calibrated items are delt with quickly, efficiently and within the financial budget.
• To raise and propose the purchase of new replacement inspection equipment when the current items are not fit for purpose.

Requirements of the Calibration Engineer: 

To excel in this role, you must meet the following criteria: 

• Minimum Engineering Apprentice trained NVQ3 
• Proficiency in using calibration equipment and understanding measurement standards is crucial.
• Experience in calibration labs, testing, or related sectors is highly valuable.
• Proficiency in using calibration equipment and understanding measurement standards is crucial.
• Knowledge of relevant industry standards ISO9001.
• Experience with calibration development tools and software is beneficial.

This role is commutable from Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and Tamworth.

This will be an opportunity for a qualified Maintenance Electrician to join an established Manufacturing / Textiles organisation with a proven record of providing quality products. Offering stability and a supportive work environment, you will be joining an established team on site who can support your transition into the organisation.

Shift requirements for the Maintenance Electrician: 

Days – Monday to Thursday 8am till 16.45pm / Friday 7am till 15:00pm 

Benefits:

The company have recently brought in a flexible working scheme, they offer the following: 5 Medical days to attend appoints – Doctors / Hospital, they also offer a Holiday Purchase scheme giving you the opportunity to purchase and additional 5days per year – this will be on top of the 26+8days. On top of this they also give all employees a day off on their Birthday. 

Additional Benefits the Maintenance Electrician will receive: 

• Life Insurance
• Company Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym Membership
• Healthcare
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounts for retailors
• Shutdown over Christmas. 

Ideally the Maintenance Electrician will hold the following experience: 

• Experience in an engineering maintenance or service role is essential. 
• Holding fault finding abilities with Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC’s 
• Excellent fault -finding skills are crucial, especially; motor drives, temperature controllers, able to fault find on PLC and other control systems.
• Competent in mechanical repairs
• 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 Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Extensive Electrical knowledge 18th Edition 
• Full valid UK Driving Licence
• Flexible – as you may be required to travel to alternative sites on occasions within the Cheshire Area, Expenses Covered. 

The Maintenance electrician role is commutable from the following locations: Stockport / Stoke-On-Trent / Macclesfield 

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.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an apprentice-trained Maintenance Electrician, an opportunity to join a global manufacturing organisation based in the North West, not only an opportunity to join a leading organisation but to also join an already established friendly maintenance team. 

Are you looking to join a company who continues to invest and are continuing to grow, then this may be the right move for you. 
 
The Maintenance Electrician position is commutable from the following locations: Rochdale / Oldham / Wigan / Blackburn / Bury 

The Maintenance Electrician will be required to work the following shift:  Days: 07:30am till 3:30pm    

Benefits the Maintenance Electrician will receive: 

• Salary: £45,000  
• 33days holiday 
• Health care 
• 8% Pension 
• Onsite parking 

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

• Strong fault- finding abilities with Allen Bradley & Siemens S7 PLC’s 
• Experience with: Motors and Drives / Inverters / Single and 3 Phase systems. 
• Confident with both Hydraulics & Pneumatics / Bearings / Fluid systems / Steam systems / Press Machinery / Conveyor systems  
• Experienced with Motor testing. 
• We are ideally looking for the individual to hold a 60/40 Split – electrically biased. 
• Welding and machining experience would be at an advantage. 
• Previous experience within a Textiles / Manufacturing environment. 
• We are looking for an Apprentice trained engineer. 
• Holding a ONC / City & Guilds Level 3 in electrical engineering 
• Also holding their 18th IEE Wiring regulations. 
• Flexibility is key as there will also be a call out Rota in place – rotating Weekly. 

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.