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We are a well-established and highly regarded 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 Multi Skilled 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 DAYS based maintenance team, known for its longevity and grow professionally in a dynamic and rewarding role.

Benefits: 

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

• Competitive Salary: c£43,000
• Company Funded Pension
• Bespoke Day Working 
• Free Onsite Parking 
• Exposure to a Technically Diverse Environment
• Opportunities for Career Advancement & Plant Training 
• Working within a Stable Engineering Sector, Far Away from the Highs and Lows of the Automotive Sector. 

Duties of a Maintenance Technician:

Working within a small but effective team you will be required to undertake both planned and reactive maintenance to our wide range of production plant & equipment. 

Requirements of a Maintenance Technician:

• As a maintenance technician you must hold formal electrical or mechanical qualifications to either a City & Guilds or NVQ standard, allied ideally having undertaken an apprenticeship. 
• In addition you must also have experience of undertaking planned and reactive maintenance to plant and equipment within high volume automated production or manufacturing environment, where you have ideally gained exposure to supporting Plc controls and Robots (however this is not essential). 

This is a great opportunity to move your career into a bespoke day working role, where you will be secure in the knowledge that you will be in a stable working environment and classified as a Key Worker. 

This Role is Commutable From: Bilston, Walsall, Wednesbury & Tipton 

I am looking to recruit a Maintenance Electrician on an early and lates shift (double days). 

This is an outstanding opportunity to join the UK subsidiary of a large multi-national company. This is a great role for someone who is hands-on, technical, and operational.

As part of a top manufacturing group, as a Maintenance Electrician you will be required to maintain plant and machinery to a high standard through PPM and proactively schedule maintenance works to maximise service levels.

The package details for the role of Maintenance Electrician include:

• A salary banding that’s negotiable up to £45,000 depending on experience.
• Company Pension which is a salary sacrifice
• Holidays starting at 23 and increasing to 28 with service. 

As a Maintenance Electrician this will be a high-pressured environment so the ability to be able to work well under pressure is a pre-requisite of the position, in addition the ideal candidate will be: 

• PC Literate, good knowledge of Excel / Word / PowerPoint
• General Maintenance Apprenticeship
• Have knowledge to read engineering drawings.
• 17th Edition is desirable.
• Experience of Mitsubishi & Alan Bradley PLC’s
• Some basic Welding skills (Arc / Mig) would be beneficial 

The Maintenance Electrician role is commutable from Derby, Nottingham, and Leicester.

A massive opportunity for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a global company based in Broomfleet. 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:

• £48,000
• Company Pension. 
• Holiday Trading. 
• Life Assurance.
• SIP (Share Scheme).  
• Private Medical / Dental Options. 
• Tech Scheme. 
• Cycle to Work Scheme. 
• Premium Overtime. 

Duties of the Maintenance Engineer include:

• 4 on / 4 off Continental Shift.  (2days/2nights) 
• Install and/or maintain plant machinery. 
• Operate a preventative electrical maintenance system. 
• Fault finding and repairing any electrical or electro-mechanical related problems. 
• Ensure that all plant and machinery is kept in a good working and clean condition.
• Program all Siemens & other PLC equipment. (Desirable) 
• Assist with the installation of new plant equipment. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

• Electrical apprentice trained.
• HNC or equivalent in electrical engineering. 
• 17th / 18th edition qualified.  
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment; Ideally heavy manufacturing. 
• Siemens S7 knowledge. 
• Excellent fault-finding abilities. 
• Pneumatics. 

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

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Broomfleet, Newport, Elloughton, Goole, North Cave, and surrounding areas.

A massive opportunity for an electrically bias 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:

• Salary £46,800 – rising with service. 
• Premium OT and shift cover. 
• Company pension.
• Holiday trading. 
• Life assurance.
• SIP (Share Scheme).  
• Private Medical / Dental Options. 
• Tech Scheme. 
• Cycle to Work Scheme. 
• Perkpal – discounts / cashback from various retailers.

Maintenance Engineer Duties: 

• 4 on / 4 off Continental Shift.  
• Install and/or maintain plant machinery. 
• Operate a preventative electrical maintenance system. 
• Fault finding and repairing any electrical or electro-mechanical related problems. 
• Ensure that all plant and machinery is kept in a good working and clean condition.
• Program all Siemens & other PLC equipment. (Desirable) 
• Assist with the installation of new plant equipment. 

Maintenance Engineer Requirements: 

• Electrical apprentice trained.
• HNC or equivalent in electrical engineering. 
• 17th / 18th edition qualified.  
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment; Ideally heavy manufacturing. 
• Siemens S7 knowledge. 
• Excellent fault-finding abilities. 
• Pneumatics. 

This is a huge opportunity for an Electrical 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.

I have an amazing opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join an expanding team. My client is committed to the most advanced technologies and process methods in their industry. Working for many industries such as automotive, aerospace and rail.   

My client is looking for a Maintenance Engineer who will be responsible for contributing to innovative and transformational ideas. The role will play an integral part to the technical team, carrying out electrical and mechanical work on new and existing machinery. This role will progress into a supervisory role, and you will help grow the maintenance team. 

Maintenance Engineer Role Benefits:

• Salary £38,000
• Time off in lieu. 
• 33 days holiday (rising with service).  
• Life assurance scheme, paying 4x base salary. 
• Private health insurance 
• Employer Contribution Pension Scheme 6%. 
• Sick pay.
• Uniform and vending key. 
• Autonomy in role.

Duties of Maintenance Engineer include:

• Days. (08:00-16:30). 
• Help grow the maintenance team. 
• Supervise a team of engineers. 
• Development of detailed plans to turn ideas into products, new processes, or new equipment. 
• Modification, retrofit and commissioning of equipment and trials of new processes. 
• To detect and repair electrical faults and modify where required. 
• Have a good understanding of Siemens and/or Allan Bradley PLC’s. 
• Proficient with pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical motors. 
• Installations and commissioning. 
• Materials processing on R&D equipment (Training will be provided). 

As a Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

• Recognised engineering qualification. 
• 18th edition. 
• Proven knowledge of industrial process equipment.
• Able to work at heights.
• Previous experience in a similar role within the textile or composite industry would be advantageous but not essential.
• Have at least 2 years proven experience of working in a maintenance role within an industrial/manufacturing environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Confident self-starter who can work on own initiative but also a team player within a small department.
• Good knowledge of health and safety procedures.

A great opportunity to join a fantastic company with loads of benefits. If you like the look of this role please apply to find out more details. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from:  Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, West Bromwich, Birmingham, and surrounding areas. 

We are a specialist automation organisation with an established presence across the globe, who are seeking to recruit a Controls Engineer to support our Central UK operations.

Benefits of a Controls Engineer:

• Negotiable Base Salary of c£55,000
• Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
• Above Average Holiday Entitlement
• Enhanced Company Pension
• Company Funded Travel
• Working From Home Option

Duties of a Controls Engineer:

Working with our key clients, you will be required to support in the writing of software, installation, commissioning and subsequent service support to our unique automation applications that are used within a wide range of industrial environments. 

The role will require you to work from home, allied to working on sites across the UK and may also be asked to spend time overseas. 

Requirements of a Controls Engineer:

You will ideally have:-

• Proven Plc skills (to a programming level) 
• Proven exposure of supporting the integration of Scada applications within industrial environments. 
• Experienced to a programming level with either Siemens S7 or TIA Portal Plc