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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

About Us: 

We are a well-respected employer, a multi-national operation working with some of the world's leading brands. 

Our company takes pride in providing cutting-edge solutions and services to our clients. 

We have a stable maintenance team with a low turnover, and we are seeking a proven Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician to join us. Our maintenance team supports some of the most advanced automated manufacturing equipment on the market, ensuring the smooth operation of our modern, clean automated manufacturing environment.

Benefits: 

We value our employees and offer the following benefits in return for your Maintenance skills and experience:

• A Starting Salary of £49,000 (dependant on your chosen working hours)
• Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
• Company Funded Pension
• Above Average Paid Holiday 
• Company Sick Pay 
• Early Friday Finish
• Various working options, including the option to NOT work any night shifts.
• Opportunity to work within a modern, clean automated manufacturing environment.

Duties of an Maintenance Technician 

As a proven Maintenance Technician you will be required to undertake both electrical and mechanical planned and reactive maintenance across our plant, which will require you to have experience of supporting plant and equipment within either an engineering, manufacturing or a production plant environment.

Requirements of a Maintenance Technician

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

You must Apprentice trained be qualified to either a City & Guilds or NVQ standard Electrically allied to having previous experience of supporting plant and equipment (including Plc Controls) within an engineering, manufacturing or a production plant environment.

If you are a skilled Maintenance Technician with a passion for automation and a desire to work with leading brands in a stable and supportive environment, we encourage you to apply. Join our team and be a part of our commitment to excellence in manufacturing. 

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. 

Ideally you will be apprentice trained but must hold formal qualifications electrically or mechanically to a City & Guilds or NVQ standard, having gained your maintenance experience within a fast moving manufacturing or production environment. 
 
 *Please note that as this project falls inside IR35, we will have to pay you via a FCSA accredited Umbrella.