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I have a great opportunity for a junior maintenance team to join a well-established firm in Wolverhampton, my client is one of a kind in the UK and are growing rapidly! They cover many sectors including aerospace, automotive, rail and more. 

My client is looking for a junior maintenance engineer who will shadow more senior engineers on the team and learn all aspects of maintenance, mechanical and electrical to become an integral part of the team. For this position you don’t have to have maintenance experience but will come from an engineering background with some hands-on experience. 

Junior Maintenance Engineer Role Benefits:

• Salary £29,000 - £34,000 (DOE). 
• Premium OT. 
• 28 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. 
• Chance to learn new skills such as PLC’s. 
• Chance to gain certification and training. 

Duties of Junior Maintenance Engineer include:

• Days. (08:00-16:30). 
• To shadow senior maintenance engineers and assist with planned and reactive maintenance. 
• Implement new ideas. 
• Attend training courses. 
• To encourage health and safety on site. 
• Help grow the maintenance department. 
• Assist with maintenance logs. 
• Equipment testing. 

As a Junior Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

• Recognised engineering qualification. 
• Maintenance background (advantageous). 
• Hands-on engineering experience. 
• Ability to think on your feet. 
• Work well as a team. 
• Willingness to learn. 

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 Junior Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from:  Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, West Bromwich, Birmingham, 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 Northwest Area, 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 make investment 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. 
   

Probe Technical are looking to recruit a full time and permanent Maintenance Electrician to oversee Maintenance across a busy FMCG business covering two of the sites in the UK. They are one of the largest of their kind in the UK and have been operating for almost 45+ years. 

The main purpose of the Maintenance Electrician role is to conduct planned, unplanned, and emergency maintenance across both sites, including all machinery and equipment within. There will also be a large degree of preventative maintenance expected.

The package details for the role of Maintenance Electrician includes:

• Salary £45,000   
• Monday – Friday role hours 08.00 until 16.30 with a 30-minute lunch
• Company Pension 
• Holidays – 20 days plus bank holiday. Bank holidays can be a normal working day, with a day back in lieu
• Death in Service 
• Staff shop discount 
• Onsite Parking  

To make a successful Maintenance Electrician you must hold an Electrical bias and be a time served Engineer with appropriate experience in food manufacturing or FMCG. Some main duties would be:

• To follow, implement, and undertake appointed tasks, including project work, installation, plant adjustments, general improvements and ongoing day-to-day maintenance.
• You will also have responsibility for the completion of the current site Planned Preventative Maintenance system (PPM), ensuring the system is kept up to date, once scheduled maintenance is complete on equipment.
• Site facility work including fire alarms and lighting. 
• Contractor control within the sites

The Maintenance Electrician role is commutable from Sheffield, Chesterfield, Rotherham and Worksop.

Maintenance Electrician, Stable Company & No Night Shifts, What’s Not to Like…

We are a reputable and well established engineering company with a proven track record of delivering high quality products into a very stable industry sector. With low staff turnover, we provide a secure and supportive workplace for our employees.

As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you will have the chance to work in a technically varied environment, gaining experience with a wide range of plant and equipment. 

Join our DAY SHIFT maintenance team, known for its long standing expertise and take the opportunity to grow professionally in a dynamic and fulfilling role.

Benefits: 

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

• Competitive Salary: c£36,000
• Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
• Company Funded Pension
• Onsite Parking 
• Days Based Working Pattern
• Exposure to a Technically Diverse Environment
• Opportunities for Career Advancement within a Stable Organisation

Duties of an Electrical Maintenance Engineer

As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, your key responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking both planned and reactive maintenance tasks to a wide range of plant and equipment. 
• Utilising your maintenance abilities to handle various technical challenges.
• Supporting a range of plant and equipment within our unique manufacturing environment.
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting electrical, drives, motors, CNC & Plc controls.

Requirements of an Electrical Maintenance Engineer

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

• Hold formal Electrical qualifications to either a City & Guilds Level or NVQ standard.
• Ideally, be apprentice trained.
• Hold  multi-skilled abilities to tackle diverse maintenance tasks.
• Proven experience supporting plant and equipment in a manufacturing, process, or production environment.
• Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong commitment to maintaining high-quality workmanship and safety standards.

The Electrical Maintenance Engineer role is commutable from Rowley Regis, Dudley, Cradley Heath, Oldbury & Quinton.
 

Probe Technical are looking to recruit a full time and permanent Technical Support Engineer to join a world leading supplier in their field. Privately owned, their global reach extends to 20 countries, and in the UK they develop and manufacture bespoke products which are exported around the world.

This is a great opportunity to join them in a key role as Technical Support Engineer, where you would provide a proactive, effective, and efficient technical service and customer complaint root cause analysis function within the business. The successful candidate with clear focus and direction will ensure all deliverables are achieved, on time and to the highest quality standards within a rapidly growing and developing organisation.

The excellent package details for the role of Technical Support Engineer include:

• Salary £46,000 + Bonus
• Monday – Friday hours are 7am – 4.15pm Monday – Thursday and Friday 7am – 12pm 
• Company Pension 
• Enhanced Annual leave of 24 + 8 days holiday increasing with length of service to 26
• 4x Death in Service 
• Private Medical Insurance after 12 months 

To make a successful Technical Support Engineer you will be a very driven individual with a proven track record in a technical electro / mechanical fault-finding and Service work whilst also being able to lead and develop a small team. Experience with an ERP system such as SAP is essential along with a minimum of HNC in Mechanical or Electronics. Other key duties involve:

• Co-ordinate all activities within the Service / CCF department such as primary investigations, and corrective action
• Processing customer enquiries for mechanical, electrical, documentation and testing requirements according to agreed procedures.
• Quotations for service work and spares to the required specifications.
• The requirement of quick response times to customer complaint enquiries is essential to sales companies and end customers, therefore the role is measured against agreed KPIs.
• Ensure primary inspections are completed in accordance with department service level agreements and that technical clarity is assured.
• Manage end to end all customer complaint investigations through to root cause and prepare suitable technical reports.

The Technical Support Engineer role is commutable from Northampton, Wellingborough, Bedford, Leicester and Peterborough. 

Probe Technical are looking to recruit a full time and permanent Service Engineer for one of the UKs largest manufacturers of equipment. With their machinery distributed worldwide, they are looking to expand in the service department, and this would be a great time to join a business that is extremely busy with plenty of work. We are looking for a Multi-Skilled Service Engineer with hydraulic, mechanical and general electrical experience.

You will drive a company van across the UK and travel abroad, repairing and commissioning. When not out on the road, you will be based at the site in Nottingham, refurbishing second hand machinery.

The package details for the role of Service Engineer include:

• Salary £40,000 - £42,000 depending on experience.  
• Monday – Friday days, 8am – 5pm. 
• Plenty of overtime due to some overnight stays 
• Company Pension 
• Company van and credit card provided.  

For the role of Service Engineer, we are keen to talk to people who have experience with mechanical and hydraulic machines. General electrical ability - wiring motors and control panels etc and Welding experience. Other key duties involve:  

• Recycling machinery or with any similar machinery: conveyors, metal or mining equipment etc
• Ability to communicate with customers at all levels.
• Experience with pneumatics is a advantage.
• Forklift experience is a plus.

The Service Engineer role is commutable from Derby and Nottingham but can cover UK and worldwide.