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Maintenance Fitter, Stable Company, No Shifts and a Four Day Working Week…

Join our established engineering organisation known for its stability, innovation and commitment to excellence. With a proven track record of low staff turnover, we take pride in nurturing a supportive work environment where employees thrive. 

We are seeking a skilled Maintenance Fitter to join our DAYS team, who work a shorter than average working week, with Every Friday Off !   

Benefits: 

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

  • Base Salary of £36,000
  • Day Working with EVERY FRIDAY OFF
  • Outstanding Company Pension Scheme
  • Paid Overtime Opportunities
  • Generous Holiday Entitlement
  • Free On Site Parling 
  • Opportunity to work in a stable and thriving engineering sector


Duties of a Maintenance Fitter

Working with a team of Maintenance Engineers you will be required to undertake both planned and reactive multi skilled maintenance activities across our plant. 

Requirements of a Maintenance Fitter

You must hold formal mechanical qualifications (and ideally be apprentice trained too), with proven experience as a Maintenance Fitter supporting plant and equipment within a robust manufacturing or heavy engineering environment.  

The role is commutable from Smethwick, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Dudley, Rowley Regis & Woodgate Valley 
 

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

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If you believe that your skills and experience match what we are looking for please call me or APPLY and I will be in touch.

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

SIMILAR JOBS

 

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.

 

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. 
 

 

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 of £32,000 (which will significantly increase with training and development)
  • 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 & Genuine Career Progression


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. 

With our training, mentoring and support we will also give you a career path into our plant maintenance team which will see your salary increase significantly. 

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. 

 

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

Our company has a respected and established presence in the region for many years, 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 and the role won’t require you to move from site to site as we are a single site operation. 

Benefits: 

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

  • Starting Salary of c£30,000 
  • Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
  • Day Working (Mon – Fri) 
  • Excellent Employer Pension Contribution 
  • 33 Days Paid Holiday
  • Option to Flex your Start Time
  • Option of a 4 Day Working Week 
  • Early Friday Finish


Duties of a Handyman

  • As an experienced Handyman you will be required to undertake “hands on” tasks across our facility. 
  • The role will see you being involved in undertaking a wide range of FM work such as basic brickwork, carpentry, painting and plumbing.  

Requirements of a Handyman

  • Ideally you will hold some form of relevant accreditation, however you must have a proven background in undertaking similar work as part of a small but effective team. 
  • This is a great opportunity to move your career into a single sited role, where the company will give you flexibility of your hours and days of work.

The role is commutable from: Aston, Birmingham, Edgbaston, Erdington, Harborne, Smethwick & Sutton Coldfield 

 

About Us: 

We are a well established and highly regarded engineering 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 we don’t work shifts! 

Benefits Available for an Electrical Maintenance Supervisor – Plant Projects: 

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

  • Competitive Salary: to £52,500
  • Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
  • Company Funded Pension
  • Company Funded Life Assurance 
  • Fully Funded Sick Pay 
  • Healthcare
  • Onsite Parking 
  • Day Working (Monday – Friday)
  • Opportunities for Career Advancement within a Stable Organisation

Duties of an Electrical Maintenance Supervisor – Plant Projects:

Working days, as an Electrical Maintenance Supervisor you will be required to manage a small team, whilst also ensuring planned maintenance is undertaken to schedule, allied to being responsible for reactive maintenance issues. 

A key part of your role is undertaking plant related project work, where you will have full lifecycle responsibility from initial concept through to final commissioning. 

Requirements of an Electrical Maintenance Supervisor – Plant Projects:

You must have gained your experience within a heavy engineering, manufacturing or process oriented environment, be apprentice trained and qualified ideally to an HND standard Electrically.

It is also crucial to the role that you have a proven background in leading a team of maintenance professionals and undertaking plant related projects. 

This is a great opportunity to move your career into an organisation that will not offer you not only an incredible benefits package, but also be secure in the knowledge that you will be in a stable working environment and classified as a Key Worker. 


The Electrical Maintenance Supervisor – Plant Projects role is commutable from Birmingham, Dudley, Halesowen, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Wednesbury & Tipton 

 

Due to expansion, we are seeking to recruit proven Site Services Electrician, 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 of £32,000
  • 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

Duties of a Facilities Engineer / Site Services Electrician

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 a Facilities Engineer / Site Services Electrician

  • 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 & West Bromwich.

 

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. 

 

We are a well-respected employer within the Engineering sector and are seeking to recruit proven Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, to join our established maintenance team. 

Benefits: 

In return for your Maintenance skills and experience, we offer:

  • Starting Salary of c£46,000
  • Paid Overtime at Premium Rates 
  • Above Average Holiday Entitlement 
  • Enhanced Company Pension 
  • Company Funded Sick Pay
  • Annual Bonus 
  • Free On Site Parking 
  • Working within a very stable, low pressure engineering sector 

Duties of a Maintenance Engineer    

As a proven Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer you will be required to undertake both planned and reactive maintenance across our plant, which will require you to have experience of supporting plant and equipment within either a manufacturing, process or production environment. 

Requirements of a Maintenance Engineer  

Ideally you will be apprentice trained but must be qualified to City & Guilds or NVQ standard electrically. Having gained your Maintenance experience from supporting plant and equipment within either a manufacturing, process or production environment. 

This is a great opportunity to move your career into a stable market sector, where you will not only gain an incredible benefits package and ongoing training and development, but also be secure in the knowledge that you will be in a stable working environment, working with a proven and established team of engineers. 

The Maintenance Technician role is commutable from Brownhills, Cannock & Walsall