Maintenance Engineer

ASC Connections; Bilston; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency in the UK is looking for a Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias for a manufacturing business in Bilston. The role involves providing maintenance to automated machinery, conducting electrical repairs, and supporting machine improvements. Candidates should be able to interpret electrical schematics and have flexibility to work rotating shifts. The position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits including training opportunities.

Benefits

Strong basic salary

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Career investment through training

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled engineer with electrical bias required.
• Ability to interpret electrical drawings and schematics.
• Flexibility to work rotating day shifts.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical maintenance to automated machinery.
• Conduct reactive breakdown maintenance.
• Perform electrical repairs to control panels and wiring.
• Carry out planned maintenance and investigations.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

PLC fault finding

Machine tool repairs

Electrical drawings interpretation

Continuous improvement

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

Contract Type: Full Time

Location: Bilston- West Midlands

Industry: Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technology

Contact Name: Nathan France

Contact Email : Contact Phone :

0121 236 1662

Date Published : 02-Jun-2024

Due to a continued period of growth, an electrical bias maintenance engineer is required for a huge manufacturing business based in the heart of the Black Country.

This business has been at the heart of manufacturing for over 40 years, with a supply chain all across the UK. Moving into 2024, the owners have begun investing millions into the site including new machinery, facilities, and tools.

Benefits include a strong basic salary, 33 days holiday including bank holidays, a company pension scheme, a huge amount of career investment through external training, and much more.

Responsibilities

• To provide electrical maintenance to a range of automated and semi-automated machinery, production lines, and ancillary equipment within the plant
• Reactive breakdown maintenance, reducing machine downtimes to a minimum
• Electrical repairs to motors, control panels, wiring, drives, inverters, contactors, switches
• PLC fault finding and interrogation
• Ensure adequate spares to support the plans
• Carry out full planned maintenance following a schedule
• Full investigations on breakdowns to determine a route cause
• Provide continuous improvement to maintenance procedures, machine improvements
• Project work, installing new machinery, decommissioning and relocating equipment, and upgrade projects
• Supporting the maintenance manager with facilitating the in house CMMS

Working hours for this position are Monday to Friday, rotating shift of days in week one, afternoons in week 2.

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled engineer, shift maintenance engineer, or electrical engineer
• Be able to carry out machine tool repairs electrically
• Understand and interpret electrical drawings and schematics
• Ability to not only follow planned maintenance schedules, but offer up suggestions and improvements to the plans and equipment worked on
• Flexibility to work rotating day shifts Monday to Friday

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.