Maintenance Engineer

Shapers'; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Shapers' Technologies UK Ltd in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join our Kings Norton site. This hands-on role ensures the safe, reliable operation of production machinery and building services while leading the Maintenance team.

You will drive preventative and predictive maintenance, minimise downtime and support production teams, building a proactive maintenance culture across the site. Strong PLC skills and safety focus are essential.

Qualifications

• Previous maintenance engineering experience in manufacturing
• Strong electrical knowledge and an electrical bias
• Experience fault-finding across electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and control systems
• Experience with PLC-controlled machinery
• Knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance
• Experience leading or supervising a maintenance/engineering team
• Understanding of electrical safety and safe systems of work
• Good problem-solving and diagnostic skills
• Ability to prioritise and respond calmly to breakdowns and production pressures
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Proactive approach to continuous improvement
• Ability to manage contractors, suppliers and external service providers
• Flexible approach to working hours

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Maintenance team, including allocation of work, performance management, appraisals, recruitment, training and development.
• Develop and continuously improve preventative and predictive maintenance programmes.
• Diagnose, fault-find and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and control system faults across production machinery and site services.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM), predictive maintenance and reactive maintenance.
• Fault-find, modify and improve PLC-controlled systems and automated equipment where required.
• Install, test, commission and modify machinery, electrical equipment and plant.
• Respond promptly to equipment faults and emergency breakdowns to minimise production disruption.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure machinery, plant and electrical installations are maintained in a safe and serviceable condition and comply with relevant statutory requirements.
• Oversee statutory inspections and compliance activities, including PAT, fixed wiring inspections, thermal imaging, LOLER and pressure systems.
• Ensure equipment requiring calibration is maintained and certified in accordance with company and legislative requirements.
• Manage external contractors and specialist service providers, ensuring work is completed safely and in line with company procedures.
• Support engineering, capital improvement and continuous improvement projects.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, compliance documentation and asset histories.
• Manage maintenance purchasing, including sourcing parts, materials and specialist services.
• Monitor maintenance expenditure and work within the agreed maintenance budget.
• Liaise with insurers, regulatory inspectors and external providers regarding compliance and specialist maintenance requirements.
• Carry out fabrication and welding activities where required to support maintenance operations.
• Ensure full compliance with the company's Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Management Systems.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Electrical bias

PLC fault-finding

Team leadership

Electrical safety

Problem solving

Communication skills

Continuous improvement

Contractor management

Tools

PLC systems

Electrical testing equipment

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham

Department: Operations

Reporting to: Operations Manager

Job Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join our Operations team at our Kings Norton site in Birmingham.

This is a hands‑on engineering role with responsibility for ensuring thesafe, reliable and continuous operation of our production machinery, plant and building services.

You will play a key role in maintaining and improving equipment reliability, minimising downtime and supporting our production teams. You will also lead and develop the Maintenance team, helping to build a proactive, preventative maintenance culture across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Maintenance team, including allocation of work, performance management, appraisals, recruitment, training and development.
• Develop and continuously improve preventative and predictive maintenance programmes.
• Diagnose, fault‑find and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and control system faults across production machinery and site services.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM), predictive maintenance and reactive maintenance.
• Fault‑find, modify and improve PLC‑controlled systems and automated equipment where required.
• Install, test, commission and modify machinery, electrical equipment and plant.
• Respond promptly to equipment faults and emergency breakdowns to minimise production disruption.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure machinery, plant and electrical installations are maintained in a safe and serviceable condition and comply with relevant statutory requirements.
• Oversee statutory inspections and compliance activities, including PAT, fixed wiring inspections, thermal imaging, LOLER and pressure systems.
• Ensure equipment requiring calibration is maintained and certified in accordance with company and legislative requirements.
• Manage external contractors and specialist service providers, ensuring work is completed safely and in line with company procedures.
• Support engineering, capital improvement and continuous improvement projects.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, compliance documentation and asset histories.
• Manage maintenance purchasing, including sourcing parts, materials and specialist services.
• Monitor maintenance expenditure and work within the agreed maintenance budget.
• Liaise with insurers, regulatory inspectors and external providers regarding compliance and specialist maintenance requirements.
• Carry out fabrication and welding activities where required to support maintenance operations.
• Ensure full compliance with the company's Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Management Systems.

About You

We are looking for someone who is proactive, practical and confident working in a busy manufacturing environment.

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience in a maintenance engineering role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong electrical engineering knowledge and an electrical bias.
• Experience fault‑finding electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and control systems.
• Experience working with PLC‑controlled machinery and automated equipment.
• Knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance practices.
• Experience leading or supervising a maintenance/engineering team.
• A strong understanding of electrical safety, statutory compliance and safe systems of work.
• Good problem‑solving and diagnostic skills.
• The ability to prioritise effectively and respond calmly to breakdowns and production pressures.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with Production and Engineering teams.
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement.
• The ability to manage contractors, suppliers and external service providers.
• A flexible approach to working hours to meet business requirements.

Working Requirements

The role may involve:

• Out‑of‑hours work to support production or respond to breakdowns.
• Occasional travel to customer sites, suppliers or training activities.
• Flexibility around working hours to support business requirements.

Location

Shapers' Technologies UK Ltd

Unit 23/25 Sovereign Road

Kings Norton Business Centre

Birmingham

B30 3HN

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to take a key role within a busy manufacturing environment, leading a maintenance team and helping to drive improvements in reliability, efficiency, safety and operational performance.

If you are an experienced electrical-biased engineer who enjoys solving problems, improving equipment and leading a team, we would love to hear from you.

• Please note that this advert is intended as a summary of the role and is not exhaustive. The post-holder may be required to undertake other reasonable duties as requested by management.