Maintenance Engineer

Euro-Projects Recruitment Ltd; Brierley Hill; On-site; GBP 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency seeks a Maintenance Engineer to work with heavy industrial machinery. Responsibilities include maintenance and repair of hydraulic and pneumatic systems, welding, and fabrication. The ideal candidate is an apprentice-trained or City & Guilds qualified engineer with experience in heavy industry, preferably steel processing. This role offers a base salary of £36,500 with excellent overtime earning potential and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

33 days holiday

Matched pension

Death in service

Healthcare plan

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained or City & Guilds qualified engineer.
• Experience in heavy industry, ideally steel processing.
• Mechanically biased engineer comfortable with hydraulics and pneumatics.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Perform welding, fabrication, and oxy/acetylene burning.
• Conduct bench fitting and general assembly tasks.

Skills

Hydraulic systems maintenance

Pneumatic systems maintenance

Welding and fabrication

Electrical fault finding

Bench fitting

General assembly skills

Forklift operation

Cherry picker operation

Overhead crane operation

Education

Apprentice-trained

City & Guilds qualified

Job description

Maintenance Engineer, Dudley

A maintenance engineering opportunity to join one of the UK's largest independent steel toll processors, working on heavy industrial machinery.

• £36,500 base salary + excellent overtime earning potential (Sat = 1.5x, Sun = 2x, Weekday OT = 1.2x)
• 33 days holiday, festive shutdowns, matched pension, death in service, and healthcare plan.
• Working hours: 3 Shift Rotation – Some flexibility needed as they are a 24‑hour site. Week 1: 6am‑2pm Mon‑Fri; Week 2: 8pm‑6am Mon‑Thurs; Week 3: 1pm‑9pm Mon‑Thurs; and 10am‑6pm Fri and 1 Saturday in 3 (paid at OT rate).

This Maintenance Engineer job will suit

• An apprentice‑trained or City & Guilds qualified engineer with experience in heavy industry, ideally steel processing, slitting, or decoiling machines.
• A mechanically biased engineer who is comfortable with hydraulics, pneumatics, welding/fabrication, bench fitting, and general assembly skills.
• Someone confident in basic electrical fault finding (formal electrical qualifications are an advantage but not essential).

This Maintenance Engineer job will involve

• Maintenance and repair of hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Welding, fabrication, and oxy/acetylene burning.
• Bench fitting, general assembly, and mechanical maintenance.
• Forklift, cherry picker, and overhead crane operation.
• Supporting production by fault finding and ensuring machinery uptime across heavy industrial plant equipment.

This Maintenance Engineer job is commutable from Dudley, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Birmingham, Walsall, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, and surrounding areas in the West Midlands.

To apply please send your CV to Sam Hilton at Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd. Please note that if you are not contacted within the next ten days, your application has not been successful. This job is posted by Euro Projects Recruitment – specialists in engineering and manufacturing appointments.