Maintenance Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading heavy industry company is seeking a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer in Oldbury. The role offers a competitive salary, potential earnings up to £60,000 with overtime, and a range of benefits including a generous pension and healthcare plan. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys working with heavy machinery and seeks a good work-life balance.

Benefits

Above market pension – matched 1%

Healthcare plan

Paid training courses

33 days annual leave

Bonus scheme

24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled with electrical bias preferred.
• At least 5 years experience in maintenance of special purpose machinery.
• Experience in heavy engineering advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Work on multi-million pound heavy industry machinery.
• Maintain and repair various types of equipment including balers and cranes.
• Get hands dirty in a heavy industrial environment.

Skills

Electrical Skills

Mechanical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

HNC (Higher National Certificate)

Job description

Job Description

Maintenance Engineer
Oldbury
3-shift - Friday/Saturday/Sunday OFF one week in three
£50,408

Shift pattern
Morning Shift:
Monday to Wednesday-6.00-16.30
Thursday-6.00-14.30

Afternoon shift:
Monday to Wednesday-14.00-00:30
Thursday-14.00 to 22.30

Night shift:
Sunday night-18.00-6.30
Monday to Thursday-22.00 to 6.30 (Friday morning finish)

Average 42.2 hours a week

The Opportunity

An Amazing Opportunity for an multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to become part of a multi-million-pound Heavy industry business, the engineers on site have chosen this shift pattern and it is one of the best I have seen. Perfect if you want a real work-life balance. Overtime paid at premium rate so can easily ear £55,000

The role as a maintenance engineer will be working on multi-million pound machinery, some old and some brand new. You will need to be prepared to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty as it is part of the heavy engineering sector. The engineers that thrive in this environment are the ones that enjoy the old school heavy machinery!

The machinery you will be working as a maintenance engineer will be on will be big industrial Balers (Harris), 2000 tonne shears, mobile cranes for material handling, screw conveyors, in feed conveyors, Separators, sortation machines, big industrial magnets and more.

Benefits of the Maintenance Engineer:

• above market pension – matched 1%




• Healthcare plan




• paid training courses




• 33 days annual leave for the maintenance engineer




• bonus scheme




• 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support – access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance




• Overtime paid at a premium, easily earn £55,000 - £60,000




• access to paid training courses i.e. Siemens PLC training and HNC

Experience required for the Maintenance Engineer:

• need to be multi-skilled (ideally electrical bias)




• Experience within heavy engineering is advantageous




• At least 5 year’s experience maintaining/repairing special purpose machinery as a maintenance engineer




• mechanically - bearings, straps, belts, chains, pulleys, gearboxes, hydraulics etc.




• electrically - 3-phase, isolate safely, sensors, relays etc.




• Ideally worked in a heavy industrial environment previously but open to getting your hands dirty as a maintenance engineer