Maintenance Engineer

Staffbase Recruitment Ltd; Rugeley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Free on-site parking

Pension

Long-term career opportunity

Job summary

Staffbase Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for an experienced Shift Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Engineer at a busy heavy industry plant near Stafford. The role focuses on PPM, reactive maintenance and fault-finding across mechanical and electrical plant.

You'll work four days on / three days off on 12-hour shifts, with opportunities for overtime and long-term progression. Relevant NVQ/HNC/HND qualifications and hands-on maintenance experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in heavy industry, foundry, recycling, quarrying, aggregates, steel, manufacturing or process environments would be advantageous.
• NVQ Level 3, HNC or HND engineering qualifications.
• Hands-on maintenance approach with breakdown response experience.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive mechanical and electrical maintenance.
• Fault-find and repair industrial machinery and production equipment.
• Maintain conveyors, crushers, screens, furnaces, cooling plant and related equipment.
• Perform hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance and repair.
• Electrical fault-finding on control panels, motors, contactors, sensors and relays.
• Basic electrical testing, repair and component replacement.
• Contribute to site facilities and electrical maintenance.
• Carry out scheduled PPMs and respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise downtime.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical fault finding

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Conveyors maintenance

Industrial machinery

PPM / preventative maintenance

Fault-finding

Education

NVQ Level 3

HNC or HND

Job description

Staffbase are recruiting for an experienced Shift Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established and expanding heavy industry manufacturing business at their busy plant near Stafford.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically strong maintenance engineer looking for a long-term position, competitive salary and substantial overtime opportunities.

The Role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance, fault-finding and repair across a wide range of heavy industrial plant, machinery and site facilities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Planned and reactive mechanical and electrical maintenance
• Fault-finding and repair of industrial machinery and production equipment
• Maintenance of conveyors, crushers, screens, furnaces, cooling plant and associated equipment
• Hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance and repair
• Electrical fault-finding on control panels, motors, contactors, sensors and relays
• Basic electrical testing, repair and component replacement
• Site facilities and electrical maintenance
• Carrying out scheduled PPM / preventative maintenance
• Responding quickly to breakdowns and minimising production downtime
• Working safely and effectively within a heavy manufacturing environment

About You

We are looking for a competent Maintenance Engineer / Mechanical Maintenance Engineer with strong mechanical engineering skills and ideally some electrical fault-finding and repair experience.

Suitable candidates may have experience as:

• Maintenance Engineer
• Shift Maintenance Engineer
• Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
• Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
• Mechanical Engineer
• Electrical Maintenance Engineer
• Maintenance Technician

Ideally, you will have:

• Strong mechanical maintenance experience
• Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics
• Basic to intermediate electrical fault-finding
• Experience working with industrial machinery and production equipment
• An engineering qualification such as NVQ Level 3, HNC or HND
• A practical, hands‑on approach to maintenance and breakdown response

Experience within heavy industry, foundry, recycling, quarrying, aggregates, steel, manufacturing or process environments would be advantageous, although candidates with the required engineering skills from other industrial sectors will be considered.

Shift Pattern

4 days on / 3 days off – 12-hour shifts

• Day shift for one month
• Then rotating onto nights for one month

Salary & Benefits

• 28 days annual leave
• Free on-site parking
• Pension
• Long-term career opportunity with an established and expanding business

Key LinkedIn Search Terms

Shift Maintenance Engineer | Maintenance Engineer | Mechanical Maintenance Engineer | Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer | Mechanical Engineer | Maintenance Technician | Mechanical Technician | Electrical Maintenance Engineer | Industrial Maintenance Engineer | Plant Maintenance Engineer

Key skills: Mechanical Maintenance, Electrical Fault Finding, PPM, Preventative Maintenance, Reactive Maintenance, Breakdown Maintenance, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Conveyors, Crushers, Screens, Furnaces, Motors, Control Panels, Contactors, Sensors, Relays, Industrial Machinery, Heavy Industry, Manufacturing, Foundry, Recycling, Quarry, Aggregates, Process Plant.