Maintenance Engineer

Staffbase Recruitment; Stafford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Free on site parking

Pension

Job summary

Our client in the Stafford area is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to perform planned and reactive maintenance across a range of plant and equipment. The role reports to the engineering manager and focuses on reliability, fault finding and timely repairs.

The position operates on 4 on 3 off 12-hour shifts (days then nights) with a basic salary of £45K–£49K plus overtime, pension, and 28 days annual leave.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical engineering skills.
• Basic electrical fault finding and repair ability.
• Experience in heavy industry environments is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on plant, machinery and site facilities.
• Mechanical & electrical maintenance of conveyors, crushers, furnaces and cooling equipment.
• Electrical fault finding on control panels, motors and sensors.
• Support site facilities electrical maintenance tasks.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical fault finding

Education

NVQ level 3

HND/HNC in electrical engineering

Job description

Our client is a very established and expanding heavy industry manufacturing company and Staffbase have been appointed to recruit for the position of Maintenance Engineer.

Basic salary £45K - £49K Neg + OT

The successful candidate will work at our client's busy manufacturing plant near Stafford. Applicants will have excellent mechanical engineering skills and ideally good electrical fault find and repair skills.

The Role

Reporting to the engineering manager the Maintenance Engineer will be required to undertake planned and reactive maintenance activities on a wide range of plant, machinery and site facilities. You duties will include but is not limited to the following;

• Mechanical & electrical maintenance / repair of a wide range of machinery including conveyors, crushers, screens, furnaces, cooling plant and much more
• Maintenance and repair of hydraulic & pneumatic machinery
• Electrical fault find and repair control panels, motors, contactors, sensors, relays etc etc
• Site facilities electrical maintenance

PPM Candidates

The Maintenance Engineer will be a competent engineer with good mechanical and basic electrical fault find and repair skills.

Qualifications

Preferably you will hold formal mechanical or electrical engineering qualification e.g.NVQ level 3 or HND/HNC in electrical engineering. Previous work experience in heavy industry environment such as foundry, recycling or quarry and aggregates sectors would be an advantage however all applicants with necessary skills will be considered.

Hours of work

4 on 3 off 12 hour shifts days for 1 month then rotate to nights

Benefits

• Excellent basic salary Negotiable £45K - £49K + OT
• 28 days annual leave
• Free on site parking
• Pension