Maintenance Engineer

Mainstay Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Walsall; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Hands-on engineering role

Job summary

Mainstay Recruitment Solutions Ltd in Aldridge, West Midlands, is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer to maintain UPVC fabrication and production machinery. The role is hands-on, varied and focused on preventing downtime and keeping production moving.

You will diagnose mechanical and electrical faults, perform planned maintenance, and support site services. A full UK driving licence and UPVC equipment experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven experience within a Maintenance Engineer role.
• Strong mechanical maintenance, fault-finding and repair experience.
• Good electrical fault-finding ability.
• Experience maintaining industrial or production machinery.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings, manuals and equipment documentation.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Experience with UPVC fabrication equipment would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across UPVC fabrication and production machinery.
• Diagnose mechanical and electrical faults to minimise downtime.
• Respond quickly to machinery breakdowns and faults.
• Maintain specialist fabrication equipment including saws, routing and welding machinery.
• Support installation, commissioning and relocation of machinery.
• Keep maintenance records and service schedules up to date.
• Coordinate with suppliers and external contractors as needed.
• Assist site services like lighting, heating and utilities.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical maintenance

Reading technical drawings

UPVC fabrication equipment

Education

Electrical qualifications (City & Guilds / NVQ / 18th Edition)

Job description

Maintenance Engineer | Aldridge, West Midlands | £40,000 to £45,000

Monday to Friday | 06:00 to 15:30

We are working with an established UPVC window and door manufacturer to recruit an experienced Maintenance Engineer to support their busy production facility in Aldridge. This is a genuinely hands-on and varied role where you will take ownership of maintaining specialist fabrication machinery alongside the wider site and facilities. You'll be the person helping to keep production moving, responding to breakdowns when they happen and making sure machinery is properly maintained to minimise downtime. The role would suit a practical, proactive Maintenance Engineer with strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding abilities who enjoys working independently and getting stuck into a broad range of engineering and maintenance challenges.

The Opportunity

You’ll be joining an established manufacturing environment with a varied workload and plenty of day-to-day responsibility. A major part of the role will involve maintaining and repairing UPVC fabrication machinery, including specialist equipment such as saws, welding and cutting machinery, routing equipment and other production machinery. Experience with Stiga saws, WindMac equipment or similar UPVC fabrication machinery would be particularly advantageous. Alongside the production equipment, you will also support the upkeep of the wider facility, covering everything from site services and utilities through to general building and facilities maintenance. No two days are likely to be exactly the same, so this would suit someone who is comfortable prioritising their own workload, solving problems and turning their hand to whatever needs attention.

The Role

As Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for the reliable operation and upkeep of both the manufacturing equipment and the wider site.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance across UPVC fabrication and production machinery
• Diagnosing and repairing mechanical and electrical faults to minimise production downtime
• Responding quickly and effectively to machinery breakdowns
• Fault-finding on a range of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Maintaining specialist machinery including saws, cutting equipment, welding machinery, routing equipment and similar fabrication machinery
• Supporting the installation, commissioning and relocation of machinery when required
• Completing maintenance records and ensuring service schedules are kept up to date
• Liaising with machinery suppliers and external contractors where necessary
• Maintaining site services including lighting, heating, compressed air systems and other utilities
• Carrying out general building, facilities and site maintenance
• Completing minor repairs to fixtures, equipment and the wider facility
• Supporting health and safety inspections and ensuring work is completed safely and in line with company procedures
• Looking after workshop tools, maintenance equipment and relevant spare parts
• Identifying opportunities to improve machinery reliability, reduce downtime and improve operational efficiency
• Supporting machinery upgrades and continuous improvement projects
• Monitoring spare parts requirements and helping to maintain appropriate stock levels

What We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced maintenance professional who is comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment.

You will ideally have:

• Proven experience within a Maintenance Engineer, Site Engineer or similar engineering maintenance role
• Strong mechanical maintenance, fault-finding and repair experience
• Good electrical fault-finding ability
• Experience maintaining industrial or production machinery
• The ability to diagnose faults and work through problems logically and independently
• Experience working with mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and ideally hydraulic systems
• The ability to read and understand technical drawings, manuals and equipment documentation
• Good organisation and record-keeping skills
• A practical and hands-on approach to engineering and maintenance
• The ability to manage your own workload and prioritise breakdowns and planned maintenance effectively
• A full UK driving licence
• Experience within UPVC window and door manufacturing would be highly beneficial, particularly if you have worked on fabrication machinery such as cutting, welding, corner cleaning, routing or CNC equipment.

Experience with Stiga saws, WindMac machinery or similar specialist UPVC fabrication equipment would also be a strong advantage.

Electrical qualifications such as City & Guilds, NVQ, 18th Edition or equivalent would be beneficial, as would experience working with PLC-controlled machinery.

What's on Offer

• Salary of £40,000 to £45,000, dependent on experience and agreed working hours
• Monday to Friday working pattern
• Working hours of 06:00 to 15:30
• 40 to 45 hours per week
• Company pension scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• A varied, hands-on engineering role with genuine responsibility
• The opportunity to work across both specialist manufacturing machinery and wider site maintenance
• Supportive and friendly working environment