Maintenance Engineer

Stirling Warrington; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in West Bromwich seeks a Maintenance Engineer with electrical bias to join their team in a fully automated environment. The role offers stability and progression opportunities in electrical controls. The company provides extensive training, generous benefits including subsidized food and overtime pay.

Benefits

Genuine progression routes to controls roles

PLC training

Staff shop

Canteen with subsidised food

Sick pay

Good pension

Employee well-being scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Overtime paid at x1.5 and double time

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience as a multi-skilled maintenance engineer, ideally electrically biased.
• Comfortable reading electrical drawings.
• Experience with PLCs is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Work on various machines including ovens, fryers, conveyors, and packaging machines.
• Conduct maintenance tasks in a fully automated plant.
• Participate in in-house electrical training.

Skills

Electrical skills

Reading electrical drawings

PLC knowledge

Multi-skilled maintenance

Education

Electrically qualified

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

West Bromwich

£52,000

4on/4off Days and Nights (2 days/2 nights, four off)

The Company:

The business is a globally recognised food manufacturer and one of the biggest employers in West Bromwich, with over 500 employees. They are partnered with some of the most iconic brands in the UK and have an exceptional industry reputation. Operating out of a fully automated, state-of-the-art plant, they have recently developed an in-house training programme for current and new maintenance engineers to learn electrical skills, including PLC u-skilling with a new test rig. Important - for this role, you must be electrically biased and electrically qualified.

As a maintenance engineer, some of the machines you will work on include, but are not limited to: ovens, fryers, conveyors, packaging machines, robots, slicers, provers, metal detectors, and other bespoke machinery.

What’s in it for you as an electrically biased maintenance engineer?

• Work in an automated plant - recession-proof
• Genuine progression routes to controls roles
• PLC training
• Staff shop
• Canteen with subsidised food
• Sick pay
• Good pension
• Employee well-being scheme
• Generous holiday allowance
• Overtime paid at x1.5 and double time

Experience required for the role as an electrically biased maintenance engineer:

• At least 3 years’ experience working as a multi-skilled maintenance engineer, ideally electrically biased
• Comfortable with reading electrical drawings
• Experience with PLCs is advantageous
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment