Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Bias

M-TEC Engineering Solutions; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

M-TEC Engineering Solutions in Oldbury seeks an experienced Maintenance Engineer to strengthen the maintenance team. The role is mechanically biased, covering machinery, hydraulics, pneumatics and electrical fault-finding in a busy manufacturing facility.

You will perform planned maintenance, fault-finding and reactive breakdown support to keep production equipment running reliably, with a focus on safety and continuous improvement across the site.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical maintenance experience in manufacturing.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, bearings, gearboxes, drives and machinery.
• Some exposure to PLCs, automated machinery and robots.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across site machinery and equipment.
• Respond to and resolve mechanical breakdowns to minimise downtime.
• Assist electrical fault finding and breakdown activities as required.
• Diagnose faults across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Read mechanical and electrical drawings to guide maintenance and repair work.
• Repair, adjust and improve production machinery.
• Work with PLC-controlled machinery and assist fault diagnosis.
• Work around industrial robots and automated production equipment.
• Identify recurring faults and contribute to reliability improvement.
• Ensure maintenance activities follow safety procedures.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Electrical fault-finding

Reading drawings

PLCs & robotics

Education

Engineering apprenticeship

Tools

PLCs

Industrial robots

Hydraulic systems

Job description

Salary: 50,000

Location: Oldbury

50,000 Mechanical Bias Established Manufacturing Business

A long-established manufacturing business based in Oldbury is looking to strengthen its Maintenance team with the appointment of an experienced Maintenance Engineer.

This is a mechanically biased maintenance role, ideally suited to an engineer with a strong background in mechanical maintenance, machinery, hydraulics, pneumatics and breakdown response, alongside a good understanding of electrical systems and controls.

Working from a busy manufacturing facility, you will be responsible for keeping production equipment and machinery operating reliably through a combination of planned preventative maintenance, fault-finding and reactive breakdown support.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across site machinery and equipment.
• Responding to and resolving mechanical breakdowns, minimising production downtime.
• Supporting electrical fault-finding and breakdown activities where required.
• Diagnosing faults across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Reading and interpreting mechanical and electrical engineering drawings.
• Carrying out repairs, adjustments and improvements to production machinery.
• Working with PLC-controlled machinery and supporting fault diagnosis.
• Working with and around industrial robots and automated production equipment.
• Identifying recurring faults and contributing to continuous improvement and reliability initiatives.
• Ensuring all maintenance activities are completed safely and in line with company procedures.

The Person

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• A recognised engineering apprenticeship or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Strong practical mechanical maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, bearings, gearboxes, drives and mechanical machinery.
• A good understanding of electrical systems and the ability to undertake basic electrical fault-finding.
• The ability to read and understand mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Some experience working with PLCs, automated machinery and robots.
• A proactive approach to preventative maintenance and machinery reliability.
• Previous experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The key requirement is strong mechanical maintenance capability. The role would suit an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer who is comfortable working across the wider electrical/automation side of a modern manufacturing facility.

Salary: 50,000

Location: Oldbury