Rolling Mill Maintenance Engineer — Hands-on, Weekly Pay

The Best Connection; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly Pay

Company Pension

Insurance

Paid Holiday

Job summary

The Best Connection in Smethwick is seeking an experienced Steel Rolling Mill Maintenance Engineer to maintain and improve rolling mill machinery across the site. You will ensure reliability, performance and safety while supporting upgrades and major maintenance projects.

You will diagnose faults, read engineering drawings, and perform planned and reactive maintenance on heavy rolling mill equipment in a busy manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining heavy industrial machinery in steel mills or similar environments.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Experience with planned maintenance and breakdown maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance on rolling mill equipment.
• Diagnose and repair faults on gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, hydraulics, rollers and drives.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimise production downtime.
• Inspect, overhaul, align, and rebuild mechanical equipment.
• Support installations, machinery upgrades, and continuous improvement projects.
• Complete maintenance records and assist with root cause analysis.
• Manage critical spare parts and liaise with suppliers for replacements.
• Ensure all work complies with Health & Safety and LOTO procedures.
• Participate in planned shutdowns and major maintenance projects when required.

Skills

Fault finding

Drawings reading

Preventive maintenance

Heavy machinery experience

Education

Mechanical Engineering qualification

Job description

The Best Connection in Smethwick is seeking an experienced Steel Rolling Mill Maintenance Engineer to maintain and improve rolling mill machinery across the site. You will ensure reliability, performance and safety while supporting upgrades and major maintenance projects.

You will diagnose faults, read engineering drawings, and perform planned and reactive maintenance on heavy rolling mill equipment in a busy manufacturing environment.