Why this role stands out
This role offers excellent career growth within a reputable food manufacturing company, with a competitive salary and opportunities to expand your electrical and mechanical skills on diverse automated equipment. You'll thrive here if you enjoy hands-on problem-solving in a dynamic production setting and are eager to contribute to efficient operations. Apply today to join a supportive team and advance your engineering career.
Quick overview
Job description
- Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer
- Rotating Shifts
- £40,000- £42,436
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Wednesbury | £40,000 - £42,436 | Full-Time | Rotating Shifts
Week 1: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-4:00pm + Saturday, 8:00am-1:00pm
Week 2: Monday-Friday, 2:00pm-10:00pm + Saturday, 8:00am-1:00pm
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
Talent Guardian are recruiting on behalf of a well-established and growing food manufacturer for an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their Engineering team at their Wednesbury site.
This is a brilliant opportunity for a hands-on engineer who enjoys working in a fast-paced production environment, fault-finding on machinery and keeping high-volume manufacturing lines running efficiently.
You'll be working across both electrical and mechanical maintenance, supporting a range of automated production equipment including filling machines, can seamers, blow moulders and associated plant equipment.
What you'll be doing
- Carry out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across production machinery and plant.
- Diagnose and repair both electrical and mechanical faults, helping minimise production downtime.
- Maintain and repair automated filling, can-seaming and packing equipment.
- Carry out electrical installations in line with current 18th Edition regulations.
- Support the installation, commissioning and ongoing maintenance of automated manufacturing equipment.
- Fault-find across PLCs, AC/DC drives, motors, pumps, hydraulics and pneumatics.
- Maintain and fault-find metal detection and other critical production equipment.
- Complete and document routine maintenance schedules using the site's CMMS.
- Respond quickly to breakdowns and reactive work orders to keep production running.
- Work independently as well as alongside the wider Engineering and Production teams.
What we're looking for
We're looking for a multi-skilled engineer with a strong electrical bias who is confident working on production machinery within a manufacturing, production or industrial environment.
Ideally, you'll have:
- 18th Edition qualification.
- City & Guilds Level 3 in an electrical or mechanical engineering discipline.
- Strong electrical fault-finding and maintenance experience.
- Experience working with PLCs and automated production machinery.
- Knowledge of AC/DC drives, motors, pumps, hydraulics and pneumatics.
- A strong practical mechanical maintenance skillset alongside your electrical experience.
- Experience within a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment.
- Food manufacturing experience would be advantageous, but broader manufacturing and production backgrounds will also be considered.
- An apprentice-trained background would be beneficial.
What's on offer
- £40,000 - £42,436 salary
- Rotating day and afternoon shifts
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- A varied, hands-on engineering position
- Exposure to a wide range of automated production machinery
- The opportunity to join a growing manufacturing business
- A role where you'll have a direct impact on production performance and reliability
If you're an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer who enjoys getting stuck into machinery, solving problems and working in a busy production environment, we'd love to hear from you.
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