Plant Engineer

Plant Engineer

Location: Birmingham

Shift – Days Monday - Friday
Salary: £64,000 per annum plus Bonus, dental and rewards

The Opportunity

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Plant Engineer to join a major industrial manufacturing business operating within a complex, heavy-process environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Plant Engineer to take responsibility for the reliability, availability and overall effectiveness of large-scale plant and equipment. Working closely with Maintenance and Operations teams, you will play a key role in improving plant performance, reducing downtime and delivering long-term engineering improvements.

The successful candidate will take a proactive approach to identifying recurring equipment issues, developing preventative maintenance strategies and implementing engineering solutions to improve reliability, safety and operational efficiency.

This is a technically challenging role suited to an engineer with a strong background in heavy industrial plant, mechanical systems and reliability engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for ensuring plant and equipment operates safely, efficiently and reliably.
• Develop and implement effective maintenance and reliability strategies to maximise plant availability.
• Identify, investigate and eliminate recurring equipment failures and engineering issues to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Analyse engineering non-conformances and plant performance data, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Review and continuously improve Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules to optimise equipment reliability.
• Identify future maintenance requirements and develop long-term plans to improve plant performance and asset life.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across plant, machinery and associated processes.
• Monitor and control engineering expenditure, identifying opportunities to improve cost efficiency.
• Manage and coordinate external contractors, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and to the required standards.
• Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation and company procedures.
• Work closely with Maintenance and Operations teams to plan and maximise engineering opportunities during planned plant shutdowns and downtime.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, plant optimisation and energy efficiency improvements.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to Maintenance Engineers and Technicians, supporting the development of engineering capability across the site.

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience in a Plant Engineer, Reliability Engineer, Senior Maintenance Engineer or similar engineering position.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of complex heavy industrial plant and machinery.
• Knowledge of root cause analysis
  

You will be a proactive and technically capable engineer who enjoys working with complex industrial equipment and solving challenging engineering problems.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary of £60,000 per annum.
• Opportunity to work within a large-scale, technically challenging industrial manufacturing environment.
• A key engineering position with responsibility for plant reliability and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to influence maintenance strategy, plant performance and future engineering investment.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation