Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week, normally 8:00am–4:30pm
Benefits: 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, 4% employer pension contribution and death-in-service cover at 2x annual salary.

Contek Recruitment is representing our client in the search for an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team at their Kings Norton facility.

This is an opportunity for a hands-on maintenance professional to play an important role in maintaining production equipment, improving machinery reliability and minimising downtime within a manufacturing environment.

The successful candidate will undertake a combination of planned preventative maintenance, reactive breakdown repairs, electrical fault finding and equipment improvement work, helping to ensure the safe and efficient operation of plant, machinery and site services.

The Role

• Carry out electrical fault finding, diagnosis and repairs on production machinery, plant and associated equipment.

• Respond to breakdowns promptly, identifying root causes and minimising production downtime.

• Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM), routine servicing and scheduled maintenance activities.

• Maintain and improve electrically driven machinery, automated equipment and control systems.

• Undertake electrical installations, modifications, testing and commissioning where required.

• Support mechanical and pneumatic maintenance activities alongside your core electrical responsibilities.

• Assist with PLC fault finding and modifications to automated equipment where applicable.

• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, performance and maintenance efficiency.

• Ensure machinery, electrical installations and site equipment remain safe, compliant and fit for purpose.

• Support statutory inspections, compliance activities and accurate maintenance record keeping.

• Liaise with external contractors and specialist service providers, ensuring work is completed safely.

• Assist with engineering improvement projects, equipment upgrades and planned shutdown activities.

• Follow company health, safety, environmental and quality procedures at all times.

• Provide maintenance support outside normal working hours when required, including participation in an on-call rota.

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience as a Maintenance Engineer within a manufacturing or industrial environment.

• Strong electrical bias, with practical experience in electrical fault finding and industrial maintenance.

• Good knowledge of motors, electrical controls, machinery and production equipment.

• Experience carrying out both planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown repairs.

• Understanding of PLC-controlled systems and automated machinery.

• Ability to diagnose faults methodically and work effectively under pressure.

• Knowledge of relevant electrical safety requirements and industrial health and safety practices.

• Experience working with contractors and supporting equipment improvement projects.

• A flexible, hands-on approach with a focus on equipment reliability and minimising downtime.

• Relevant electrical or maintenance engineering qualifications would be advantageous.

Salary, Hours & Benefits

• £45,000 per annum.

• 40 hours per week, normally 8:00am–4:30pm.

• Some flexibility around start and finish times, subject to business requirements.

• 25 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.

• Some annual leave must be reserved for the company's mandatory Christmas shutdown.

• 4% employer pension contribution.

• Death-in-service cover equivalent to 2x annual salary.

• Out-of-hours maintenance support and participation in an on-call rota as required.

• Occasional travel to customer sites, suppliers or training activities may be required.

Apply Today

If you are an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer looking for your next opportunity in Kings Norton, Contek Recruitment would be keen to hear from you.

Apply today to discuss the position and find out more about the opportunity with our client.

Contek Recruitment is representing the client throughout the recruitment process.