Maintenance Engineer

Overview

Maintenance Engineer - Birmingham - £47,900 - Monday - Friday double days 6am - 2pm / 2pm - 10pm rotating

The Company

Want to work as an engineer within a fast paced FMCG business? They are a family owned business who manufacture out of an automated factory. Due to expansion and investing in a brand new packaging line and canning lines they are now looking for a nights maintenance engineer to join the team on a permanent basis. As a Maintenance Engineer, overtime available which is ALL paid at x1.5. The role involves a mixture of PPM and reactive breakdowns. Some of the machinery you will be working on will include conveyors, packaging machines, palletisers, de-palletisers, metal detectors, box-erectors, robots, filling lines, pumps and much more. Main PLC's they have on site are Siemens S7. Training course on PLC's and mech-elec conversion courses available. They are happy to look at both mech and elec bias maintenance engineer. Note - a lot of the work does involvemechanical just to be aware of.

Benefits

• Good staff retention
• 8 hour shifts
• 28 days holiday
• Great retention with the Maintenance Engineer department - investment into engineers i.e training courses
• Won some brand new contracts and always growing
• Full training on bespoke machinery

Responsibilities

The role involves a mix of preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdowns. You will work on a range of machinery including conveyors, packaging machines, palletisers, de-palletisers, metal detectors, box-erectors, robots, filling lines and pumps. Maintenance focus may involve mechanical work; training available for PLCs and mechanical-electrical conversion.

Experience and Qualifications

Minimum 3 years experience working as a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer, ideally in a fast paced manufacturing environment.

Qualified in an Engineering discipline - C&G/NVQ.

Must have knowledge of 3-phase motors, contactors, sensors, relays and basic electrical.

Need to be mechanically sound - bearings, straps, chains, belts etc.

From any manufacturing environment welcome - FMCG, Food, plastic, packaging, Pharmaceutical, foundry, brick, distribution, automotive, metals, RAF, Forces, etc.