Maintenance engineer

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Location: West Midlands
Salary: £61,000 Basic
Shifts: 4 on 4 off (Days & Nights)
Benefits: Overtime Available 6% Pension 33 Days Holiday

The Company

ATA Recruitment is working with a well-established manufacturer supplying specialist products to the global aerospace industry. Operating from a large manufacturing facility in the West Midlands, the business supplies major commercial, cargo and military aviation customers and continues to invest heavily in its plant and equipment. Recent investment in new machinery and plans to expand the engineering team make this an exciting time to join the business.

The Role

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will be joining a busy engineering team responsible for maintaining a variety of heavy manufacturing and processing equipment.

The role is predominantly reactive maintenance, ensuring machinery downtime is minimised and production targets are achieved. You'll be working across a broad range of equipment including:

• Rollers
• Formers
• Extruders
• Steamers
• Presses
• Manual lathes
• Associated manufacturing equipment and services

Key Responsibilities

• Electrical and mechanical fault finding across manufacturing machinery.
• Diagnosing faults using drawings, schematics and testing equipment.
• Replacing motors, sensors, pumps and other mechanical components.
• Maintaining pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance activities.
• Supporting production by responding quickly to breakdowns.
• PLC fault finding through HMI and input/output diagnostics.

The Candidate

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Experience working within a manufacturing, heavy engineering or industrial environment.
• Strong electrical fault-finding ability.
• The ability to read and interpret electrical drawings.
• Mechanical maintenance experience including pumps, gearboxes, bearings and pipework.
• Experience working on large industrial machinery.
• A recognised engineering qualification or significant time-served maintenance experience.
• The ability to work independently and manage breakdown situations effectively.

Engineers from heavy industry, metals, foundry, brick, paper, chemicals, packaging, automotive, recycling, steel, quarrying or similar manufacturing environments are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

• £56,000 basic salary.
• Average earnings exceeding £61,000.
• Significant overtime opportunities available.
• Weekday overtime paid at 1.3x.
• Weekend overtime paid at 1.5x.
• 6% pension contribution.
• 33 days holiday.
• Secure long-term employment within a specialist manufacturing environment.

ATA Recruitment

If you are interested in this Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer position, please apply today.

ATA Recruitment specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and General Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis.

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