Mechanical Maintenance Engineer in Stourbridge

Role:
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Mechanical Fitter

Hours:

Continental 12 hour shifts - 4 on 4 off (4 Days followed by 4 Nights) Salary: £46,000 to £48,000 per annum - overtime paid at x1.5 & x2.0 + benefits

Location:

Easily Commutable from Bromsgrove, Worcester, Kidderminster, Halesowen, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Redditch and surrounding areas

A heavy plant manufacturing company who offer challenging and rewarding careers for Mechanical Maintenance Engineers / Mechanical Fitters are now looking for a motivated individual who wants to be part of an established and successful maintenance team.

If you’re after a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer role that is both varied and rewarding, with scope to learn, offers professional growth and earn good money too, then this is a great opportunity for you!

You must be willing to get your hands dirty in a heavy plant environment and not be averse to training and developing your skills further. If you are qualified in Mechanical Engineering (or similar) either via an apprenticeship and/or college and have experience with some of the following then please do apply; bearings, motors, pumps, gears, belts, chains, hydraulics, pneumatics, welding (MIG/Arc).

Suitable candidates will ideally also have some form of maintenance, fitting or servicing experience, preferably gained in an industrial, production or manufacturing environment.

• Permanent Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Mechanical Fitter position, 12 hour shifts 4 on 4 off (4 Days followed by 4 Nights).
• Working in a team of motivated Engineers, day shifts are often more reactive, responding to breakdowns and line issues, while the night shifts are often more proactive, undertaking PPM, Continuous Improvement and Project Work.
• Planned Preventative Maintenance across a range of equipment and machinery.
• Dealing with machinery breakdowns and problems, requiring good fault finding, diagnostics and repair skills.
• Assisting with planned shutdowns and project work, refurbishing machines and replacing worn parts.
• Training to work safely on the plant to check, repair or replace belts, bearings, motors, gears, pumps, chains, hydraulics, pneumatics and other components.

• Complete a recognised Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship or hold Mechanical Engineering qualifications (NVQ or C&G) at Level 3 or higher.
• Experience with mechanical maintenance, mechanical fitting or servicing work, ideally within industrial and/or production/manufacturing environments.
• Experience with belts, chains, bearings—fitting & aligning, pumps, seals, motors, gears, hydraulics, pneumatics, MIG/Arc welding and fabrication.
• Good troubleshooting skills & diagnostics experience.
• Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and/or drive chain fault finding highly beneficial, as is some Electrical control systems experience.
• Ability to think outside the box to solve mechanical challenges & issues.
• Must enjoy working as part of a team, delivering PPM, continuous improvement, investigating long term solutions to regular problems.
• Able to contribute to the ongoing improvement of the CMMS.
• Safety is the number 1 priority; must be committed to safe working and have strong experience of health and safety best practice.