Maintenance Engineer

Location: Coseley
As a double days Shift Engineer, you’ll play a key role in keeping our fast-paced FMCG production facility running smoothly. Working as part of a small, dedicated engineering team within a family-run business, you’ll take ownership of day-to-day engineering activities — from responding to breakdowns and supporting production changeovers, to carrying out preventative maintenance and driving improvements across the site.

You will also be involved in executing projects which are consistently ongoing as the site continues to develop to stay abreast of market requirements.

This is a hands-on, varied role where you’ll combine mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills with a proactive and curious mindset to support both short-term production targets and long-term reliability goals.

The role as a Maintenance Engineer:

Respond promptly to breakdowns and restore equipment to full operation safely and efficiently.

Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to schedule.

Identify and act on opportunities to improve machine performance and reliability.

Complete thorough shift reports, ensuring accurate communication of issues and corrective actions.

Close the loop on recurring faults or maintenance concerns.

Support production teams with complex changeovers, troubleshooting, and coaching of operators.

Assist in the creation and continual improvement of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Undertake fault-finding and repair work across mechanical, electrical, and PLC systems.

Work alongside the Lead Engineer on site improvement and installation projects.

Plan and prepare spares and tooling required for extended maintenance periods.

Support installation, commissioning, and modification of mechanical and electrical systems.

Contribute ideas and technical input to reliability, efficiency, and safety projects.

Skills and Qualifications required in this Maintenance Engineers role:

Be apprentice trained and have excellent knowledge of both mechanical and electrical maintenance.

18th Edition

Previous experience within a FMCG environment would be advantageous

Electrical and Mechanical skills including: 3 phase motors, drives, control and fault-finding on PLCs.

Ability to read from schematics.

The Benefits of a Maintenance Engineer:

Monday – Friday

Basic Salary £45,000 - £49,000 depending on experience

3 shift 6am-2pm/10am-6pm/2pm-10pm

Holiday Allowance 25 + Bank holidays.

Pension

Paid training opportunities

If you feel this Maintenance Engineers opportunity would be right for you, click apply or for more information please contact Rebecca Prince  at Maintech Recruitment on (phone number removed).

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