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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Hunter Selection
Oldbury
6 days ago
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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer – Oldbury, West Midlands

Hours: Monday to Friday (Mon-Thu 07:30–16:00; Fri: half-day) | Salary: 38k + Performance Bonus

Benefits: Company pension scheme, health cash plan, life assurance, 33 days holiday (including statutory), discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme and employee assistance programme.

A leading manufacturer has an exciting opportunity to join their well-established Engineering Team. This role offers security and stability with progressive training and development, supported by a friendly and welcoming team.

Role Description
  • Completing scheduled maintenance and reactive maintenance on various mechanical machinery
  • Working within a team to support the manufacturing process
  • Effective recording and monitoring of all engineering and production-based issues
  • Troubleshooting issues and suggesting solutions to prevent reoccurrences
  • Communicating with Production Managers and Team Leaders on progress of issues
  • Investigating faults with plant and equipment, completing necessary repairs and reporting status within the maintenance recording system
Skills and Qualifications
  • Time served Mechanical Engineer with solid industry experience in manufacturing
  • Minimum City and Guilds Part 1 and 2 in mechanical engineering (or similar)
  • Good fitting skills
  • Hydraulic and pneumatic fault-finding experience
  • Experience of planned maintenance and reactive maintenance, continuous improvement/lean manufacturing
  • Ability to weld and fabricate (desirable)
  • Well organised, proactive and able to work to tight deadlines
  • Good diligence
  • Proactive approach to problem solving
  • Good timekeeping and attendance

Please be advised applicants must be eligible and able to prove you can work in the UK, as our client does not hold a sponsorship licence.

If interested in the above opportunity, please forward your CV to Tom Phillips at Hunter Selection via (url removed)

If you are interested in this position please click \'apply\'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.


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