Job Specification: Maintenance Engineer

Company Description:
A leading manufacturer and retreader of aircraft tyres with over a century of experience in the aerospace industry. The company operates a large, research-focused site in Birmingham and is renowned for offering excellent career progression opportunities, including creating new roles to support employee growth.

Location:
Birmingham, England, B24

Position:
Maintenance Engineer (Multi-Skilled with an Electrical Bias)

Employment Type:
Full-time, Permanent

Working Hours:

4 days on, 4 days off (2 days and 2 nights per shift)

12-hour shifts, totaling 42 hours per week

Salary and Benefits:

Annual salary: £50,000 (paid weekly)

Overtime available, with engineers typically earning around £60,000 per year

Overtime rates: 1.3x on weekdays, 1.5x on weekends

Pension contribution up to 6%

24 days holiday (including bank holidays, if asked)

The Role:
As a Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining and repairing industrial machinery on-site, ensuring safety, efficiency, and reliability. The role involves diagnosing faults, conducting preventative maintenance, and supporting the production team with operational issues.

Key Responsibilities:

Diagnosing and repairing faults in equipment to ensure safety and operational reliability.

Performing maintenance on industrial machinery, including presses, hydraulics, and pneumatics.

Participating in project work and offering production support as needed.

Machinery on Site:

Boilers, compressors, high-pressure and low-pressure systems

Steam systems, calendar mills, extruders, presses

Gearboxes, semi-automated conveyors

Motors (single and three-phase), pumps, and pipes

High-voltage systems

Requirements:

At least 7 years of post-apprenticeship experience (apprenticeship + 3/4 years + 7 years). Preference for experienced engineers with extensive industry knowledge.

Strong background in heavy industry manufacturing. Experience in plastics manufacturing, Arconic, or Smurfit Kappa is ideal.

Multi-skilled with a strong electrical bias and familiarity with industrial machinery.

Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings (tested during the interview process).

Relevant qualifications (e.g., NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, apprenticeship)

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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