Mechanical Fitter Full Time Permanent

Mechanical Fitter
Oldbury
4on/4off DAYS only
£42,000 – £46,000 DOE 

The Opportunity

An Amazing Opportunity for a Mechanical Fitter to become part of a multi-million-pound Heavy industry business, they have recently invested over £30,000,000 across the company in the next 12 months and have partnered with MAKE UK who’s customers include the likes of JLR, Severn Trent etc one of the best recognised training facilities in the West Midlands. Training and development is at the forefront of this Business, you will have the opportunity to up-skill electrically (or mechanically) and become truly multi-skilled, not many Manufacturers can offer this!  For this role as a mechanical maintenance engineer you will ideally be able to weld – Mig/Arc but this is not a deal breaker. 

The role will be working on multi-million pound machinery, some old and some brand new. You will need to be prepared to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty as it is part of the heavy engineering sector. The engineers that thrive in this environment are the ones that enjoy the old school heavy machinery!

As a mechanical maintenance engineer the machinery you will be working on will be big industrial Balers (Harris), 2000 tonne shears, mobile cranes for material handling, screw conveyors, in feed conveyors, Separators, sortation machines, big industrial magnets and more.

Benefits for the Mechanical Fitter :

• above market pension – matched +1%
• Healthcare plan
• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 25 in 2023
• bonus scheme for the maintenance engineer 
• 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support – access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance
• Overtime paid at a premium, easily earn £50,000
• paid training courses i.e. Siemens PLC training and HNC          

Experience required for the Mechanical Fitter:

• Must be competent mechanically biased 
• attitude is key – they will give back what you give them 
• At least 3 year’s experience maintaining/repairing special purpose machinery
• Electrical skills are advantageous and basic salary may be higher if you can demonstrate reasonable competence
• mechanical knowledge – bearings, straps, belts, chains, pulleys etc 
• Ideally worked in a heavy industrial environment previously but open to getting your hands dirty