Mechanical Maintenance Engineer Full Time Permanent

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer 
Oldbury
3-shift – Friday/Saturday/Sunday OFF one week in three
£44,000 – £46,000

Shift pattern
Morning Shift: 
Monday to Wednesday-6.00-16.30 
Thursday-6.00-14.30 
 
Afternoon shift:  
Monday to Wednesday-14.00-00:30 
Thursday-14.00 to 22.30 
 
Night shift:  
Sunday night-18.00-6.30  
Monday to Thursday-22.00 to 6.30  (Friday morning finish)

Average 42.2 hours a week

The Opportunity

An Amazing Opportunity for an Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to become part of a multi-million-pound Heavy industry business, the engineers on site have chosen this shift pattern and it is one of the best I have seen. Perfect if you want a real work-life balance. Overtime paid at premium rate so can easily ear £55,000  

The role as a mechanical maintenance engineer 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!

The machinery you will be working as a maintenance engineer will be 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 of the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer:

• above market pension – matched 1%
• Healthcare plan
• paid training courses
• 33 days annual leave for the maintenance engineer
• bonus scheme
• 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 £55,000 – £60,000
• access to paid training courses i.e. Siemens PLC training and HNC          

Experience required for the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer:

• 3 years experience working as a mechanical maintenance fitter/mechanical maintenance engineer 
• Experience within heavy engineering is advantageous  
• experience with gearboxes, straps, belts, chains, pulleys, conveyors, material handling, pneumatics/hydraulics is advantageous
• Experience welding/fabricating is advantageous
• Ideally worked in a heavy industrial environment previously but must open to getting your hands dirty as a maintenance engineer