Maintenance Engineer (Electrical)

Rise Technical Recruitment
Birmingham, United Kingdom
7 months ago
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Maintenance Engineer (Electrical)

Birmingham, commutable from Walsall, Tamworth, Aldridge and surrounding areas.

£40,000 - £47,000 + Earlies & Lates Shift Pattern (Monday to Friday, 40hrs) + No Weekend Work + Call Allowance + 20 days holiday + Pension + Life Assurance + Progression + Training

Excellent opportunity for someone looking for a new challenge, where you will work on specialist machinery and heavily involved in electrical project work.

On offer is the chance to work with an established business who will support you with initial training, the latest tools and ongoing career development.

The core responsibilities of this role will be the maintenance of production machinery across the site as well as reporting to the Site Manager about projects, problems and health and safety issues.

The right candidate will have previous experience with hands on electrical and mechanical Maintenance Engineering from a manufacturing background.

Ex Forces candidates looking for a career change are encouraged to apply for the role and will be provided training.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world renowned business, working Monday to Friday and offered an excellent all round package.

The role:

*Carry out maintenance tasks across the site

*Electrical & Mechanical Engineering

*Reactive and Preventative

*Report to the Site manager for work

The person:

*Electrical and Mechanical maintenance background

*Manufacturing, Production or Industrial background

*Ex Forces Candidates (REME, Royal Navy, RAF, Avionics etc.) are encouraged to apply and will be offered training

*Knowledge of Health and Safety practices

*Holding electrical qualifications e.g. NVQ, HNC, City & Guilds, 18th Edition

Reference Number: BBBH(phone number removed)

To apply for this role or for to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Nick Phillips at Rise Technical Recruitment.

This vacancy is being advertised by Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd. The services of Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd are that of an Employment Agency.

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd regrets to inform that our client can only accept applications from engineering candidates who have a valid legal permit or right to work in the United Kingdom. Potential candidates who do not have this right or permit, or are pending an application to obtain this right or permit should not apply as your details will not be processed.

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

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