Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Lye
5 days ago
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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer 

Dudley

£38,000 - £40,000 (dependant on electrical knowledge) 

week 1: 6am - 3pm 
week 2: 9am - 6pm 
42.5 hours a week

The Company:

Due to recent investment the company have recently been taken over by a very well known corporation which have also invested substantially into site improvements including a £200,000 investment into building brand new control panels and machinery including a new compactor and shredding machine. They are now looking for an experienced mechanical maintenance engineer who can think on their own two feet and isn’t shy to face a breakdown and deal with it. Ideally you will be able to weld (Mig). 

You will be partnered with an electrical bias maintenance engineer so there is a chance for the mechanical maintenance engineer to up skill electrically and obtain additional electrical qualifications. 

Benefits for the Maintenance Engineer:

No nights
Overtime paid at a premium
brand new investment into the site
great stability as a business 

Experience required for the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer:

Have at least 3 year’s experience repairing and maintaining special purpose plant machinery as an electrically or mechanically biased maintenance engineer
Mechanically strong, change bearings, straps, belts, chains, - heavy change like for like parts move machinery around, stripping, fabricating etc.
Experience with Mig welding advantageous
FMCG/Food/Metals/Recycling/Automation/Foundry/Brick/ Aerospace
Commutable from Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, west Bromwich, Dudley

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