Maintenance Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 August 2025
LOCATION
Darlaston
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Manufacturing
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SKILLS

Maintenance CNC machinery Electrical Mechanical PLC Robotics

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

Working within a team of multi-skilled maintenance engineers to maximise machine uptime while minimising unplanned downtime. The department work on all areas of maintenance for the plant equipment and site and involves preventative and reactive maintenance on CNC machines, assembly processes, robotics. The job role is for a double-day shift pattern but the site operates on a 24 hour basis with a permanent night shift.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Responding to Breakdowns with Extensive fault finding (both electrical and mechanical)
  • Carrying out preventative and reactive maintenance of CNC machinery and various assembly equipment
  • Carrying out PPM and reactive maintenance of our CNC machinery and assembly equipment
  • To support maintenance and factory-based improvement projects
  • The completion of service reports and internal systems via our CMMS system

Core Requirements:

  • Time served apprenticeship in a relevant discipline (electrical/mechanical/mechatronics), ideally trained to a HNC qualification
  • Ideally electrically biased but with a proven ability to work in both fields
  • IT skills are required: MS office, email etc. CMMS experience is preferred, especially in SAP
  • PLC experience is advantageous
  • Robotics experience is an advantage, ideally in Kuka robotics
  • Ability to embrace personal challenges and work within a team environment based on openness, mutual respect and collaborative working
  • Ability to engage interest and participation of others

About the Team

Working within a team of multi-skilled maintenance engineers to maximise machine uptime while minimising unplanned downtime. The department work on all areas of maintenance for the plant equipment and site and involves preventative and reactive maintenance on CNC machines, assembly processes, robotics. The job role is for a double-day shift pattern but the site operates on a 24 hour basis with a permanent night shift.

What you can look forward to as Maintenance Engineer:

  • Responding to Breakdowns with Extensive fault finding (both electrical and mechanical)
  • Carrying out preventative and reactive maintenance of CNC machinery and various assembly equipment
  • Carrying out PPM and reactive maintenance of our CNC machinery and assembly equipment
  • To support maintenance and factory-based improvement projects
  • The completion of service reports and internal systems via our CMMS system

Your Profile as Maintenance Engineer:

  • Time served apprenticeship in a relevant discipline (electrical/mechanical/mechatronics), ideally trained to a HNC qualification
  • Ideally electrically biased but with a proven ability to work in both fields
  • IT skills are required: MS office, email etc. CMMS experience is preferred, especially in SAP
  • PLC experience is advantageous
  • Robotics experience is an advantage, ideally in Kuka robotics
  • Ability to embrace personal challenges and work within a team environment based on openness, mutual respect and collaborative working
  • Ability to engage interest and participation of others

What does DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) mean for ZF as a company?

At ZF, we continuously strive to build and maintain a culture where inclusiveness is lived and diversity is valued. We actively seek ways to remove barriers so that all our employees can rise to their full potential. We aim to embed this vision in our legacy through how we operate and build our products as we shape the future of mobility.

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