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Maintenance Engineer - Erdington. Continental Shift. £25.75/hr (equivalent to £49,304) with review to increase in January 2027 (£53,500). Working with the oldest supplier of aircraft tyres in the world, we are seeking a range of qualified Maintenance Engineers to support their continuing manufacturing activities in Birmingham.

Working on a Continental Shift pattern, 4 on 4 off. 2x12 hour days (6am - 6pm) and 2x12 hour nights (6pm - 6am), these permanent roles are targeting both mechanical and electrical expertise.

Role Purpose

• Complete permits to work and risk assessments, assessing all risks involved in the work to be undertaken
• Ensure safe systems of work are applied, adhered to and followed out consistently
• Support and achieve Planned Preventative Maintenance, Reactive Maintenance and Plant improvement initiatives, Installation projects, statutory inspections, factory services and any other duties required to ensure plant safety, performance, improvement and operation
• Supervision of external contractors and service providers
• Interact with all stakeholders at any level within the business on a daily basis to resolve equipment & site related issues
• Be a point of contact for internal customers to resolve plant, equipment and safety issues & provide technical support
• Interact with external bodies, suppliers and contractors to achieve the above
• Ensure critical spares are available and stock levels are maintained on consumption
• Ensure a high standard of workmanship is achieved

Key Role Duties

• Provide a high standard of multi-skilled engineering support whilst working safely either independently or as part of a team
• Aid in reduction of production losses, energy and waste
• Diagnose faults or point of failure, repair equipment to ensure safe operation, correct function, reliability and equipment availability
• Engineer out equipment failures through continuous improvement
• Plan, co-ordinate and execute installation and plant improvement projects
• Provide support and input to plan & co-ordinate planned maintenance schedules, act on follow up repairs, source spares, complete and file documentation to audit standard
• Provide shift, factory start-up/shutdown cover as and when required
• Specify & procure critical spares, be able to create requisitions to order
• Report equipment issues, follow up works & spares requirements to the Shift Plant Engineer and report in the shift report
• Any other non-defined duties &/or responsibilities required to support engineering's operations

Core Experience Sought

• Experience of heavy motorised and hydraulic plant
• Experience of steam generation, boiler house operation and high-pressure fluid systems
• Mechanical or Electrical bias with basic knowledge of other skill set
• Experience in CMMS
• Ideally have a BTEC or equivalent

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