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Maintenance Engineer

West Bromwich 

£52,000

4on/4off Days and Nights (2days/2nights four off) 

The Company:

The business are a globally recognised food manufacturer and one of the biggest employees in west Brom with over 500 employees and are partnered with some of the most iconic brands in the UK. They have an exceptional reputation with the industry and operate out of a fully automated state of the art plant. They have recently developed an in house training programme whereby current and new maintenance engineers will have the chance to learn electrical skills such as PLC u-skilling with a new test rig. Important - for this role they are looking for electrical bias

As a maintenance engineer some of the machines you will be working on include but not limited to: Ovens, fryers, conveyors, packaging machines, robots, slicers, provers, metal detectors and other bespoke machinery.

What’s In it for you as a mechanically biased maintenance engineer?

Work in an automated plant - recession proof 
staff shop
Canteen with subsidised food
Sick pay 
Good pension - 10 matched - 20% pension 
Employee well-being scheme 
Generous holiday allowance
Overtime paid at x1.5 and double time as a maintenance engineer 

Experience required for the role as a electrically biased maintenance engineer

At least 3 year’s experience working as an electrically biased maintenance engineer 
Comfortable with all electrical fault finding
experience working in an manufacturing environment SW1

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