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Maintenance Technician

Brownhills
4 days ago
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We are a well-respected employer within the engineering sector and are seeking to recruit proven Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician, to join our established shift maintenance team.

This is a rare opportunity to join a forward thinking engineering business with an outstanding reputation for job security and staff development.

You will be working with automated plant and equipment in a clean, well laid out environment, where breakdowns are infrequent due to our comprehensive focus on planned preventive maintenance.

Benefits:

In return for your Maintenance skills and experience, we offer:

  • Competitive Base Salary of c£47,000

  • Paid Overtime (with an OTE of £60K)

  • Company Pension Contributions

  • Generous Key Benefits Package

  • Above Average Holiday Entitlement

  • Genuine Opportunities for Funded External Training & Development

    Duties of a Maintenance Technician

    As a Shift Maintenance Technician, you’ll be working within a small but effective team that has been with us for many years, operating within a well structured maintenance department. You’ll be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance across our clean and well laid out plant, so experience in supporting plant and equipment is essential.

    Requirements of a Maintenance Technician

    As a maintenance technician you must hold formal electrical qualifications and be apprentice trained. You must have proven experience of supporting automated plant, which ideally includes Plc controls and Robots within a manufacturing, process or production environment.

    This is an excellent opportunity to progress your career in a company that rarely recruits and offers the security of a stable and consistent working environment, supporting well looked after plant and equipment rarely found in other areas of engineering.

    The Maintenance Technician role is commutable from Brownhills, Cannock & Walsall

    Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.

    Our aim is to help you secure the best possible future for yourself & this is a totally FREE service to all our Candidates.

    If you believe that your skills and experience match what we are looking for please call me or APPLY and I will be in touch.

    Should you want to learn more about any of our MAINTENANCE, RELIABILITY & SERVICE ENGINEERING vacancies, or should you just want to discuss your particular needs, then please do not hesitate to contact me to have an informal, confidential chat.

    Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Maintenance, Reliability & Service Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

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