Senior Maintenance Engineer (electrical Bias)

038108354

£45,000 - £50,000 Per Annum

Full Time

Permanent

Birmingham, West Midlands

Engineering And Technical

Posted 28 days ago

Expires In 15 Hours

Job Description

Senior Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical/Electrical) – Electrical Bias
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 + Shift Allowance + Benefits (Total package circa £50,000)

Monday-Friday

I am recruiting an experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join a leading manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled engineer with strong electrical bias to support production through effective maintenance and team leadership.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Support and guide maintenance engineers and TPM engineers in daily tasks
    • Collaborate closely with technical support, quality, and manufacturing teams
    • Promote safe working practices and maintain a clean, healthy working environment
    • Work with specialist equipment and support new machine introductions
    • Carry out routine, preventative, and breakdown maintenance on automated production lines
    • Perform fault finding across electrical, robotics, PLC, HMI, servo motors, and drives
    • Lead continuous improvement activities on production equipment

Skills & Experience Required:
  • Minimum 10 years’ maintenance experience in mechanical and electrical engineering
    • Strong CNC experience (mechanical & electrical)
    • PLC trained with experience in Fanuc robots and servo motors/drives
    • Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings
    • HNC Electrical/Electronic qualification or higher
    • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
    • Able to work on own initiative and collaboratively within a team
    • Awareness of health and safety regulations
    • Willing to work a double day shift pattern, with weekend and shutdown maintenance support as needed

Benefits:
  • Competitive salary with shift allowance
    • Holiday – 25 days plus 8 bank holidays
    • Overtime opportunities (regular)
    • Life assurance (2x cover)
    • Auto-enrolment pension scheme
    • Potential quarterly bonus (£1,100 per year)
    • 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
    • Employee assistance programme and discount schemes

Hours:
Double day shift pattern:
  • Week 1: Mon-Thurs 6am–2pm, Fri 6am–11am
    • Week 2: Mon-Thurs 2pm–10pm, Fri 11am–4pm