Senior Maintenance Engineer Mechanical​/Electrical

Overview

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

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