Maintenance Engineer

Location; Birmingham

Are you an qualified Maintenance Engineer looking to develop your career within a large engineering team where you'll be supported, challenged and given the opportunity to become truly multi-skilled?

We are working with one of the UK's leading pharmaceutical distribution businesses, operating a highly automated national distribution centre that plays a vital role in the healthcare supply chain. Every day, advanced automation systems ensure critical medicines and healthcare products are delivered safely and efficiently across the UK.

Due to continued investment in both automation and engineering, the business is looking to recruit a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join its well-established engineering team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who wants to work alongside experienced maintenance professionals in a structured environment where training, mentoring and continuous development are genuinely part of the culture. Whether you're electrically biased or mechanically biased and looking to develop your electrical skills, you'll be given the support to broaden your technical knowledge while working on some of the most advanced automated warehouse systems in the UK.

Rather than spending every shift firefighting breakdowns, you'll become part of a proactive engineering team focused on preventative maintenance, reliability improvements and continuous improvement projects.

Responsibilities of a Maintenance Engineer:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance across automated warehouse and materials handling systems
• Respond to electrical and mechanical breakdowns to minimise downtime
• Fault find across conveyors, automated storage systems and warehouse automation equipment
• Maintain and repair Knapp, Peem and Schaefer automated systems
• Complete maintenance activities using the site's CMMS system
• Support root cause analysis and continuous improvement projects
• Work closely with operations to maximise equipment reliability and performance, assisting with planned shutdowns and upgrades

Skills & Qualifications of a Maintenance Engineer:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification, apprentice-trained
• Experience within manufacturing, FMCG, logistics, warehousing or automated environments
• Strong electrical or mechanical fault-finding skills
• Mechanically biased engineers looking to develop electrical skills, or electrical engineers wanting to expand their automation knowledge, are encouraged to apply
• CMMS experience desirable, with a positive attitude and strong communication and team-working skills

Benefits of a Maintenance Engineer:

• Basic salary: £46,350
• Monday to Friday rotating shift pattern, with only 1 Saturday per month:

• 2 weeks: 06:00 – 14:00
• 1 week: 14:00 – 22:00
• 1 week: 18:00 – 02:00

• Structured engineering training and development programme
• Opportunity to develop electrical and automation skills
• Work alongside a large, experienced engineering team
• Genuine career progression opportunities
• Exposure to industry-leading automated warehouse technology

If you feel this Maintenance Engineer role is right for you, please contact Becky Prince at Maintech Recruitment on (phone number removed) for more information or click apply.

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