Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham Department: Operations Reporting to: Operations Manager Job Type: Full-time About the Role We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join our Operations team at our Kings Norton site in Birmingham. This is a hands-on engineering role with responsibility for ensuring the safe, reliable and continuous operation of our production machinery, plant and building services. You will play a key role in maintaining and improving equipment reliability, minimising downtime and supporting our production teams. You will also lead and develop the Maintenance team, helping to build a proactive, preventative maintenance culture across the site. Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Maintenance team, including allocation of work, performance management, appraisals, recruitment, training and development.
• Develop and continuously improve preventative and predictive maintenance programmes.
• Diagnose, fault-find and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and control system faults across production machinery and site services.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM), predictive maintenance and reactive maintenance.
• Fault-find, modify and improve PLC-controlled systems and automated equipment where required.
• Install, test, commission and modify machinery, electrical equipment and plant.
• Respond promptly to equipment faults and emergency breakdowns to minimise production disruption.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure machinery, plant and electrical installations are maintained in a safe and serviceable condition and comply with relevant statutory requirements.
• Oversee statutory inspections and compliance activities, including PAT, fixed wiring inspections, thermal imaging, LOLER and pressure systems.
• Ensure equipment requiring calibration is maintained and certified in accordance with company and legislative requirements.
• Manage external contractors and specialist service providers, ensuring work is completed safely and in line with company procedures.
• Support engineering, capital improvement and continuous improvement projects.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, compliance documentation and asset histories.
• Manage maintenance purchasing, including sourcing parts, materials and specialist services.
• Monitor maintenance expenditure and work within the agreed maintenance budget.
• Liaise with insurers, regulatory inspectors and external providers regarding compliance and specialist maintenance requirements.
• Carry out fabrication and welding activities where required to support maintenance operations.
• Ensure full compliance with the company's Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Management Systems. About You We are looking for someone who is proactive, practical and confident working in a busy manufacturing environment. You will ideally have:
• Previous experience in a maintenance engineering role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong electrical engineering knowledge and an electrical bias.
• Experience fault-finding electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and control systems.
• Experience working with PLC-controlled machinery and automated equipment.
• Knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance practices.
• Experience leading or supervising a maintenance/engineering team.
• A strong understanding of electrical safety, statutory compliance and safe systems of work.
• Good problem-solving and diagnostic skills.
• The ability to prioritise effectively and respond calmly to breakdowns and production pressures.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with Production and Engineering teams.
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement.
• The ability to manage contractors, suppliers and external service providers.
• A flexible approach to working hours to meet business requirements. Working Requirements The role may involve:
• Out-of-hours work to support production or respond to breakdowns.
• Occasional travel to customer sites, suppliers or training activities.
• Flexibility around working hours to support business requirements. Location Shapers' Technologies UK Ltd Unit 23/25 Sovereign Road Kings Norton Business Centre Birmingham B30 3HN Why Join Us? This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to take a key role within a busy manufacturing environment, leading a maintenance team and helping to drive improvements in reliability, efficiency, safety and operational performance.
• Please note that this advert is intended as a summary of the role and is not exhaustive. The post-holder may be required to undertake other reasonable duties as requested by management.