About this role
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Salary: £48,500–£52,500 depending on experience
Shift: Continental nights – 6pm–6am, 4 on / 4 off
Location: Birmingham
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – The Opportunity
We're recruiting a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join an established engineering business specialising in the design, manufacture and maintenance of bespoke industrial machinery.
This is a hands-on role supporting specialist production equipment within the metal-forming industry, combining planned maintenance, reactive breakdown support and technical fault-finding.
A skills test will form part of the interview process to help determine the final salary, based on your experience and technical ability.
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – Responsibilities
- Respond to machinery breakdowns and minimise production downtime.
- Carry out preventative maintenance and TPM activities.
- Diagnose faults and identify root causes to prevent recurring issues.
- Maintain mechanical and electrical systems across specialist machinery.
- Fault-find on hydraulic, pneumatic, PLC and machine control systems.
- Read and interpret engineering and electrical drawings.
- Record maintenance work, repairs and equipment modifications.
- Identify improvements to machinery reliability and performance.
- Support machinery installations and basic site maintenance.
- Manage your workload and update maintenance records using digital systems.
- Follow health, safety, quality and environmental procedures.
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – Essential Experience
- Extensive experience maintaining industrial machinery or production equipment.
- Strong mechanical maintenance skills and electrical fault-finding ability.
- Hands-on experience with industrial hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
- Knowledge of PLCs and machine control systems.
- Experience working with power presses.
- Ability to read engineering and electrical drawings.
- A methodical approach to troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work independently or within a small team.
- Comfortable using maintenance software and standard computer applications.
- Full UK driving licence and current passport.
Qualifications and Desirable Skills
- Relevant engineering apprenticeship, City & Guilds or NVQ Level 2/3 qualification.
- Knowledge of CLM PLC controls.
- Power press safety knowledge or a relevant press regulations course.
- Hydraulic and pneumatic qualifications.
- Forklift experience (training available).
- MEWP experience (training available).
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer – Apply Today
If you have solid industrial maintenance experience and are looking for a role offering £48,500–£52,500 on a continental night shift, we'd like to hear from you.
Apply today to discuss the opportunity and arrange an initial conversation.
