Role: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Mechanical Fitter Hours: Continental 12 hour shifts - 4 on 4 off (4 Days followed by 4 Nights) Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 per annum - overtime paid at x1.5 & x2.0 + benefitsLocation: Kidderminster Area - Easily Commutable from Bromsgrove, Worcester, Halesowen, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Redditch and surrounding areasCompanyA heavy plant manufacturing company who offer challenging and rewarding careers for Mechanical Maintenance Engineers / Mechanical Fitters are now looking for a motivated individual who wants to be part of an established and successful maintenance team.If you’re after a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer role that is both varied and rewarding, with scope to learn, offers professional growth and earn good money too, then this is a great opportunity for you!You must be willing to get your hands dirty in a heavy plant environment and not be averse to training and developing your skills further. If you are qualified in Mechanical Engineering (or similar) either via an apprenticeship and/or college and have experience with some of the following then please do apply; bearings, motors, pumps, gears, belts, chains, hydraulics, pneumatics, welding (MIG/Arc). Suitable candidates will ideally also have some form of maintenance, fitting or servicing experience, preferably gained in an industrial, production or manufacturing environment.ResponsibilitiesThis is a permanent Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Mechanical Fitter position, working 12 hour shifts 4 on 4 off (4 Days followed by 4 Nights).Working in a team of motivated Engineers, day shifts are often more reactive, responding to breakdowns and line issues, while the night shifts are often more proactive, undertaking PPM, Continuous Improvement and Project Work.Your role will includePlanned Preventative Maintenance across a range of equipment and machinery.Dealing with machinery breakdowns and problems, so good fault finding, diagnostics and repair skills required.Assisting with planned shutdowns and project work, refurbishing machines and replacing worn parts.The production machinery is often large and heavy, so you will be trained how to work safely on the plant to check, repair or replace belts, bearings, motors, gears, pumps, chains, hydraulics, pneumatics etc. Those with mechanical skills within production/manufacturing environments would be ideal.Preferred Skills & ExperienceHave completed a recognised Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship or hold Mechanical Engineering qualifications (NVQ or C&G) at Level 3 or higher.Experience with mechanical maintenance, mechanical fitting or servicing work, ideally within industrial and/or production/manufacturing environments.Have experience with belts, chains, bearings - fitting & aligning, pumps, seals, motors, gears, hydraulics, pneumatics, MIG / Arc welding and fabrication would be desirable - training and support can be given to develop areas where you are inexperienced or need refreshing on.

Good troubleshooting skills & diagnostics experience.

Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and/or drive chain fault finding is highly beneficial, as is some Electrical control systems experience.

The ability to think outside the box to solve mechanical challenges & issues.

Must enjoy working as part of a team, delivering PPM, continuous improvement, investigating long term solutions to regular problems.

Able to contribute to the ongoing improvement of the CMMS.

Safety is the number 1 priority, so you must be committed to safe working and have strong experience of health and safety best practice.

If this role sounds of interest, please apply now and send your most up to date CV to Alec at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered or call TechNichols Resourcing and speak with Alec for further information.We will endeavour to get back to all applicants but if you have not heard back within 5 working days unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.