Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Shifts: 40 Hours (Highly flexible between 6am - 10pm, with occasional weekends & nights)
Salary: Circa £45,000 per annum (Dependent on experience)
Benefits: Profit-based Annual Bonuses, Final Salary Pension, 33 Days Holiday, 3x Death in Service, Paid Overtime, Call-out Payments, Free Parking, Hapi App Discounts.
The Company:
Join a leading international manufacturer undergoing major site development. We are seeking a hungry, ambitious engineer looking to step up into leadership. This role is a direct pathway to becoming our Maintenance Manager, offering a rare opportunity to shape a department and fast-track your career. The business truly values its team, offering a highly flexible work environment built on mutual trust alongside advanced training (including specialist equipment like industrial cranes).
The Candidate:
We are searching for a motivated, organized, electrically biased engineer with some mechanical competency. You should have prior supervisory experience or a strong desire to progress. The role is a 50/50 split between administrative duties and being hands-on. Joining a close-knit 3-man team, attitude and team fit are our top priorities.
The Roles & Duties:
Leadership: Act as successor to the Maintenance Manager, supervising contractors and managing budgets.
Compliance & Care: Ensure site and equipment compliance; manage crane, furnace, and insurance defects.
Systems & Admin: Oversee the CMMS/PPM system, logging breakdowns and managing spare parts/ordering.
Hands-on Engineering: Electrical fault-finding, working with motors, mechanical repairs, and sharing the call-out/weekend rota.
Requirements:
Experience: Heavy industrial, chemical, or fast-paced manufacturing background with strong electrical fault-finding and motor knowledge.
Qualifications: Relevant engineering qualifications (Electrical bias preferred) with a strong grasp of safe systems of work.
Traits: Ambitious, flexible, organized, and willing to work a flexible schedule, call-out rota, and occasional weekends.
Desirable: Experience with industrial cranes and furnaces (training provided if needed).
Titles; Titles: Maintenance Supervisor, Team Leader, Lead Engineer, Maintenance Manager Designate, Electrical Supervisor, Senior Maintenance Engineer.
Commutable from: Willenhall, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Wednesbury, Darlaston, Bilston, Bloxwich, Cannock, Dudley, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield, Birmingham.
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
Salary description
£40000.00 - £45000.00 per year