Maintenance Engineer
hace 5 días
Shrewsbury
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) Continental Shift Shropshire £56,000 + paid overtime + excellent benefits & job security Global FMCG Brand | Brand-New Highly Automated Distribution Centre | Our client are a household-name global brand with a state-of-the-art, highly automated cold-store and distribution centre in Shropshire. To support 24/7 operations we are now recruiting experienced Electrically-biased Maintenance Engineers to join the team on a continental shift pattern (average 42 hrs/week – 12-hour days & nights, 4 on 4 off). Responsibilities - Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) • Reactive and planned preventative maintenance across the full site, • Fast fault-finding on PLC-controlled automated systems, • Electrical installations & modifications (3-phase, control circuits, inverters), • Continuous improvement projects to increase uptime and throughput, • Working at height and in cold-store environments when required, • Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS) – high-bay cranes & shuttles, • Extensive conveyor & sortation networks (belts, rollers, diverters, high-speed sorters), • Robotic palletisers & de-palletisers, • Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), • Industrial refrigeration plant – ammonia & freon chillers/freezers (-28°C areas), • Loading bay equipment – dock levellers, sectional doors, vehicle restraints, • Stretch wrappers, shrink tunnels, pallet scales & auto-labellers, • Electrical distribution, variable speed drives, motors, sensors & control panels, • Fire suppression, HVAC, ventilation & building safety systems, • Minimum Level 3 NVQ / City & Guilds / BTEC in Electrical or Mechatronics Engineering or equivalent (or time-served apprenticeship), • Proven electrical maintenance experience in a fast-paced, highly automated environment (FMCG, parcels, e-commerce, cold storage or 3PL ideal), • Strong 3-phase electrical fault-finding skills down to component level, • Experience working on variable speed drives, inverters & motors, • Hands-on PLC fault-finding experience (Siemens S7 – able to go online and interpret logic), • 17th or 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, • Comfortable working in chilled & frozen environments and at height, • Previous experience on ASRS cranes, Dematic / Knapp / Vanderlande / Swisslog systems, • AGV or robotic palletiser experience, • Ammonia refrigeration awareness (CO2 / Freon also useful), • £56,000 basic salary, • Regular paid overtime, • Continental shift pattern (4 on 4 off – days & nights), • 33 days holiday, • Company pension (up to 10% matched), • Private healthcare, life assurance, subsidised canteen, free parking, • Full training on all new automated systems Location: Telford / Shrewsbury area, Shropshire (commutable from Wolverhampton, Stafford, Bridgnorth, Cannock, Newport) For more information on this role, please contact Andrew Haddon on 01453 796617 or send a copy of your CV to For details of other opportunities available within your chosen field please visit our website This role maybe suitable for: Maintenance engineers, maintenance technicians, electrical maintenance engineers, reliability engineers or shift engineers/technicians Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors. JBRP1_UKTJ