Shift Mechanical Fitter

Shift Mechanical Fitter / Engineer - Continental 12 Hour Shift Pattern - 2 Days followed by 2 Nights, then 4 Days Off

Location: Smethwick, West Midlands - Commutable from Dudley, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Halesowen, Shirley, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster and surrounding areas

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 Per Annum depending on experience, plus benefits and opportunities to develop and grow your career

The Role:

Are you looking for a quality company with a great team to call home? If so, we are actively recruiting for a Shift Mechanical Fitter to join a large industrial manufacturer in the Smethwick area.

With the company exporting their products to customers around the world, the Shift Mechanical Fitter will be part of their skilled Mechanical Maintenance team where you will have opportunities to continue to grow your professional knowledge & skills through additional internal/external mentoring & training.

The Shift Maintenance team works 12-hour Shifts (4 On 4 Off - covering 2 Days followed by 2 Nights) and along with undertaking PPM and responding to machinery breakdowns, the team also undertakes installations & other project work too. Each member of the Maintenance team needs to be comfortable in communicating effectively with team members and other departments in the company, to ensure daily goals are understood and met.

Interested Candidates need to be mechanically qualified, ideally through a mechanical related apprenticeship or a related RQF Level 3 qualification.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience of Mechanical preventative and reactive maintenance within an industrial environment.
• Solid experience working across a wide range of production equipment & components such as gearboxes, bearings, pumps, mechanical seals, pipework, motors, belts etc.
• Experience of Mechanical plant installation and modification work.
• Knowledge of Boiler operations, waste incineration or emissions abatement plant is beneficial.
• Statutory inspections - pressure testing, plant integrity and commissioning work.
• Ability to use Computerised Maintenance Management Systems.
• Able to use and interpret equipment drawings, manuals or other technical information to assist with works.
• Must be able to work in accordance with the company’s safe systems of work and permit to work systems

Preferred Training / Qualifications:

• Ideally have completed a recognised Mechanical apprenticeship or as a minimum, are educated to RQF level 3 (ie. City & Guilds level 3) in a practical Mechanical Fitting/Engineering discipline.
• Any training or certification of using/operating MEWP’s, Abrasive wheels or Confined Spaces is highly beneficial but isn’t essential.

If this role sounds of interest then please apply now and send your most up to date CV to Alec at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered. Alternatively, 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.