Mechanical Engineer

Dudley
£36000/annum

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer📍 Dudley | 💰 £36,000 per annum + Overtime

Permanent | Full-Time | Weekly Paid

Join an established steel processing company in Dudley, maintaining heavy industrial presses and production machinery.

🛠️ The RoleWorking alongside an Electrician in a two-person engineering team, you’ll carry out planned maintenance and breakdown repairs to keep production running safely and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and breakdown repairs

Mechanical fault-finding on heavy industrial presses and steel processing machinery

Maintenance of hydraulic and pneumatic systems

Replacing bearings, seals, chains, belts, gears and mechanical components

Dismantling, repairing and reassembling machinery

Welding, fabrication, bench fitting and oxy/acetylene cutting

Fault diagnosis on gearboxes, drives and material-handling equipment

Operating overhead cranes, forklifts and cherry pickers where required

Completing maintenance reports and following safe working practices

✅ Requirements
NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds in Mechanical Maintenance

Time-served apprenticeship preferred

Heavy industrial maintenance experience

Industrial press or steel processing experience advantageous

Slitting/decoiling machinery experience beneficial

🕒 Shift Pattern40 hours per week | 3-week rotating shift

Week 1 – Days: Monday–Friday, 6am–2pm

Week 2 – Nights: Monday–Thursday, 8pm–6am

Additional £1/hour antisocial allowance

Week 3 – Afternoons: Monday–Thursday, 2pm–12am

💷 Pay Rates
Basic: £16.08/hour

Weekday overtime: £20.01/hour

Saturday overtime: £24.12/hour

Sunday / Bank Holiday overtime: £32.16/hour

Excellent overtime opportunities to increase earnings.

🎁 Benefits
Weekly pay

Permanent position

3-month probation period

33 days’ holiday, including fixed shutdown periods

Group pension scheme (currently under review)

Death-in-service cover after 3 months

Simplyhealth cash plan, free after 3 months

📩 Apply TodayIf you’re a skilled Mechanical Maintenance Engineer with experience in heavy industrial machinery, presses or steel processing, apply now to take the next step in your engineering career

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