Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Application Deadline: 15 August 2025

Department: Operations and Maintenance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Birmingham (Saltley)

Description

Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for developing a preventative maintenance system and carrying out planned maintenance activities to ensure that our concrete plants operate safely and reliably.
• You will also play a key 'hands on' role in the planning and implementation of plant improvements.
• You will need to have the ability to quickly fault find and respond to any unplanned plant shutdowns.
• Assist the area management team in the programming of scheduled maintenance and repair aligned to production requirements and managed the site defect logs
• Facilitate and co-ordinate the repair and maintenance of ready mix concrete plants
• Eliminate preventable plant breakdowns
• Ensure cost effective and timely ordering and supply of spares and critical equipment
• Undertake risk assessment and associated paperwork, where required, of the relevant activities to ensure a suitable and effective safe system of work
• Liaise daily with management and plant operations team to ascertain any repair and maintenance requirement that arise, or need specific prioritisation
• Provide supervision of others and third party’s assisting in the works being carried out

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Work autonomously on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills and ability to build positive relationships across all levels of the business
• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to work in high-pressured situations and to tight deadlines
• Effective problem solver with strong analytical skills
• Motivated and Dynamic Self-starter
• Provide flexibility to undertake emergency repairs where and when these arise
• UK Full Driving Licence
• Experienced in a similar industry or construction environement.

Job Benefits

• Competitive salary tailored to your experience.
• Company pension scheme and life assurance.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• 1 fully paid volunteer day per year and up to £200 fund-matching for charitable events.
• Employee Assistance Programme for health and wellbeing support.
• Enhanced parental leave and ShareSave scheme participation.
• Discounts on a wide range of products through our employee benefits platform.
• Comprehensive training and career progression opportunities.
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to employee benefits platform for discounts on various high street shops and brands.
• Company Van for Business use.