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Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)
Continental Shift
Shropshire
£57,200 + paid overtime + excellent benefits & job security
Global FMCG Brand | Brand-New Highly Automated Distribution Centre |
Our client is 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
- Forklifts, reach trucks & powered pallet trucks (electrical/hydraulic)
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Essential Requirements - Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)
- 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
- Flexible attitude – this is a true hands-on engineering role
Highly Desirable
- Previous experience on ASRS cranes, Dematic / Knapp / Vanderlande / Swisslog systems
- AGV or robotic palletiser experience
- Ammonia refrigeration awareness (CO2 / Freon also useful)
- IOSH or safety qualification
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Benefits - Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)
- £56,000 basic salary
- Regular paid overtime
- Continental shift pattern (4 on 4 off – days & nights)
- 33 days holiday
- Company pension (up to 4% matched)
- Private healthcare, life assurance, subsidised canteen, free parking
- Full training on all new automated systems
- Genuine long-term career progression in a brand-new flagship site
If you are a time-served electrical maintenance engineer who wants to work with cutting-edge warehouse automation for a globally recognised brand, this is your chance.
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 may be suitable for: Maintenance engineers, maintenance technicians, electrical maintenance engineers, reliability engineers or shift engineers/technicians
Omega is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Omega does not charge candidates any recruitment or job-seeking fees at any stage of the hiring process.
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