Maintenance Engineer : Continental Shift

Company: TipTopJob
Apply for the Maintenance Engineer : Continental Shift
Location: West Midlands
Job Description:

Overview

Working with the oldest supplier of aircraft tyres in the world, we are seeking a range of qualified Maintenance Engineers to support their continuing manufacturing activities in Birmingham. These permanent roles operate on a Continental Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off, consisting of 2×12 hour days (6am – 6pm) and 2×12 hour nights (6pm – 6am). The roles target both mechanical and electrical expertise.

Responsibilities

  • Complete permits to work and risk assessments, assessing all risks involved in the work to be undertaken.
  • Ensure safe systems of work are applied, adhered to and followed consistently.
  • Support and achieve Planned Preventative Maintenance, Reactive Maintenance and Plant improvement initiatives.
  • Support installation projects, statutory inspections, factory services and any other duties required to ensure plant safety, performance, improvement and operation.
  • Supervise external contractors and service providers.
  • Interact with all stakeholders at any level within the business on a daily basis to resolve equipment and site related issues.
  • Be a point of contact for internal customers to resolve plant, equipment and safety issues and provide technical support.
  • Interact with external bodies, suppliers and contractors to achieve the above.
  • Ensure critical spares are available and stock levels are maintained on consumption.
  • Maintain a high standard of workmanship.
  • Provide high standard of multi-skilled engineering support whilst working safely, either independently or as part of a team.
  • Aid in reduction of production losses, energy and waste.
  • Diagnose faults or points of failure, repair equipment to ensure safe operation, correct function, reliability and equipment availability.
  • Engineer out equipment failures through continuous improvement.
  • Plan, coordinate and execute installation and plant improvement projects.
  • Provide support and input to plan and coordinate planned maintenance schedules; act on follow up repairs; source spares; complete and file documentation to audit standard.
  • Communicate with suppliers and chase outstanding orders.
  • Provide shift, factory start-up/shutdown cover as required.
  • Specify and procure critical spares, and be able to create requisitions to order.
  • Report equipment issues, follow up works and spares requirements to the Shift Plant Engineer and report in the shift report.
  • Maintain housekeeping to a high standard.
  • Support work requests outside of the sphere of the immediate role.
  • Any other non-defined duties and/or responsibilities required to support engineering operations.

Core Experience Being Sought

  • Experience of heavy motorised and hydraulic plant.
  • Experience of steam generation, boiler house operation and high-pressure fluid systems.
  • Mechanical and Electrical experience.
  • Ideally have a BTEC or equivalent.

Working within this established manufacturing company, these opportunities are for experienced engineers and are for immediate requirements.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.

In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.

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Posted: April 17th, 2026