Maintenance Engineer

  • Omega Resource Group
  • Battlefield, Shropshire
  • Mar 20, 2026
Full time Engineering

Job Description

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Continental Shift

Shropshire

£56,000 + paid overtime + excellent benefits & job security

Global FMCG Brand Brand-New Highly Automated Distribution Centre

Our client are 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)

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

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 10% 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 (phone number removed) or send a copy of your CV to (url removed)

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This role maybe suitable for: Maintenance engineers, maintenance technicians, electrical maintenance engineers, reliability engineers or shift engineers/technicians

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