Design and Maintenance Engineer

Description

Maintenance and Design Engineer

Location: Birmingham (On-site)

Contract: Temp-to-Perm (Urgent Requirement)

The Role

We are looking for a Maintenance and Design Engineer to join our team in a unique hybrid role that combines hands-on maintenance engineering with mechanical, electrical, and design activities. This position is vital for maintaining operational up time across machinery and facilities while developing engineered solutions to support business needs.

You will report to the Director of Customer Experience, offering a role filled with variety, responsibility, and the opportunity to work across prototyping and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Maintenance & Fault-Finding: Maintain machinery, tooling, and equipment availability. You will diagnose root causes and troubleshoot mechanical systems under time pressure.

Preventative & Site Maintenance: Carry out scheduled inspections, calibrations, and basic site maintenance (including plumbing, heating, and electrics) to minimise downtime. Design & Development: Interpret requirements to develop 3D models and 2D manufacturing drawings. This includes designing sheet metal components and building prototypes. Electrical Design: Produce basic electrical schematics, wiring solutions, and PCB layouts while ensuring compliance with safety regulations.Data & Documentation: Use SolidWorks 2026 and TurboCAD 2022 to manage parts, revisions, and BOMs within an ERP system.

About You

Essential Criteria:

18th Edition (BS 7671) Wiring Regulations.

Strong mechanical fault-finding and troubleshooting experience.Hands-on experience with lathes, milling machines, and CNC machines.Proficiency in SolidWorks 2026 and TurboCAD 2022.

Experience creating complex 3D models and detailed 2D manufacturing drawings.

Strong organisational skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure

Desirable Criteria:

HND/HNC, Degree, or Level 3-6 Apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline.

Experience with HVAC, hydraulics, and pneumatic.Experience using PDM/PLM systems for BOM and change control

What We Offer

A varied and technically interesting engineering role.

The opportunity to work across maintenance, design, and development.A collaborative environment within a multidisciplinary team.

Long-term, permanent employment following an initial urgent temporary period.

If you are interested, please click the apply button or call Danielle on (phone number removed)

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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