Mechanical Engineer

Pertemps Black Country PermsDudleyreedpublished 10/16/2026

About the company

Permanent | Full-Time | Weekly Paid Join an established steel processing company in Dudley, maintaining heavy industrial presses and production machinery.

Your tasks

The Role Working alongside an Electrician in a two-person engineering team, you’ll carry out planned maintenance and breakdown repairs to keep production running safely and efficiently.

  • Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and breakdown repairs
  • Mechanical fault-finding on heavy industrial presses and steel processing machinery
  • Maintenance of hydraulic and pneumatic systems
  • Replacing bearings, seals, chains, belts, gears and mechanical components
  • Dismantling, repairing and reassembling machinery
  • Welding, fabrication, bench fitting and oxy/acetylene cutting
  • Fault diagnosis on gearboxes, drives and material-handling equipment
  • Operating overhead cranes, forklifts and cherry pickers where required
  • Completing maintenance reports and following safe working practices

Requirements

  • NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds in Mechanical Maintenance
  • Time-served apprenticeship preferred
  • Heavy industrial maintenance experience
  • Industrial press or steel processing experience advantageous
  • Slitting/decoiling machinery experience beneficial

What we offer

Pay Rates

  • Basic: £16.08/hour
  • Weekday overtime: £20.01/hour
  • Saturday overtime: £24.12/hour
  • Sunday / Bank Holiday overtime: £32.16/hour

Excellent overtime opportunities to increase earnings.

  • Weekly pay
  • Permanent position
  • 3-month probation period
  • 33 days’ holiday, including fixed shutdown periods
  • Group pension scheme (currently under review)
  • Death-in-service cover after 3 months
  • Simplyhealth cash plan, free after 3 months

How to apply

Apply TodayIf you’re a skilled Mechanical Maintenance Engineer with experience in heavy industrial machinery, presses or steel processing, apply now to take the next step in your engineering career.

Other

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer Dudley | £36,000 per annum + Overtime

Shift Pattern 40 hours per week | 3-week rotating shift

  • Week 1 – Days: Monday–Friday, 6am–2pm
  • Week 2 – Nights: Monday–Thursday, 8pm–6am
  • Additional £1/hour antisocial allowance
  • Week 3 – Afternoons: Monday–Thursday, 2pm–12am