Mechanical Engineer

Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham
Salary: £35000-38000
Employment Type: Temp to Perm
Industry: Industrial

About the Role

We are recruiting for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join a leading industrial facility, supporting the maintenance, installation, and optimisation of high-pressure mechanical systems across the site. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring safe and reliable operation of steam systems, pipework, and biomass equipment within a fast-paced industrial environment.

This is a hands-on role well suited to an engineer with strong experience working across manufacturing, industrial services, energy, or similar heavy-engineering settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out mechanical maintenance, installation, and repair across industrial plant and machinery

• Work on steam systems, including high-pressure pipework, valves, boilers, heat exchangers, and associated plant

• Install, maintain and fault-find on biomass boilers and fuel-handling systems

• Complete pipefitting and fabrication works (copper, steel, stainless, welded, crimped)

• Diagnose and resolve breakdowns on mechanical, hydraulic, and high-pressure systems

• Plan and carry out PPM schedules to minimise downtime

• Ensure all works comply with health & safety regulations and site procedures

• Support site upgrades, refurbishments and new equipment commissioning

• Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure full compliance documentation

Key Requirements

• Proven experience as a Mechanical Engineer within an industrial or manufacturing environment

• Strong background in pipefitting, including installation, testing and repair

• Experience working on steam systems and high-pressure plant (essential)

• Knowledge and hands-on experience with BIOMASS systems (boilers, burners, fuel feed systems)

• Ability to read technical drawings, schematics and P&IDs

• Experience working with pumps, valves, boilers, and pressure equipment

• Strong awareness of health & safety and safe-system-of-work processes (PTW, LOTO, RAMS)

• NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent desirable

• Good problem-solving skills and ability to work independently or within a team

What’s on Offer

• Company benefits

• Secure, long-term position within a growing industrial operation

• Training and development opportunities

• Supportive engineering team and consistent workload