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KPI. A Specialist Recruiter of Engineering & Manufacturing People
When you choose KPI Engineering and Manufacturing, you're partnering with a dedicated team committed to delivering excellence and ensuring the perfect match for your engineering & operational talent needs. Let's build the future of engineering together.
Our Vision:
To become the premier provider of engineering and operational talent solutions, bridging the gap between innovative companies and exceptional talent.
Our Mission:
To deliver customised recruitment services that connect engineering and operational professionals with organisations requiring their specialised skills, fostering mutual growth and success.
Services we offer:
- Permanent Placement: Finding the right fit for full-time engineering positions across various industries.
- Contract Staffing: Providing skilled engineers for temporary assignments.
- Executive Retained Search: Sourcing top-tier engineering executives for leadership roles.
- Project-Based Hiring: Assembling engineering teams for specific projects or time-bound requirements.
- Consulting Services: Offering expert advice on hiring strategies, market trends, and talent management.
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Why choose KPI Engineering & Manufacturing?
Industry Expertise:
Our team has extensive experience in the engineering sector, ensuring we understand the specific needs and challenges of engineering roles.
Comprehensive Screening:
We conduct thorough assessments, including technical skill evaluations, to ensure candidates meet the highest standards.
Extensive Network:
Our vast network of engineering, operational professionals and industry contacts helps us find the perfect match quickly and efficiently.
Customised Solutions:
We tailor our recruitment process to meet the specific needs of each client, ensuring the best fit for both the employer and the candidate.
Commitment to Diversity:
We actively promote diversity and inclusion in engineering, helping clients build innovative and diverse teams.
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Vehicle Technician
Vehicle Technician
Crewe
£35,000 - £40,000 DOE (OTE £60,OOO)
Are you a talented and driven Vehicle Technician looking for more than just a job? Do you want a clear path to becoming a Master Technician with the earning potential to match your ambition? Our client has a fantastic opportunity for you to join our team in Crewe, Cheshire, where you can fast-track your career and work with successful vehicle brands.
This role isn't just about repairs; it's about investing in your future. We are committed to providing the training and support you need to unlock your full potential and achieve your career goals.
Exceptional Earning Potential: An impressive On-Target Earnings (OTE) of £60,000! Your earnings will grow as you complete training and progress your career.
Clear Career Pathway: We offer a structured path and the full support to help you fast track to a Master Technician role, giving you a clear goal to work towards and the training to get there.
Generous Time Off: Recharge and refresh with 31 days holiday.
Cutting-Edge Training: You will benefit from ongoing training and development programs to enhance your skills and product knowledge across our successful brands, giving you the tools to excel.
Supportive Environment: Join a collaborative work environment that values your contributions and fosters a culture of success and mutual support.
Added Perks: A colleague referral bonus scheme (up to £1,000). Access to a range of new company vehicles. An employee assistance programme for your well-being.
We're seeking a committed professional who brings:
Skills & Experience
- NVQ level 3 qualified in a relevant field or equivalent (Level 2 will be considered)
- Proven knowledge and experience of working within a workshop environment
- A driven and committed attitude towards personal and company growth
- The ability to work towards team and individual targets
- A valid UK driver’s licence
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Electrical Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer - Nights - 55k
Electrical Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer - 55K
Monday to Friday - Nights (early finish Fridays)
North Manchester
55k Basic salary + 5% Bonus + 10% pension
Great additional benefits
Job Purpose:
A world leader in the medical devices industry are seeking a proactive maintenance engineer professional to minimise downtime, conduct planned maintenance and continuous improvement tasks across site.
The successful candidate will be a hands on, Multi-Skilled Engineer with an Electrical bias and have a desire to improve machinery availability, life cycle costs and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out planned and reactive repairs to a variety equipment and control systems
- Act as the engineering representative on the night shift.
- Carry out planned Maintenance activities.
- Minimising downtime and contributing to the achievement of production targets
- Supervision of outside contractors/service engineers and tradesmen as required
- Management of small projects such as equipment installation or staff training
- To develop and implement process improvements
Requirements:
- Completed a recognised city & guilds, NVQ or equivalent electrical engineering apprenticeship
- Proven experience post apprenticeship in an electrical multiskilled maintenance role
- Electrical/ mechanical skills bias with proven competence in both disciplines.
- Ability to identify and correct faults within electrical, pneumatic, water and mechanical systems
- Be able to demonstrate a continues improvement mindset
If you have the skills and experience required, we'd love to hear from you! Apply Now!
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Part Time Facilities Maintenance Manager
Part Time Maintenance Manager
Stoke-on-Trent
DOE
We are a small, growing supported living property provider with properties in and around Stoke. We are committed to creating safe, functional and uplifting environments for our tenants.
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on, part-time Maintenance manager to help us maintain and improve our portfolio of homes across the area.
This is a diverse and practical role requiring a proactive, skilled individual who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves. You’ll be responsible for carrying out property maintenance and small improvement projects across multiple supported living homes. Some travel will be required.
Typical tasks might include
- Assembling furniture and completing minor refurbishment works
- Replacing flooring, painting or decorating rooms
- Diagnosing and fixing minor plumbing or electrical issues
- Coordinating with specialist trades where needed
- Regular garden maintenance
- Suggesting creative solutions to improve living spaces for our residents
- Working alongside the Property Manager to complete larger projects where required
- Travel to further away sites is possible
Hours & Schedule
- Part-time: 3 days per week
- Flexible schedule, but reliability and commitment are key
Ideal Candidate
We’re looking for someone with:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in property maintenance, building, or a related trade
- A practical trade qualification (e.g. plumbing, joinery, general building, etc.)
- A "turn your hand to anything" attitude – from hanging shelves to managing small builds
- A strong work ethic and the ability to work independently
- A creative problem solver who cares about tenant experience
- A clean driving licence, vehicle and own tools
- Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check
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Electrical Maintenance Technician
Electrical Maintenance Technician - Heavy Industry
Cheshire
Circa £49,000 (Depending on HV Qualifications)
Full Time | Contract | Rotating Shifts
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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Technician to join a well-established and nationally critical operation based in Winsford, Cheshire.
This is a challenging and rewarding position working in a heavy industrial environment, supporting both planned and reactive maintenance across a broad range of plant and equipment. You'll be part of a highly skilled maintenance team ensuring the safety, efficiency and legal compliance of all electrical systems.
Shift Pattern (Rotating):
- 3 weeks: Mon-Fri (6:00am-2:00pm)
- 2 weeks: Mon-Thurs (1:00pm-9:00pm), Fri (9:30am-5:30pm)
- 1 week: Mon-Thurs (8:00pm-6:00am)
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out scheduled electrical maintenance and statutory inspections
- Respond to breakdowns and carry out effective fault diagnosis and repairs
- Perform electrical installation and modification work
- Maintain and repair a wide range of industrial equipment including conveyors, crushers, motors and control systems
- Support shaft and surface operations as required
- Carry out multi-skilled tasks (e.g. rigging, burning, welding) when needed
- Ensure all work is performed in line with Health & Safety standards and company procedures
Key Requirements:
- Time-served Electrical Technician with relevant apprenticeship
- Proven experience in heavy industry maintenance
- Strong knowledge of 415V+ electrical systems
- Confident in fault finding on electrical control systems
- Familiar with instrumentation and test equipment
- PLC and High Voltage (HV) experience desirable (training available)
- Good IT skills and strong communication abilities
- Willingness to work flexible shifts and support team cover when needed
Package & Benefits:
- Salary circa £49,000 (depending on HV qualifications)
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (up to 20% combined contribution)
- Private healthcare, discounted gym access
- Annual medicals, eye care support
- Life assurance (4x salary)
- Cycle to work and tech purchase schemes
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician
Multi Skilled Technician (Electrically Biased Preferred)
Cheshire
£49,000 DOE + Excellent Benefits
Join a Leading Heavy Industry Organisation in the Northwest
We are currently seeking a highly skilled Multi Skilled Technician with a strong electrical bias to support the operations of a major industrial facility in the Winsford area.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a long-established, forward-thinking business that plays a vital role in the UK's infrastructure. You will be working on a large-scale, safety-critical site that demands high levels of technical ability, teamwork, and reliability.
The Role
As part of the engineering team responsible for surface and shaft-based facilities, your role will be to ensure legal compliance, equipment reliability, and continuous plant operation through effective maintenance, repair, and fault diagnosis.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct routine maintenance, inspections, and statutory checks
- Diagnose and repair faults in electrical and mechanical systems
- Carry out installations and modifications to plant equipment
- Work cross-functionally (including rigging, welding, and burning tasks)
- Support Continuous Improvement (CIP) initiatives
- Ensure full compliance with health, safety, and environmental procedures
What We’re Looking For:
- Recognised apprenticeship or time-served background in multi-skilled engineering
- Strong experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance
- Previous work in a heavy industrial, mining, or similar environment
- Competence in:
- Electrical fault finding
- Welding, rigging, and burning
- Basic instrumentation
- IT & communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy, safety-led environment
Benefits Include:
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (up to 20% combined contributions)
- Annual health screening & medical support
- Private healthcare & discounted gym membership
- Cycle to Work and Tech purchase schemes
- Employee assistance programme
- Life assurance
Setter/Senior Operator (Injection Moulding)
Setter/Senior Operator
12 hour shifts on a Panama shift rota (rotating days and nights every fortnight)
Telford - £33,342
- To ensure the Injection Moulding machines are set to the optimum conditions to produce quality components meeting Craemer requirements and customer requirements
- Optimising machine robot cycle times
- Shift leader cover during annual holidays
- To execute colour, insert, printer and mould changes according to the production plan
- To perform quality and material tests (MFI) on a regular basis according to instructions
- To implement appropriate corrective action when quality issues are reported by a Machine Operator
- To organise cover for breaks for and in co-operation with the Machine Operators
- To achieve low scrap rates, high productivity rates and minimal change over wastage
- To ensure detailed and correct documentation and recording is carried out
- To ensure good housekeeping standards are maintained on the shop floor
- To ensure correct data records are input in the production sheets and highlight/report any discrepancies to the Shift Leader
- To ensure the correct loading/unloading of recycling material and new material into the correct silo
- To adhere to all Health & Safety rules and guidelines as notified
Skills & Experience
- Plastic Injection Moulding experience
- Tool Changing and Process Setting experience
- Overhead crane operation
- A problem-solving mindset
- Excellent communication skills
- A conscientious attitude to work
- Experience with Engel/Krauss/Kuka/Automation
Benefits
- Training and development opportunities
- Excellent working conditions
- Contributory pension scheme
- Opportunity to work for an innovative, growing company
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Cycle to work scheme
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
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Multi Skilled Engineer DD
Multi Skilled Engineer - Nantwich
Salary: Up to £45,000 + Saturday uplift allowances
Shifts: Rotating (6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm) + 1 in 4 Saturdays
Benefits: 33 days holiday, company pension, onsite parking, employee discount shop, EAP, and more
We're seeking a Multi Skilled Engineer to join a leading global dairy manufacturer in Nantwich. You'll be part of a close-knit engineering team, carrying out planned preventative maintenance, responding to breakdowns, improving reliability, and ensuring plant safety compliance.
What's in it for you?
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Competitive salary with shift allowances
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Training & career progression, including global opportunities
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Work on state-of-the-art automation and modern production facilities
You'll need:
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Electrical & mechanical skills (Level 3+ in Engineering/Maintenance)
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Experience in food manufacturing engineering & maintenance
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Strong knowledge of electrical control systems and plant equipment
Join a business with a proud heritage, global reach, and ambitious growth plans.
Apply today to make an impact.
Electrical Maintenance Engineer/ Fitter DAYS
Maintenance Engineer
Monday to Friday 7:30am - 3:00pm
38k+
Macclesfield/ Stockport
We are excited to present a Maintenance Engineer to join a highly experienced team at our client's site in Macclesfield. The role focuses on performing planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance tasks across a wide variety of machinery, ensuring optimal performance of the plant in line with health, safety, and quality standards, while driving improvements across the site.
- Respond quickly to unscheduled plant stoppages to minimize downtime.
- Utilise system for recording labour, materials, and performing planned maintenance tasks.
- Safely and efficiently repair plant equipment and services
- Participate in maintaining the overall efficiency of the maintenance department, including tool management, housekeeping, and spare parts control
- Work within budget guidelines and seek cost-reduction opportunities
- Identify and pursue personal development and training opportunities
- Share and implement best practices within a process driven industry.
Skills/Experience Required
- A recognized engineering apprenticeship and formal electrical qualification such as 18th edition.
- Previous experience as a Maintenance Engineer in an industrial/ manufacturing industry.
- Experience with industrial 3-phase motor control systems and PLCs. (Electrical bias)
- This role provides the opportunity to contribute to the continuous improvement of a vital production facility.
Shift Electrical Maintenance Engineer - Leyland
Shift Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Leyland
4 on 4 off days and nights ( 18 day break after 7 cycles)
Average 37.8 Hours per Week.
Circa 46k + up to double time overtime.
5% company contribution pension
Job Purpose:
Due to on-going plant expansion and new projects we are seeking an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer to ensure machinery downtime remains minimal and proactively improve efficiencies across site.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain plant, equipment, and utilities across the site.
- Proactively troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
- Complete routine PPM work and document tasks accurately.
- Respond to reactive maintenance tasks efficiently.
- Utilize CMMS (SAP) for maintenance activities.
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping (5S methodology).
- Promote and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical support during production breakdowns.
- Keep up to date with plant processes and technical advancements.
- Assist shift supervision teams with guidance and technical expertise.
Requirements:
- Apprentice trained or equivalent in a Electrical engineering discipline.
- Industrial/ manufacturing experience
- Experience of PLC fault finding is preferred.
If you have the skills and experience required, we'd love to hear from you! Apply Now!
EC&I Engineer
EC&I Engineer (Contract) – Greater Manchester
Contract: Ongoing
Hourly Rate – DOE (Depending on Experience)
SC Clearance Required
- Are you an experienced EC&I Engineer looking to work on high-impact engineering projects? Join our growing team in Greater Manchester, where you'll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality EC&I solutions across a range of major industrial projects
- Detail-focused Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer who can take a project from concept through to completion, ensuring quality, compliance, and efficiency at every stage
- Lead the concept and detailed design of EC&I systems across the business
- Ensure resource levels meet project demands, reporting weekly to the Project Manager
- Approve and check designs, documentation, and BOMs for quality and completeness
- Liaise with production teams and approve shop floor design changes
- Monitor design team performance, delivery timelines, and output quality
- Support recruitment and contractor management alongside the Chief Engineer
- Resolve or raise NCRs as required and contribute to continuous improvement efforts
- Champion on-time, on-budget project delivery, and drive departmental strategy
- Maintain strict adherence to BS 7671 and other industry regulations
Skills & Experience
- HND in Electrical Engineering with industry experience OR
- BEng (Hons) in Engineering (preferably Electrical) with experience
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards it (IET preferred)
- SC Clearance (or eligible to obtain)
- Proficient in 2D/3D CAD software (AutoCAD 2D & Inventor 3D preferred)
- Experience delivering projects >£500k in value
- Skilled in EC&I system design, documentation, and report writing
- Familiarity with PLC software and electrical calculations
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Committed to quality, continuous improvement, and project success
#INDENG
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