Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Bias
Salary: £51,000 + Overtime/Shift Allowance
Shift Pattern: 4-on / 4-off Rotating Panama Shift
Location: [Insert Location]
The Role
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join our engineering team within a busy manufacturing environment.
This is a mechanically biased maintenance role (approximately 70% Mechanical / 30% Electrical), ideal for an engineer with a strong mechanical maintenance background who also has good fundamental electrical knowledge.
You will be responsible for maintaining and repairing a range of production machinery, ensuring equipment remains safe, reliable and operational.
Key Responsibilities
As a Maintenance Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
- Planned and reactive maintenance of production machinery and equipment
- Mechanical fault finding, repair and preventative maintenance
- Working with chains, belts and bearings
- Maintenance of pumps, valves and hydraulic systems
- Working with pneumatic systems and conveyors
- Maintenance and fault finding on injection moulding machines
- Maintenance and fault finding on blow moulding machines
- Diagnosing mechanical and electrical faults
- Supporting continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives
- Ensuring all maintenance activities are carried out safely and efficiently
Electrical Skills
Although the role is mechanically biased, candidates should have a good working knowledge of basic electrical systems, including:
- Sensors
- Relays
- Drives and inverters
- Star/Delta motor systems
- Basic electrical wiring and control panels
- PLC inputs and outputs
- Electrical fault finding
Experience & Qualifications
We are looking for candidates with:
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent minimum
- Strong mechanical maintenance experience
- Experience working within a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Good understanding of electrical maintenance and fault finding
- Electrical qualifications are highly desirable
- Experience with injection and/or blow moulding machinery would be advantageous
- A proactive approach to fault finding and preventative maintenance
- Ability to work independently and as part of a wider engineering team
Background: Open to candidates from a range of manufacturing and engineering backgrounds, provided they have the relevant maintenance experience and technical skills.
Training & Progression
The company places a strong emphasis on employee development and offers:
- Significant training and development budget
- Ongoing technical training
- Opportunities to develop your engineering skill set
- Clear progression opportunities, including the potential to progress into a Senior Engineer position
Engineering Team
- Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager
- Engineering team of approximately 15 engineers
- Supportive and well-established engineering function
Working Hours & Shift Pattern
This is a rotating 4-week Panama shift pattern, working 12-hour shifts. Covering 6-6 for 2 weeks and 11-11 for 2 weeks (No Nights)
The shift pattern provides two weekends off every month.
Salary & Benefits
- £51,000 basic salary
- Overtime / shift allowance paid at 1.5x and 2x
- 4% employer pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Bupa private healthcare after 12 months
- 22 days' annual leave
- Christmas shutdown
- Two weekends off every month
- Significant training and development investment
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
Why Join?
This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically biased Maintenance Engineer looking to join an established engineering team with a strong commitment to training and career development.
With a competitive salary, enhanced overtime rates, a structured shift pattern and genuine progression opportunities, this role would suit an engineer looking to develop their career within a modern manufacturing environment.
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