At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide hands-on mechanical support for production machinery and improve efficiency.
- Company: Dynamic manufacturing company in Wigan with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary up to £45,000, Monday to Friday hours, and overtime opportunities.
- Other info: Exciting career growth potential in a supportive and collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Join a team that values your skills and offers real impact in manufacturing.
- Qualifications: Mechanical engineering apprenticeship and extensive experience in machinery maintenance required.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
Hours per week: 37.5 hours
Job Description
Production Maintenance Engineer
We are looking for an experienced Production Maintenance Engineer with a strong mechanical background gained within a manufacturing or production environment.
This role is not suitable for general building maintenance, facilities maintenance, domestic plumbing, vehicle mechanics or construction maintenance.
We need someone who has maintained machinery within a factory environment.
The Role
You will provide hands‑on mechanical engineering support across production machinery and associated plant equipment.
The role will involve troubleshooting, breakdown response, planned maintenance, root cause analysis and continuous improvement to help improve reliability, efficiency and production performance.
Duties
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance on production machinery.
- Respond to breakdowns and diagnose mechanical faults.
- Work on production equipment, conveyors, bearings, drives, shafts, gearboxes, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
- Support improvements and modifications to improve machine reliability.
- Review and develop PPMs.
- Record faults and engineering activity on the maintenance system.
- Work closely with production, process improvement and engineering colleagues.
- Assist with root cause analysis and problem‑solving activity.
- Support the wider maintenance team when required.
- Carry out overtime when business needs require.
Essential Experience
- Mechanical engineering apprenticeship within a manufacturing environment.
- Many years’ experience maintaining machinery in a manufacturing or production facility.
- Strong hands‑on mechanical maintenance experience.
- Experience with production machinery, conveyors, bearings, gearboxes, hydraulics and pneumatics.
- Understanding of preventative maintenance and breakdown repair.
- Ability to read engineering drawings, sketches, manuals and manufacturer specifications.
- Experience working safely with machinery, including LOTO procedures.
- Practical, flexible and hands‑on approach.
Desirable Experience
- Steam boiler or ancillary plant experience.
- Welding and fabrication experience.
- Root cause analysis, continuous improvement or reliability improvement experience.
- Experience working with OEE or equipment performance KPIs.
- CMMS / maintenance system experience.
- Important
Applicants must come from a factory, production or manufacturing maintenance background.
This role is not aimed at plumbers, vehicle mechanics, construction maintenance engineers, building maintenance engineers or facilities maintenance engineers.
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