Maintenance Engineer in Ellesmere Port

We're looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join a long-established manufacturing business based in Shropshire, operating on a large-scale supplying their products across the UK.
You will be working at a manufacturing site with around 90 employees, and they are looking to expand their maintenance operations x2. As a mechanically bias Maintenance Engineer, you'll be responsible for keeping a range of heavy industrial machinery mechanically reliable, carrying out planned maintenance, breakdown repairs and fault finding across conveyors, saws, gearboxes, bearings, hydraulics, pneumatics and drive systems. You'll be hands-on, responding to breakdowns and working proactively to reduce downtime and keep production moving.
The role at the moment is straight days but will be moving to a double day shift in the future.
Maintenance Engineer Benefits:
£40,000 - £45,000
Premium OT (x1.5 & x2).
31 days holiday.
Pension.
EV Charging points.
Stable career.
Maintenance Engineer Duties include:
Carrying out planned preventative and reactive mechanical maintenance
Fault finding on production and automated machinery
Maintaining and repairing conveyors, saws, rollers and processing equipment
Working on bearings, shafts, chains, belts, pulleys and couplings
Maintenance of gearboxes, motors, pumps and drive systems
Fault finding and repairs on hydraulic and pneumatic systems
Replacing and aligning bearings, belts, chains and mechanical components
Carrying out lubrication, inspections and condition checks
Fabrication, welding and basic machining where required
Maintenance Engineer Requirements include:
Apprentice trained.
Mechanical engineering qualifications.
Mig and Stick welding.
Hydraulics and pneumatics.
Fabrica...