At a Glance
- Tasks: Keep production running smoothly with planned and reactive maintenance on machinery.
- Company: Leading manufacturing business focused on reliability and continuous improvement.
- Benefits: Earn £23.83 per hour, enjoy health insurance, and 20+ days holiday.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for growth and development.
- Why this job: Join a stable company where your engineering skills will be valued and developed.
- Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 in Engineering and strong electrical/mechanical maintenance experience required.
The predicted salary is between 24 - 24 £ per hour.
A leading manufacturing business is looking to recruit an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join its established engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity for a multi-skilled engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills to work in a fast-paced production environment where reliability, efficiency and continuous improvement are key.
The Opportunity
As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll play a key role in keeping production running efficiently by carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance across a range of manufacturing equipment. You'll be involved in fault-finding, repairs, preventative maintenance and project work, ensuring machinery performs at its best while maintaining the highest safety standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Planned preventative and reactive maintenance on production machinery.
- Electrical and mechanical fault-finding and repairs.
- Maintenance of extrusion equipment and associated machinery.
- Maintaining site services including chillers, compressors and ancillary equipment.
- Working with PLC-controlled equipment and assisting with fault diagnosis.
- Updating maintenance records and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
- Participating in the engineering on-call rota.
- Ensuring all work is completed in line with Health & Safety procedures and safe working practices.
What We're Looking For
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in an Engineering discipline.
- Strong electrical and mechanical maintenance experience.
- 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification (or equivalent).
- Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment.
- PLC knowledge and fault-finding experience.
- Good understanding of preventative maintenance systems.
- Extrusion experience would be highly advantageous.
- Self-motivated team player with a proactive approach to problem solving.
Package
- £23.83 per hour plus shift allowance
- Monday to Friday rotating shifts (06:00-14:00 / 14:00-22:00)
- One weekend in four on-call rota with standby and call-out payments
- Contributory pension scheme
- Health insurance
- 20 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 25 days + bank holidays after year one
If you're an electrically biased Maintenance Engineer looking to join a stable and growing manufacturer where your skills will be valued and developed, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today for a confidential discussion.
Our clients and their customers come from diverse backgrounds and so do we. We hire our people from various walks of life, each of whom make our company stronger with their talent, uniqueness, and expertise. This is what makes our company special; if you want to help us grow and take this ethos to our clients, then we cannot wait to collaborate with you!
