Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer
Salary: £51,581
Shift Pattern: 2 Days / 2 Nights / 4 Off (12-hour shifts)
Hours: 42 per week

We’re seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established, high-performing manufacturing site operating on a modern shift pattern. Following recent investment and site development, this role plays a key part in ensuring operational reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement across a range of automated production equipment.

You’ll work as part of a skilled maintenance team, performing a balance of planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance activities — ensuring machinery and systems perform at their best.

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across production and packaging machinery.

• Respond swiftly and effectively to breakdowns, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption.

• Diagnose, integrate, and interrogate electrical faults, working to root cause level.

• Perform PLC fault finding and support in system troubleshooting and optimisation.

• Refurbish and maintain electrical elements of machinery to extend asset lifespan.

• Support continuous improvement projects to enhance equipment reliability and efficiency.

• Work safely and effectively in compliance with all company procedures and standards.

• Multi-skilled background – either electrical or mechanical bias (electrical preferred).

• Strong electrical understanding including fault finding and control systems.

• Level 3 NVQ / City & Guilds or equivalent in Engineering discipline.

• Proven experience within a manufacturing or process-driven environment.

• Familiar with 5S, drives, bearings, belts, and breakdown response.

• A proactive attitude with a focus on quality, safety, and long-term reliability.

• Salary: £51,581 (set salary)

• Shift Pattern: 2 days / 2 nights / 4 off – 12-hour shifts (42 hours per week)

• Benefits:

  • Company pension scheme

  • 23 days annual leave

  • Training and development opportunities

  • Secure, stable, and long-term career prospects