Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Working pattern:
Shift 1: Monday – Thursday 06:30 – 15:00 & Friday 06:30 – 11:30.
Shift 2: Monday – Thursday 14:00 – 23:45 (+15% shift premium)
Salary: £20.44 per hour (£39,340.43 per annum) + 15% shift premium on shift 2.
Closing date: 27 February 2026
Job description
Working closely with the Maintenance Supervisor, this role will be responsible for the daily maintenance within the factory, the main focus will be prevention of production downtime and reacting to any breakdowns.
Responsibilities
This is not an exhaustive list, but is a general guide of the main duties of the role:
- General support to the production line, covering all aspects of Maintenance.
- Respond in a prompt and effective manner to all mechanical related reactive maintenance issues.
- Keeping up with preventative maintenance tasks and schedules.
- General Maintenance around the facility.
- Assist colleagues when required and must be able to work on your own and be able to use your initiative.
- Fault finding and reporting on parts required to repair equipment.
- Repair of pneumatic, hydraulic, vacuum systems and pumps.
- Ensure health and safety is being adhered to.
- Support all 5s initiatives and Health & Safety activities around the facility.
Experience
- Experience working in a heavy engineering environment and working with overhead cranes (pendant and remote)
- Working at heights / Confined space training
Skill and attributes
- Level 3 NVQ or a recognised apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering Maintenance
- Experience with abrasive wheel operation
- Experience working in a heavy engineering environment and working with overhead cranes (pendant and remote)
- Working at heights/ confined space training
Successful candidates will need to meet the following
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
- Identity confirmation
- Satisfactory references from latest 3 years of employment/education
- Satisfactory DBS check