Maintenance Engineer

We are recruiting on behalf of a well-established manufacturing business seeking a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join its engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful operation where you’ll play a key role in maintaining equipment reliability, supporting production performance, and driving continuous improvement. As a Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for servicing, fault-finding, repairing, and optimising a range of production equipment. Working closely with Production and Engineering teams, you’ll help maximise machine uptime, improve operational efficiency, and support ongoing improvement projects across the site.

Responsibilities

Service, maintain, and repair production machinery and associated equipment; Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults; Complete planned preventative maintenance, asset care, and condition monitoring activities; Set up, adjust, and optimise manufacturing equipment; Support production teams to maximise equipment performance and minimise downtime; Drive and support continuous improvement projects; Assist with annual maintenance and overhaul programmes; Ensure compliance with GMP, quality, health, and safety standards; Train and develop colleagues in machinery operation, fault finding, and maintenance techniques; Mentor apprentices and support their development; Work collaboratively with Production and Engineering teams to achieve operational targets

Requirements

Experience working with moulding machinery; Previous Maintenance Engineering experience within a manufacturing environment; Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills; Ability to diagnose faults down to component level; Experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance; Knowledge of production machinery setup and optimisation; PLC fault-finding experience

Nice to have

Experience of moulding processes and process optimisation; Understanding of mould and tooling change procedures; Time-served Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship (C&G, NVQ, SVQ, or equivalent); PLC programming experience; Control panel wiring experience; Previous experience training, coaching, or mentoring colleagues

Benefits

Overtime available with enhanced rates; 25 days holiday plus bank holidays; Bonus; Death in Service benefit; Long-term career development opportunities; Supportive engineering and production environment