Maintenance Engineer

Gap Technical; Chester; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Technical is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for a days-only role in Deeside. The position offers £54,000 per year and works Monday to Friday.

You will develop and execute maintenance programmes, perform root-cause analysis, and ensure safe, compliant operations while contributing to continuous improvement and project work in a high-speed automated environment.

Qualifications

• Completion of HNC or NVQ/City & Guilds Mechanical Engineering.
• Pneumatic and Hydraulics training completed.
• Experience with World Class Manufacturing standards.
• Experience in high-speed automated production environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain planned maintenance programmes on all machinery to a high standard.
• Perform systematic root cause analysis and elimination techniques.
• Fault find effectively to optimise machine performance and productivity.
• Maintain auditable paperwork and systems per standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of skills and equipment.
• Participate in projects and propose downtime reduction ideas.

Skills

Pro-active problem solving

Self-motivated

Team player

Good communication

Work independently

Continuous improvement

Downtime reduction ideas

Education

HNC (Higher National Certificate)

NVQ/City & Guilds Level 3 Mechanical

Tools

Pneumatic & Hydraulic systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

£54,000

Days Only (Mon-Fri)
Deeside

Performance Objectives

• Work within Company procedures and S.O.P.'s with Health & Safety as a priority
• Work to regulations and health & safety legislation
• Carry out, and continually develop planned maintenance programmes on all machinery to a high-quality standard
• Systematic Root Cause Analysis and Elimination techniques
• Use effective and timely fault-finding skills on all site machinery to ensure optimum machine performance and productivity
• Maintain all relevant paperwork and auditable systems in line with internal and external standards
• Be proactively involved in continuous improvement of personal skills, the engineering department and plant machinery
• Actively involved in projects as and when requested
• Pro-active ideas in relation to reduction of downtime

Person Specification

• Be able to demonstrate a pro-active approach to problem solving and decision making
• Have the ability to work with little supervision using own initiative within parameters of the role
• Be a confident team playerShow evidence of written and oral communication skills with reference to dealing with people at all levels of the business and development of work procedures
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills necessary to sustain effective relationships on behalf of the department with internal customers
• Self motivated
• Ability to develop and implement new ideas within specific resource parameters
• Be able to demonstrate accurate, reliable and safe systems of working
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of continuous improvement techniques such as PPM/TPM system based review of downtime data weekly /monthly/quarterly reporting

Minimum skill/Qualification requirements:

• Successful completion of HNC (Higher qualifications considered favourably)
• Apprentice Trained NVQ 3 /City & Guilds Mechanical Engineering
• Pneumatic and Hydraulics training
• Experience in World Class Manufacturing standards
• Experienced in using computers, including Microsoft Excel
• Experience in 5S
• Experience of working in high-speed automated production environment

If you have any questions or are interested in any other opportunities we may have, please do not hesitate to get in touch

Closing Date: 05/12/2026