Maintenance Engineer

5S Recruitment Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

5S Recruitment Limited is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for its South London facility in Mitcham. The role covers maintaining production equipment, diagnosing faults, and improving reliability across a busy plastics manufacturing site with automated cells and robotics.

You will work with hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems, support conveyors and inspection equipment, and contribute to continuous improvement projects in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Recognised electrical or mechanical engineering qualification.
• Experience maintaining automated manufacturing equipment.
• Strong fault-finding skills in electrical and mechanical domains.
• Injection moulding/plastic processing experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and reactive maintenance on production equipment.
• Diagnose electrical and mechanical faults and implement timely fixes.
• Maintain injection moulding machines and automated cells.
• Work with hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems.
• Support robotics, conveyors and product-handling equipment.
• Investigate recurring faults and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

Automation equipment maintenance

Robotics & conveyors experience

Education

Electrical or mechanical engineering qualification

Tools

PLC-controlled machinery

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

Location: Mitcham, South London

Salary: £46,500 per annum

Hours: 4 on, 4 off, 8:00am-8:00pm

Job type: Permanent

5S Recruitment is working with an established precision plastics manufacturer seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer for its South London facility.

The business manufactures technically demanding injection-moulded components and assembled products for highly regulated industries, including medical, pharmaceutical and diagnostics. The site operates approximately 60 injection moulding machines across white-room and classified cleanroom environments, supported by robotics, automated assembly and inspection equipment.

The role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will help maintain production equipment, respond to breakdowns and improve machinery reliability across a busy manufacturing operation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Completing planned and reactive maintenance.
• Diagnosing electrical and mechanical breakdowns.
• Maintaining injection moulding machines and automated production cells.
• Working with hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems.
• Supporting linear robots, conveyors and product-handling equipment.
• Maintaining ultrasonic welding, laser-marking, camera-inspection, assembly and packing systems.
• Fault-finding on motors, sensors, contactors, relays, inverters and temperature-control systems.
• Supporting auxiliary equipment such as dryers, chillers, compressors, vacuum systems and material-handling equipment.
• Investigating recurring faults and identifying root causes.
• Supporting machinery upgrades and continuous improvement projects.
• Working closely with production, process and tooling teams to minimise downtime.
• Completing maintenance records within a regulated manufacturing environment.

The equipment

The facility includes precision injection moulding machinery, KraussMaffei equipment, Wittmann robotic systems and bespoke automated assembly and inspection cells.

What we are looking for

• Previous experience as a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer or Maintenance Technician.
• A recognised electrical or mechanical engineering qualification.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills.
• Experience maintaining automated manufacturing equipment.
• Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, motors, drives, sensors and control systems.
• The ability to diagnose faults on PLC-controlled machinery.
• A practical and methodical approach to breakdowns.
• Injection moulding, plastics, medical device, pharmaceutical or packaging experience would be advantageous.

This position would suit a hands-on engineer who enjoys proper fault-finding and wants to work within a technically advanced manufacturing environment.

The package

• £46,500 per annum.
• Permanent position.
• 4 on, 4 off shift pattern.
• 8:00am-8:00pm.
• Technically varied automated manufacturing environment.