Maintenance Engineer

E3 Recruitment; Swannington; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in the United Kingdom seeks a Maintenance Engineer to carry out proactive and reactive electrical maintenance to ensure factory performance. Candidates should have strong electrical maintenance experience and relevant qualifications, including City and Guilds Level 3. The role offers a competitive salary of £48,000, excellent benefits, and continuous training opportunities for professional growth. Overtime is available to enhance earnings, with a long-term career progression path.

Benefits

Company pension contribution

Cycle-to-work scheme

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Time served Maintenance Engineer.
• Strong electrical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimum performance of the factory through maintenance activities.
• Drive improvements and increased efficiencies.
• Perform fault finding on electrical elements.

Skills

Proactive and reactive maintenance

Electrical fault finding

CMMS best practices

Siemens PLC S7 TIA portal systems

Education

City and Guilds Level 3

BTEC Level 3 or higher with NVQ Level 3

Job description

Join a leading manufacturing company as an Maintenance Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to take the next step in their career. This role offers excellent benefits, including a competitive salary, overtime opportunities, and continuous training to support your growth.

Salary: £48,000 per annum with premium overtime also available to enhance earnings
Location: Loughborough
Benefits: company pension contribution, cycle-to-work scheme, shopping discounts, and more
Hours: 42‑hr week

Shift Pattern

• Monday to Thursday 6am – 3pm, Friday 6am – 4pm
• Monday to Thursday 2pm – 10pm, Friday 9am – 5pm
• Monday to Thursday 8pm – 6am, no Friday – rotating shift pattern

Training: Continued training and engineering development
Job Security: Grow within a market leader offering long‑term career progression

Key Responsibilities of the Maintenance Engineer

• Responsible for plant wide proactive and reactive Electrical Maintenance activities to ensure the optimum performance of the factory.
• Covering planned and reactive maintenance activities across manufacturing lines.
• Help to drive plant improvements and increased efficiencies.
• Identify and resolve recurring plant issues through engineering improvements (RCA).
• Carry out work upon all electrical elements such as motors, invertors, safety circuits, performing basic fault finding on PLC's etc. Extensive training will also be provided on Siemens PLC S7 TIA portal systems along with further upskilling opportunities.
• Enhance plant reliability with best practices using CMMS.

Required Experience & Qualifications needed as a Maintenance Engineer

You will need to hold the following Mechanical/ Electrical Vocational and Technical qualifications to be considered: Time served Maintenance Engineer, City and Guilds Level 3 AND BTEC Level 3 or higher with NVQ Level 3, OR be Apprentice trained to level 3 or equivalent.

Strong planned and reactive electrical maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment as an Maintenance Engineer.