Maintenance Engineer - Days

Jayfair Recruitment Solutions Limited; Alfreton CP; On-site; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established manufacturing operation is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer in Alfreton to maintain and repair production equipment, ensuring maximum uptime. This hands-on role requires a proactive engineer with strong fault-finding skills, a commitment to safe working practices, and experience in a manufacturing environment. The role includes planned preventative maintenance, handling equipment breakdowns, and implementing improvements. The position offers a salary of £40,400 and operates on a day shift basis.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working within a manufacturing maintenance role.
• Ability to work effectively within a team with good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance in line with agreed schedules.
• Provide first-line response to equipment breakdowns.
• Fault find and repair extrusion lines, moulding machines, and ancillary equipment.
• Complete mechanical and electrical maintenance work safely and efficiently.
• Implement agreed improvement and modification work on capital equipment.

Skills

Fault-finding

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Time-served Level 3 Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship

Job description

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Days)

Salary: £40,400

Hours: Day shift

A well-established manufacturing operation is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to maintain and repair production equipment, ensuring maximum machine uptime. This is a hands-on, days-based role suited to a proactive engineer with strong fault-finding skills and a commitment to safe working practices.

The hours for this role are 6am‑2pm & 10am‑6pm.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance in line with agreed schedules.
• Provide first-line response to equipment breakdowns.
• Fault find and repair extrusion lines, moulding machines, automated cells, ancillary equipment, and butt fusion equipment.
• Complete mechanical and electrical maintenance work safely and efficiently.
• Implement agreed improvement and modification work on capital equipment.
• Record maintenance activities, downtime, and data using a CMMS system to support KPIs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and equipment reliability.

Skills & Experience

• Time-served Level 3 Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship.
• Previous experience working within a manufacturing maintenance role.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to work effectively within a team with good communication skills.

To apply please send an up to date CV with relevant skills and experience.