Maintenance Engineer — High‑Reliability Manufacturing (2D/2N Shift)

Impact Recruitment Services; Towcester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Impact Recruitment Services is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for a highly technical manufacturing environment in the United Kingdom. You will provide hands-on electrical, electronic and mechanical maintenance across high‑value production equipment, supporting reliability and uptime.

The role operates on a continental shift pattern (2 days, 2 nights, 4 off) with a 40.3 hour week. Applicants with strong fault finding, preventative maintenance and safety compliance will fit well; semiconductor

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship, HNC, HND or Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Alternatively, a minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience maintaining complex electro‑mechanical equipment.
• Proven experience within a high-tech, precision‑engineering, manufacturing or other technically demanding environment.
• Strong fault‑finding and diagnostic skills across electrical, electronic and mechanical systems.
• Experience carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Provide a rapid engineering response to equipment breakdowns, minimising downtime and disruption to production.
• Diagnose and repair complex electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, vacuum and control system faults.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance activities.
• Complete fault finding, diagnostics, equipment adjustments and component replacement.
• Work on a variety of highly specialised automated manufacturing equipment.
• Identify recurring equipment issues and support root‑cause analysis and permanent corrective actions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on equipment reliability, uptime and OEE.
• Contribute to structured improvement methodologies including Kaizen, 6S and 8D.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, engineering documentation and breakdown reports.
• Monitor critical spares and support effective stock management to minimise equipment downtime.
• Work closely with production and engineering teams to prioritise maintenance requirements.
• Participate in engineering and production meetings, providing updates on equipment performance and ongoing work.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely and in accordance with site procedures and relevant legislation.
• Support emergency response activities where required.
• Operate specialist site equipment, including forklift trucks, following appropriate training.

Skills

Fault finding

Diagnostics

Planned & reactive maintenance

Communication

Time management

Education

Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Impact Recruitment Services is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for a highly technical manufacturing environment in the United Kingdom. You will provide hands-on electrical, electronic and mechanical maintenance across high‑value production equipment, supporting reliability and uptime.

The role operates on a continental shift pattern (2 days, 2 nights, 4 off) with a 40.3 hour week. Applicants with strong fault finding, preventative maintenance and safety compliance will fit well; semiconductor