Maintenance Technician – Injection Moulding (Panama Shifts)

Imperium Recruitment; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Canteen facilities

Learning & Development opportunities

34 days holidays

Panama shift pattern

Job summary

Imperium Recruitment is seeking a confident Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join our client's busy Blackburn site. You will maintain and repair injection and blow moulding machinery, with a hydraulics focus, as part of a larger engineering team.

The role follows a Panama shift pattern (2 weeks days / 2 weeks nights) across 7 shifts per 2-week period, with a strong emphasis on reliability and quality in a plastics-based manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained or time-served maintenance engineer; Level 2 considered depending on experience.
• Experience on injection moulding machines is advantageous.
• Mechanical background with strong fault-finding skills.
• Experience within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Proactive, flexible and a strong team player.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance of machinery on site.
• Diagnose and fault-find mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic faults.
• Support machine changeovers, tool changes and continuous improvement activity.
• Work closely with production teams to minimise downtime.
• Ensure all work is carried out in line with health & safety procedures.
• Complete maintenance documentation accurately.

Skills

Mechanical

Fault-finding

Problem solving

Team player

Proactive

Education

Maintenance Engineer qualification

Tools

Injection moulding machines

Job description

Imperium Recruitment is seeking a confident Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join our client's busy Blackburn site. You will maintain and repair injection and blow moulding machinery, with a hydraulics focus, as part of a larger engineering team.

The role follows a Panama shift pattern (2 weeks days / 2 weeks nights) across 7 shifts per 2-week period, with a strong emphasis on reliability and quality in a plastics-based manufacturing environment.