Mechanical Engineer

Gap Technical Limited; Chester; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Technical Limited is recruiting a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer for the Deeside site near Chester. The role is days-only, Monday to Friday, offering a £54,000 annual salary.

You will maintain and improve machinery, implement planned maintenance, perform root cause analysis, and support continuous improvement projects while ensuring safety and compliance with site procedures.

Qualifications

• HNC or equivalent preferred
• NVQ/City & Guilds Mechanical Eng
• Pneumatic and hydraulics training
• Experience in World Class Manufacturing standards
• Experience with Microsoft Excel
• Experience in 5S
• Experience in high-speed automated production

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain planned maintenance programmes on all machinery
• Apply root cause analysis and elimination techniques
• Fault-finding on site machinery to optimise performance
• Maintain auditable paperwork to standards
• Contribute to continuous improvement within engineering and plant
• Suggest proactive ideas to reduce downtime

Skills

Problem solving

Team player

Communication skills

Self motivated

Initiative

Education

HNC

NVQ/C&G Mach Eng

Pneumatic and Hydraulics training

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

£54,000

Days Only (Mon-Fri)
Deeside

gap technical are proud to be representing this global manufacturing business in their search for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to work at their facility based near Deeside

Performance Objectives

• Work within Company procedures and S.O.P.'s with Health & Safety as a priority
• Work to regulations and health & safety legislation
• Carry out, and continually develop planned maintenance programmes on all machinery to a high-quality standard
• Systematic Root Cause Analysis and Elimination techniques
• Use effective and timely fault-finding skills on all site machinery to ensure optimum machine performance and productivity
• Maintain all relevant paperwork and auditable systems in line with internal and external standards
• Be proactively involved in continuous improvement of personal skills, the engineering department and plant machinery
• Actively involved in projects as and when requested
• Pro-active ideas in relation to reduction of downtime

Person Specification

• Be able to demonstrate a pro-active approach to problem solving and decision making
• Have the ability to work with little supervision using own initiative within parameters of the role
• Be a confident team player
• Show evidence of written and oral communication skills with reference to dealing with people at all levels of the business and development of work procedures
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills necessary to sustain effective relationships on behalf of the department with internal customers
• Self motivated
• Ability to develop and implement new ideas within specific resource parameters
• Be able to demonstrate accurate, reliable and safe systems of working
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of continuous improvement techniques such as PPM/TPM system based review of downtime data weekly /monthly/quarterly reporting

Minimum skill/Qualification requirements:

• Successful completion of HNC (Higher qualifications considered favourably)
• Apprentice Trained NVQ 3 /City & Guilds Mechanical Engineering
• Pneumatic and Hydraulics training
• Experience in World Class Manufacturing standards
• Experienced in using computers, including Microsoft Excel
• Experience in 5S
• Experience of working in high-speed automated production environment

Closing Date: 05/12/2026