Mechanical Engineer

Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Services Ltd; Eye; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tool Allowance

Job summary

Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Services Ltd is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer for a busy FMCG manufacturing site. You will support production machinery through planned maintenance and rapid breakdown repairs, with emphasis on reliability and safety.

The ideal candidate has a solid mechanical maintenance background, welding and fabrication skills, and can operate in a high-volume environment on Panama shift rotations.

Qualifications

• Solid mechanical maintenance background in FMCG or fast-paced manufacturing.
• Experience with welding and fabrication.
• Ability to perform both planned and reactive maintenance to keep production running.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance on production machinery.
• Respond to breakdowns and perform fault finding and repairs.
• Repair and modify machinery; fabricate components as needed.
• Support production to minimize downtime and improve reliability.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Welding & fabrication

Fault finding

Preventative maintenance

Hands-on engineer

Job description

Mechanical Engineer - 2 - 2 - 3 Panama Shift rotations - £50,000 - Weekly Paid

Tool Allowance

• 5 Days Week 1 Days
• 2 Days Week 2 Days
• 5 Days Week 1 Nights
• 2 Days Week 2 Nights
• Rotate

Mechanical Bias Engineer to join a busy FMCG manufacturing operation, supporting the smooth running of production machinery and ensuring downtime is kept to a minimum. The role will involve a mix of planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown work, fault-finding on mechanical equipment and carrying out repairs to keep production running efficiently. Working closely with the production team, the engineer will play a key part in maintaining equipment reliability and ensuring day-to-day operations run safely and effectively.

The successful candidate will have a solid mechanical maintenance background, ideally within FMCG or a similar fast-paced manufacturing environment, and must be confident with welding and fabrication. Duties will include repairing and modifying machinery, fabricating components, carrying out mechanical repairs and responding to breakdowns as they occur. This role would suit a hands-on engineer who enjoys working on the tools, can think on their feet and is comfortable working in a high-volume production environment where reliability and quick turnaround times are essential