Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Maintech Recruitment; Thurmaston; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift pattern: 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off

Company pension

21 days holiday

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Maintech Recruitment is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer for a busy Hamilton site within FMCG/industrial manufacturing. The role covers planned maintenance across a wide range of plant machinery, with a focus on reducing downtime and improving efficiency.

You will mentor and support trainee fitters and apprentices, work safely, and manage spares within budget constraints on a rotating shift pattern: 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off. Salary is £56,800 per annum including shift pay.

Qualifications

• Hands-on mechanical engineering experience in manufacturing.
• Experience in proactive maintenance to minimise downtime.
• Ability to mentor trainees and apprentices within a maintenance team.
• Strong safety awareness and compliance with engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide a mechanical engineering service to the production team to minimise downtime
• Carry out planned, proactive maintenance across a wide range of plant machinery
• Maintain commercial awareness of budgets to ensure the right spares are held
• Identify and implement ways to continuously improve efficiency and downtime
• Collect and compile maintenance data as required
• Support, encourage and motivate trainee fitters and apprentices
• Work safely at all times, raising any safety concerns promptly

Job description

ocation; Hamilton

We are working with a busy manufacturing site in Hamilton operating within the FMCG/industrial manufacturing sector. The site runs a wide range of machinery, from robotics, conveyors and flow wrappers through to large industrial boilers and compressors, with a strong focus on proactive, planned maintenance and continuous improvement.

This is a great opportunity for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer looking to join an already established maintenance team on a strong shift package, working across a varied plant with real scope to contribute to efficiency and downtime improvements.

This role would suit a hands-on engineer from a medium to heavy industry background who enjoys variety, takes pride in proactive maintenance rather than firefighting, and is comfortable supporting and mentoring trainees and apprentices as part of a team.

Responsibilities of a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer:

• Provide a mechanical engineering service to the production team to minimise downtime
• Carry out planned, proactive maintenance across a wide range of plant machinery
• Maintain commercial awareness of budgets to ensure the right spares are held
• Identify and implement ways to continuously improve efficiency and downtime
• Collect and compile maintenance data as required
• Support, encourage and motivate trainee fitters and apprentices
• Work safely at all times, raising any safety concerns promptly

Skills & Qualifications of a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer:

• Level 3 mechanical engineering qualification (minimum)
• Experience within a manufacturing maintenance department
• Background in a medium to heavy industry environment
• Some PLC knowledge would be an advantage

Benefits of a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer:

• £56,800 per annum (includes shift pay)
• Shift pattern: 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off
• Company pension
• 21 days holiday
• Free on-site parking

Maintech Recruitment are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of sex, religion, belief, political opinion, race, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability.

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