Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Stem Recruitment; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer based in Sunderland. This role involves performing both mechanical and basic electrical maintenance on site equipment, ensuring efficient operation through preventive maintenance and swift breakdown response. The candidate should work well across departments and maintain health and safety standards while managing external contractors. The position follows a unique continental shift pattern, providing a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with emergency breakdown maintenance.
• Ability to complete planned preventive maintenance.
• Comfortable working on motors, gearboxes, and pumps.

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical and basic electrical maintenance.
• Maintain all site equipment with minimal downtime.
• Work on engineering projects and logging documentation.
• Build relationships with colleagues and manage external contractors.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical maintenance

Problem-solving

Health and safety compliance

Job description

STEM recruitment solutions have a superb opportunity for an Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer for their highly acclaimed client based in the Sunderland area.

The position involves providing support to the manufacturing business covering a full range of Mechanical (and basic electrical) maintenance to all of the site's equipment and facility. You will perform a schedule of planned preventative maintenance in order to minimise downtime and be on hand to deal with breakdown in a quick and efficient manner so that production can resume very quickly.

The role requires someone who can work both mechanical and electrical maintenance so you should be comfortable with basic electrical work.

The job itself will have a great deal of variety and include:

• Emergency breakdown maintenance
• Completing a schedule of planned preventive maintenance
• Working on engineering projects
• Logging all records and completing documentation
• Performing continuous improvement activities
• Operating to health and safety standards
• Complying with quality and industry standards
• Working on motors, gearboxes and pumps

The job involves working across several departments, building good working relationships with colleagues and also dealing with external contractors where required. The shift pattern is a continental shift where you work 2 x 12 hour dayshifts, followed by 2 x 12 hour nightshifts and then have 4 days off. This schedule is then repeated.

STEM Recruitment Solutions Ltd operates as both a Recruitment Agency and a Recruitment Business. We endeavour to reply to all applications when possible however on occasions this may not be possible due to volumes of responses. STEM Recruitment is a Scientific, Engineering and Manufacturing Recruitment business supplying talented staff to permanent and temporary opportunities.