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Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)

Wienerberger Ltd

Faygate

On-site

GBP 45,000

Full time

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Job summary

A leading manufacturer is seeking a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join their team in Faygate, United Kingdom. This role involves troubleshooting, planned preventive maintenance, and ensuring the functionality of specialist machinery. Ideal candidates will have a background in manufacturing, strong problem-solving skills, and technical expertise in maintenance and diagnostics. The position offers competitive salary and various benefits including pension scheme and holiday flexibility.

Benefits

Salary up to £44,878
Pension scheme
Up to 25 days holiday
Financial advice and support
Employee assistance and wellbeing programme

Qualifications

  • Experience in a manufacturing/production environment.
  • Strong knowledge of hydraulic/pneumatic/electrical control systems.
  • Time-served as a multiskilled engineer.

Responsibilities

  • Perform essential maintenance on equipment.
  • Assist in developing the agility maintenance system.
  • Attend to breakdowns and uphold machine safety standards.

Skills

Problem-solving skills
Maintenance experience
Technical expertise
Good organisation skills
Communication skills

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent
Apprentice-trained multiskilled engineer

Tools

MS Word
Excel
Outlook
Job description

As a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, you will be part of the inhouse team who keep the gears turning and the equipment running smoothly. From troubleshooting to planned preventive maintenance (PPM), you will be hands‑on with specialist machinery, ensuring everything runs like clockwork. It’s a dynamic role where problem‑solving skills and technical expertise are used daily, and you will be a key player contributing to the efficiency and reliability of our production processes. Our engineers have a varied role, so you’ll get the chance to use a variety of maintenance skills associated with being an electrician, fitter, fabricator, welder, and service engineer.

Responsibilities
  • Carrying out essential maintenance
  • Assist in developing the agility maintenance system
  • Attend breakdowns
  • Ensure machine safety standards are upheld and critical spares are maintained
  • Install/maintain plant machinery
  • Improve factory overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
  • Promote Lean thinking
  • Use various types of testing equipment to locate and fix faults
  • Contribute to safe systems of work (SSOW) documentation
  • Adhere to Wienerberger's quality system & standards in accordance with BSEN ISO 9001

We will provide you with full training and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to make sure you can work safely and effectively.

Qualifications
  • You will be an experienced multiskilled maintenance engineer, with experience working in a manufacturing/production environment.
  • Apprentice‑trained in a multiskilled engineering discipline OR time served as a multiskilled engineer.
  • Strong knowledge of maintenance experience and diagnostics of hydraulic/pneumatic/electrical control systems.
  • NVQ 3 or equivalent.
  • IT skills – working knowledge of MS Word, Excel & Outlook.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Good organisation skills.
  • Awareness of IOSH is desirable but not essential.
About Wienerberger

wienerberger UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high‑quality building products, systems, and solutions. We foster long‑term partnerships, support exceptional careers, and place sustainability at the heart of everything we do. Wienerberger Ltd is a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, offering outstanding, sustainable solutions for new build and renovation. In the UK, we have head offices located in Cheadle and Doncaster, showrooms in London, Belfast and Surrey, with brick and roof tile production sites in Manchester, Co. Durham, Worcestershire, North Warwickshire, West Midlands, North Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.

Benefits
  • Salary up to £44,878 (inclusive of allowances/bonuses)
  • Pension scheme
  • Up to 25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro‑rated for shift workers)
  • Holiday flexibility (sell up to 2 days) + additional volunteering day
  • Employee assistance and wellbeing programme (including 24/7 online GP, discounts on counselling, mental health support service, get fit programmes) & even more health & wellbeing benefits including dental cover, health cash plan and eye tests
  • Financial advice/support available (including expert advice from our pension provider, and recommendations on savings & loans options)
  • Employee discounts available with various retailers, gyms, and wienerberger products
  • Life assurance (2x annual salary)
  • Opportunity to join our Share Incentive Plan and our Employee Profit Participation Programme

So what are you waiting for? Come and join wienerberger as a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer and start growing your career with us today! The closing date for this role is subject to change and may be closed earlier than advertised.

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