Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

LJ Recruitment; Wigan; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established manufacturing business located in Wigan is seeking a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join their site team. This role offers a salary between £40,000 and £42,000, with additional paid overtime. The ideal candidate will manage both reactive and planned maintenance while contributing to a supportive and safety-focused workplace. Successful applicants will have an HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and experience in manufacturing maintenance, along with a strong commitment to health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent level experience.
• Experience in manufacturing maintenance (reactive and PPM).
• Ability to fault-find and actively engage in tasks.

Responsibilities

• Conduct reactive and planned maintenance to minimize downtime.
• Provide general engineering support across site equipment.
• Participate in a fast-paced engineering function culture.

Skills

Manufacturing maintenance experience

Comfortable fault-finding

Strong H&S mindset

Education

HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer (Manufacturing)

📍 Wigan | 💷 £40,000 - £42,000 + paid overtime | Permanent | Shift-based

I'm recruiting for a well-established manufacturing business in Wigan who are looking to add a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to their site team.

This is one of those roles where you'll be properly valued, kept busy (in a good way), and trusted to get on with the job without micromanagement. If you enjoy fault-finding, keeping production moving, and leaving machines running better than you found them… you'll feel right at home here.

Salary is £40,000 - £42,000, with overtime paid on top.

Shift pattern:

• 06:00 - 14:00
• 14:00 - 22:00
• 22:00 - 06:00 (roughly 1 in 5)

You'll be joining a supportive engineering function in a fast‑paced environment, working across reactive and planned maintenance, site equipment, and general engineering support to keep downtime to an absolute minimum.

There's also a strong people‑led culture behind this role with wellbeing support, development opportunities, and a business that genuinely takes safety and standards seriously.

Must‑haves (keep it simple)

• HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent level experience)
• Manufacturing maintenance experience (reactive + PPM)
• Comfortable fault-finding and getting stuck in
• Strong H&S mindset and pride in doing things properly

If this sounds like your kind of job, drop me a message and I'll share the full details (and talk you through the shift pattern properly, so there are no surprises).

Tea is optional. Reliability is not. 😄