Night-Shift Automation & Maintenance Engineer

L-ev8 Recruitment Ltd; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Devon-based manufacturing group is seeking a Night Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to provide hands-on support across automated production lines and facility equipment, with a strong electrical bias. Includes a salary of £47,500 per annum inclusive of shift allowance.

Working nights 22:00-06:00, you will join the engineering team to maintain uptime, diagnose faults, perform planned preventative maintenance and contribute to continuous improvement across the site.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing/production environments.
• Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostics.
• Solid mechanical maintenance and fault-finding skills.
• Competent with pneumatics, hydraulics, VSDs.
• Experience with reactive and preventative maintenance.
• Good Health & Safety mindset and safe systems.
• Structured fault-finding and RCA contributions.
• Proactive, methodical problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on maintenance across manufacturing, automation and facilities equipment.
• Maintain equipment uptime, respond to breakdowns, and complete preventive maintenance.
• Diagnose and resolve faults across machinery, drives, safety circuits, and ancillaries.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives on site.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical maintenance

Pneumatics & hydraulics

VSD knowledge

Preventive maintenance

Safety awareness

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Job description

Devon-based manufacturing group is seeking a Night Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to provide hands-on support across automated production lines and facility equipment, with a strong electrical bias. Includes a salary of £47,500 per annum inclusive of shift allowance.

Working nights 22:00-06:00, you will join the engineering team to maintain uptime, diagnose faults, perform planned preventative maintenance and contribute to continuous improvement across the site.