Senior Technical Engineer

Seras; Widnes; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recycling company based in Widnes is seeking a Senior Technical Engineer to oversee maintenance and repair operations for heavy plant and recycling equipment across various sites. The ideal candidate will have a strong mechanical engineering background, fault-finding skills, and experience in high-throughput environments. This permanent position includes a range of benefits, a competitive salary, and opportunities for personal development within the organization.

Benefits

Health Cash Plan for medical expenses

Free uniform & PPE

Pension Scheme & Life Assurance

High Street discounts & Referral Scheme

Career progression & personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience with maintenance and repair of heavy plant equipment.
• Knowledge of electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Experience in high-throughput recycling or waste management.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, and repair heavy plant and recycling equipment.
• Diagnose mechanical and electrical faults.
• Participate in an out-of-hours call-out rota to support urgent engineering issues.

Skills

Hands-on experience with heavy plant and recycling equipment

Mechanical engineering background

Confident fault-finding skills

Welding and fabrication skills

Flexibility for out-of-hours call-outs

Education

Engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, HNC or equivalent)

Job description

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.

Senior Technical Engineer

Application Deadline: 9 February 2026

Department: Site Operations

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Widnes

Overview

As a Senior Technical Engineer, you will be hands-on responsible for ensuring heavy plant, shredders, screeners, magnets, and fixed-line recycling equipment operate safely, reliably, and efficiently. The role focuses on planned preventive maintenance, reactive breakdown support, diagnostics, repairs, and contributing to continuous improvement across a busy operational site. The position forms a key part of the site's engineering capability, with responsibility for supporting out-of-hours call-outs.

This is a national role which will cover all of Seras\' operational sites. Therefore, a full UK driving licence is a requirement of the role; a company van will be provided for business use only.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintenance & Breakdown Response
• Service, maintain, and repair heavy plant, shredders, screeners, magnets, and fixed-line recycling equipment.
• Diagnose and rectify mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic faults.
• Respond promptly to breakdowns, ensuring safety and minimising plant downtime.
• Provide hands-on support during urgent or emergency repairs.

• Carry out PPM tasks in line with site schedules and manufacturer recommendations.
• Inspect machinery, conduct lubrication, make adjustments, and replace components as required.
• Identify early signs of potential failure and take proactive steps to prevent equipment downtime.

• Participate in an out-of-hours call-out rota to support urgent engineering issues.
• Attend site during emergency breakdowns, providing effective, hands-on technical support.

• Follow all site safety standards, safe systems of work, and lock-off/tag-out procedures.
• Ensure all engineering tasks meet legal and company health & safety requirements.
• Promote a strong safety-first culture throughout the site and wider engineering team.

• Work collaboratively with operations teams to maximise plant availability and performance.
• Support installation, modification, commissioning, and improvement projects for plant and fixed-line equipment.
• Mentor and support junior engineers and fitters when required.
• Liaise effectively with external contractors, suppliers, and specialists.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven hands-on experience working with heavy plant, shredders, screeners, magnets, or fixed-line recycling equipment.
• Strong mechanical engineering background with working knowledge of electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Confident fault-finding skills and experience resolving breakdowns under pressure.
• Flexibility to support out-of-hours call-outs when required.
• Engineering qualification such as NVQ Level 3, HNC, or equivalent.
• Welding and fabrication skills.
• Experience working in high-throughput recycling, waste management, or similar industrial environments.

Why work for us?

We have a wide variety of additional benefits including but not exclusively:

• Health Cash Plan for medical expenses
• Free uniform & PPE
• Pension Scheme & Life Assurance
• High Street discounts & Referral Scheme
• Employee forum
• Career progression & personal development opportunities
• Free eye tests
• EV Car Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Seras reserves the right to withdraw this advert following sufficient applications.

No Agencies please.