Shift Maintenance Technician

MTrec Ltd Commercial; Newton Aycliffe; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Shift allowance

Permanent role

Free parking

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Health & wellbeing programme

Life insurance

Company events

Job summary

MTrec Recruitment is seeking an experienced Shift Maintenance Engineer to join their team on a permanent basis. The role involves multi-skilled electrical-biased maintenance on a wide range of manufacturing equipment, reporting to the Maintenance Manager, with a focus on reactive breakdown repair and scheduled PPM.

The candidate will work across shifts, support safety initiatives, and coordinate with contractors as needed.

Qualifications

• Must hold engineering qualifications (NVQ/City & Guilds/ONC).
• Electrical bias with time-served experience in engineering/manufacturing.
• Experience with plastics processing/temperature control is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety policies and report issues.
• Complete planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and safety-critical tasks within deadlines.
• Manage maintenance work orders: defects, planning, scheduling, and recording maintenance activities.
• Communicate information across shifts and departments.
• Oversee contractors during out-of-hours work, ensuring safe systems and risk assessments.
• Participate in safety reporting and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Electrical bias

Fault finding

Health & Safety awareness

Education

NVQ in Engineering

City and Guilds

ONC in Engineering

Tools

Forklift license

Job description

Rewards & Benefits on Offer;

• Competitive starting salary with shift allowance
• Immediate start date
• Permanent opportunity
• Easily accessible site
• Free parking
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance

MTrec Recruitment are currently supporting our industry leading client on their search to appoint an experienced Shift Maintenance Engineer to join their team on a full time and permanent basis.

The Role you will be doing;

The successful candidate will report directly to the Maintenance Manager. A multi skilled role with a preferred electrical bias, with responsibility for reactive breakdown repair, PPM, installation, and maintenance on a wide range of manufacturing equipment and plant.

• Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety policies, procedures, and regulations while reporting safety and performance issues
• Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules and deliver safety-critical maintenance tasks within specified timeframes
• Manage maintenance work order processes including raising defects, planning, scheduling, and recording reactive, proactive, and conditional-based maintenance
• Communicate all information thoroughly across all shifts and departments
• Oversee contractors during out-of-hours work to ensure compliance with work instructions, safe systems of work, risk assessments, and permit requirements
• Actively participate in safety reporting and continuous improvement initiatives
• Shifts (Apply online only)hrs,(Apply online only)hrs and (Apply online only)hrs Monday - Friday as well as additional hours to suit the needs of the business

About You;

• Must have a flexible can-do attitude with the ability to work with minimum supervision to suit production demands.
• Hold a relevant qualification NVQ, City and Guilds, ONC, in an Engineering related discipline.
• Time served with an electrical bias.
• Experience of Plastics processing / Temperature control / Process equipment is preferred
• This position will involve additional hours as required to support the needs of the business.
• Knowledge of fault-finding diagnosis and repair of a wide range of production machinery.
• Minimum 3 years post held in an engineering/manufacturing environment.
• Counterbalance Forklift license advantageous but not essential