Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

MULTI SKILLED NIGHTS ENGINEER – 16 MONTH CONTRACT

Salary: £53,000

Location:
Wirral

Shift: Monday – Thursday, 10:00pm – 8:00am

(3-day weekend every week)

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a highly automated manufacturing site operating within a fast-paced production environment. The business has invested heavily into its equipment and engineering function, creating an excellent opportunity for an engineer looking for a long-term contract role with the potential for permanent opportunities at the end of the contract.

This is a mechanically biased position (80/20 split) focused mainly on maintaining and improving a key production line. The successful engineer will be responsible for reactive maintenance, planned preventative maintenance, fault finding, and continuous improvement work across site machinery.

• Mechanical maintenance and repairs on conveyors, pumps, bearings, chains, belts, and rotary machinery
• Diagnosing and resolving mechanical faults and breakdowns
• Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities
• Pneumatic maintenance including valves, cylinders, and airlines
• Equipment strip-downs, rebuilds, and overhauls
• Basic electrical fault finding on motors, drives, sensors, and control systems
• Supporting production to maximise machinery uptime and reliability

• Multi-skilled maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment
• NVQ Level 3 or time-served engineering qualification

• FMCG, bottling, aerosol, or packaging background
• ATEX experience or qualification advantageous
• Previous UK manufacturing experience preferred

• £53,000 salary on a 16-month contract
• Potential permanent opportunity after contract completion
• 25 days holiday + Christmas shutdown
• Company bonus scheme
• Pension and sick pay scheme
• Simplyhealth cash plan
• Accident insurance & life assurance
• Bike2
  
  Work scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Structured night shift pattern with a 3-day weekend every week