Maintenance Engineer (Nights

Maintenance Engineer (Night Shifts)

Location:

Caerphilly

Salary: £53,000 + Overtime Available

Our client is currently seeking a Multiskilled Nights Maintenance Engineer (mechanical bias preferred) to join their engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established and growing business, offering strong earning potential with overtime and a consistent night shift pattern.

• Acting as a standalone shift engineer within the factory environment
• Carrying out routine maintenance, inspections, and repairs on a range of food production machinery
• Proactively identifying potential issues and implementing preventative maintenance to reduce downtime
• Responding efficiently to breakdowns and technical issues during production hours
• Diagnosing faults across mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems
• Supporting production teams to ensure minimal disruption and optimal output
• Monitoring machinery performance to ensure efficiency and compliance with safety standards
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records, logs, and reports
• Working in line with food safety, health & safety, and site regulations
• Ensuring all contractors adhere to site rules and safety standards

• Proven experience as a Maintenance Engineer within a manufacturing or food production environment
• Multiskilled engineer with a mechanical bias - Preferred
• Strong working knowledge of production machinery including conveyors, mixers, fillers, and packaging equipment
• Ability to fault find across mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems
• Competent in reading and interpreting technical drawings and schematics
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work under pressure
• Effective communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally
• High attention to detail with a proactive and reliability-focused approach

• Salary: £53,000 + overtime available
• Overtime paid at enhanced rates (x1.25 weekdays, x1.5 Saturdays, x2 Sundays)
• Working hours:
  
  6pm - 6am.
7-day fortnight rota with every other Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off
• Strong earning potential with regular overtime available
• Full benefits package to be discussed