Maintenance Engineer

# Vacancies Maintenance Engineer## Job Introduction
** Maintenance Engineer | Permanent | £45,000 - £48,000| Elton
** Reporting to the Maintenance Engineering Supervisor, you will serve as a key hands-on Maintenance Engineer in our high-speed beverages bottling operations. Your primary focus will be the overhaul, refurbishment, and ongoing maintenance of critical filling machinery components, including filling valves, lift cylinders, and capping heads, to ensure peak performance, hygiene compliance, and extended equipment life.

You will also be responsible for completing and accurately recording all jobs, inspections, and maintenance activities via the Prisma CMMS system. This role demands a proactive, detail-oriented approach to mechanical overhauls in a fast-paced FMCG environment, where precision on components directly impacts line efficiency, product quality, and safety.
** The Key Requirements
*** Minimum of NVQ Level3 in engineering
* Proven background in planned and proactive maintenance in a manufacturing environment (FMCG or high-speed production experience highly desirable).
* Methodical approach to fault-finding, repairs, and maintenance tasks.
* Strong practical skills with a common-sense, hands-on attitude.
* Lean & S5 manufacturing would be advantageous

Part of the Vidrala group, we are a market leader in glass container design, manufacturing, bottling and logistics solutions for the UK, Irish and European food and beverages industries.  With over 2,000 employees, we operate from our three purpose-built sites:
Derrylin, Co Fermanagh;
Elton, Cheshire and Bristol. We produce around 3 billion glass bottles and other containers annually and can fill up to 500 million litres of bulk shipped beverages every year. Our collective purpose is to deliver and uphold world-leading sustainable innovation, with great people and a great workplace collaborating on a great future.

Joining Encirc means you will be joining a business with a bespoke, 360-approach to the beverage supply chain, spanning filling, warehousing, and logistics. Reducing the road miles and carbon footprint of our customers' products, we are conscious disruptors prioritising sustainability and modern technology.  As a forward-thinking and sustainable business, we are committed to achieving zero emissions by 2030.
** The Benefits and Perks
*** Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays plus the option to buy holidays
* Free onsite gym for all employees
* My Benefits Reward Platform with 100s of discounts at restaurants and retailers
* Employee Well-being benefits such as the Employee Assistance Programme
* Pension scheme where the company contributes up to a max 7%
* Life cover at 3 times your annual salary
* Optional partner life cover
* Subsidised onsite staff restaurant
* Free parking onsite
* Salary sacrifice Electric car scheme
* Subsidised onsite electric car charging
* Cycle to work scheme
* Enhance maternity and paternity leave
* Liftshare scheme
* Health cash plan
* Optional dental insurance
* Optional Private Medical Insurance
* Optional critical illness cover
* Social club Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV tailored to this job opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you.

Encirc is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Every applicant will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or religion. We also want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. That’s why we have partnered with Recite Me to offer an accessibility toolbar on our job search page, recruitment application system and website.

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* ** Salary**   £45000 - £48000
* Annual
* ** Job Reference
** Vidrala/30454/1750
* ** Contract Type
** Permanent* Monday-Thursday 07:00-16:00, Friday 07:00-13:30
* ** Closing Date
** 3 September, 2026
* ** Job Category
** Engineering
* ** Business Unit
** Beverages
* ** Location
* * Elton, Cheshire, United Kingdom (Incl. Northern Ireland)
* 4 August, 2026

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