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Maintenance Engineer

Job in Essex, Essex County, England, UK
Listing for: Hunter Selection
Full Time, Seasonal/Temporary, Contract position
Listed on 2026-07-10
Job specializations:
  • Manufacturing / Production
    Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Manufacturing Engineer
  • Engineering
    Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 45000 GBP Yearly GBP 45000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Halstead, Essex
£40,000-£45,000 + £5k Guaranteed Overtime

Monday-Friday 7am-4pm + 1 in 2 Saturdays (Paid at Overtime)

Benefits:

- Regular Overtime Available
23 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
Company Performance Bonus, Private Healthcare  

Our client is a leading industrial manufacturer, that values hard work, teamwork and developing people. Part of a UK group supplying into various different industry sectors, they are looking for an experience mechanical biased maintenance engineer to join their maintenance team!

Role & Responsibilities as a maintenance engineer:

Responsible for all planned, reactive maintenance and project overhaul work
Working in a small team of engineers, working extra hours to help out when needed
Repairing production machinery, conveyors, industrial plant equipment, cranes, fleet vehicles
Dealing with repairs on gearboxes, drives, pneumatics, bearings, shafts, motors, valves, hoses
Basic electrical fault finding on 3-phase motors, VFD's, industrial controls
Mechanical fabrication & fitting

Knowledge,

Skills & Experience:

Must be a mechanically biased engineer / plant fitter
Worked in a small team previously where everyone does extra hours to get the job done, helps out on Saturdays - "if one person lets the team down, it lets everyone down"
Team fit really important, get stuck in, work hard mentality
Comfortable working in a dusty, dirty, wet & messy environment
Must have worked in a heavier industrial sector
Basic fabrication & fitting skills would be beneficial
Experience in fixing plant machinery, production & fleet equipment
Hold on mechanical engineering qualifications
Must be able to drive due to site location - no public transport access

If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours please presume you are unsuccessful.

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
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