Facilities Engineer

I'm currently recruiting on behalf of an established, high-tech manufacturing business for an experienced Facilities Engineer to join their site engineering and maintenance team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a company operating in a highly regulated manufacturing environment, supporting critical plant, facilities, and production equipment to ensure maximum uptime, safety, and operational performance.

The Role Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you'll play a key role in delivering planned preventative maintenance, responding to equipment breakdowns, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the site. The basic salary will be £35-£40k  30% shift allowance on top of basic pay. The shifts are 7:30am-5:30pm 5 days and then 3 days off.

Key responsibilities include:

Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across plant and facilities. Diagnosing and resolving mechanical faults to minimise downtime. Supporting basic electrical fault finding and maintenance activities. Ensuring all maintenance activities comply with health & safety and statutory requirements. Managing preventative maintenance schedules and accurately recording work completed. Working with external contractors and service providers where required. Supporting continuous improvement projects and implementing engineering best practices.

Participating in an on-call rota to provide out-of-hours breakdown support. About You We're looking for someone with a strong mechanical maintenance background who also has basic electrical maintenance experience . This role would suit an engineer who is confident working on mechanical systems while being comfortable carrying out first-line electrical fault finding and maintenance. Ideally you'll have:

Experience with in a manufacturing, industrial, or production environment. Strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding skills. Basic electrical maintenance knowledge (motors, sensors, isolations, fault finding, etc.).

Experience with planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance. A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement. Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a maintenance team. If you're looking for a varied maintenance role within a stable and innovative manufacturing business, I'd be happy to discuss the opportunity in more detail.