Night Shift Maintenance Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer – Permanent Nights Commutable:
Basildon, South Ockendon, Rainham, Wickford 10:00pm – 6:00am | Monday–Friday (flexibility available) Salary- up to £54,000 a year My client is seeking a proactive, hands-on Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join our permanent night-shift engineering team at our large-scale manufacturing facility in Essex.

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This is a newly created role to support increased site coverage as part of ongoing investment and growth.

Working within highly automated manufacturing environment , you will be responsible for delivering high-quality planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance across production plant and site services.

You'll play a key role in reducing downtime, improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) , and supporting continuous improvement across complex, high-speed production lines.

This is a multi-skilled role with a strong mechanical bias.

As the only engineer on nights at times, you'll need basic electrical fault-finding capability alongside strong mechanical expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

Carry out planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance on production plant and associated services Must be Ideally apprentice trained with relevant engineering qualifications Strong mechanical skills- hydraulicsc, pnematics, changing belts, bearings, chains Assist with machinery installations and upgrades alongside project teams Work xekaoyc collaboratively within a multi-skilled night-shift engineering team Comfortable working independently on nights Benefits:
Profit-related bonus Pension & life assurance Extensive overtime available with enhanced rates 25 days holiday bank holidays Excellent training and development opportunities Modern, open-plan manufacturing environment On-site parking If you are interested in the role, please apply or contact Eyleesha at Pioneer Selection