Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Leicester

Permanent

£40,000 – £45,000 (inclusive of shift allowance)

Working Pattern

• 12-hour shifts – 7am–7pm / 7pm–7am

• Rotating days and nights

• Typical rotation:

  • Week 1 (Days): Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

  • Week 2 (Days): Wednesday, Thursday

  • Pattern then repeats on nights

• Provides full 24/7 engineering coverage

The Role

Join a high-quality manufacturing site operating in a technically demanding, safety-critical environment. This role offers a strong electrical bias (approx. 60%) with mechanical support (approx. 40%), working on automated production equipment where uptime, reliability, and standards genuinely matter.

You’ll be part of a shift-based engineering team responsible for breakdowns, fault-finding, planned maintenance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Electrical and mechanical maintenance on industrial manufacturing equipment

• Electrical fault-finding on motors, drives, sensors, and control systems

• PLC hardware and logic fault diagnosis

• Planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance

• Accurate use of a CMMS

• Support continuous improvement initiatives

• Work to strict health, safety, and quality standards

What We’re Looking For

• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering

• Strong electrical fault-finding experience in an industrial environment

• PLC fault-finding capability

• CMMS experience

• Good mechanical aptitude

• Understanding of variable speed drives and servo systems

Desirable:

• 18th Edition

• Lean / Kaizen / Six Sigma exposure

• Experience in high-quality or regulated manufacturing

Why Apply?

• £40k–£45k all-in salary

• Technically interesting, automated plant

• Stable, long-term role within a global manufacturing group

• Opportunity to be part of a site on a genuine improvement journey