Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician

Job Title:

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician

Location:

Skelmersdale Pay Rate: £19.50 per hour  30% shift allowance Working Hours & Shift Pattern Rotating shifts, Monday to Friday:
Early: 6:00am 2:00pm (Mon Thurs) | 6:00am 12:00pm (Fri) Late: 2:00pm 10:00pm (Mon Thurs) | 11:00am 4:35pm (Fri) Nights (when required): 9:00pm 6:30am (Mon Thurs) Flexibility to work nights on an exceptional basis is required. Benefits: 33 days annual leave after 12 weeks, pension, free car parking, the opportunity to work for a global company. Contract Length: 1 year We are recruiting Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technicians to join a busy manufacturing site in Skelmersdale on a 12-month contract.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced maintenance professionals with strong electrical and mechanical skills to support high-volume, automated production lines. The successful candidates will play a key role in ensuring equipment reliability, minimising downtime, and supporting continuous improvement across production operations.

Key Responsibilities as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician:
Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdown repairs on production equipment. Diagnose and rectify electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and control system faults. Establish process conditions and perform in-line quality checks. Monitor and control processes using Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods. Support production targets by ensuring equipment availability, quality and efficiency. Maintain and improve procedures and maintenance systems. Build strong working relationships with production and engineering stakeholders on site.

Support continuous improvement and root cause analysis activities. Ideal Candidate

Experience:

Minimum of 2 years experience in machine maintenance within a manufacturing environment. Time-served apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical/Mechanical Maintenance . Experience working with automated assembly lines and robotics (ABB preferred; training available). Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings. Confident working to SOPs and formal training processes. Experience carrying out root cause analysis and structured fault diagnosis.

Please apply now for the role of Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician!