Electrically biased Maintenance Engineer

Electrically biased Maintenance Engineer

Northwood – Ellesmere Port, England, United Kingdom.

Ready to demonstrate your expertise in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in a clean, state‑of‑the‑art FMCG manufacturing environment? You will be fully utilised in this role, reducing downtime, improving repair times, and enhancing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

Sustaining and improving equipment reliability and efficiency, you'll help create innovative maintenance systems, support the development of performance measures, and yearly maintenance plans.

• 2 days from 6 am to 6 pm
• 2 nights from 6 pm to 6 am
• 4 days off shift

• PPM maintenance programs
• Commissioning new projects
• Utilising planning tools and CMMS systems to organise weekly tasks and improvement projects.
• Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation of all maintenance activities.

You'll have the opportunity to support cross‑skilling initiatives, expanding our operators' skillset, e.g., lubrication, changeovers, inspections, and minor repairs.

As our multiskilled maintenance engineer, you will play an integral role in troubleshooting equipment issues, conducting root‑cause analysis (RCA), and implementing long‑term solutions to prevent recurrence.

From managing spare parts and purchasing systems to conducting criticality and obsolescence assessments, your attention to detail will help streamline operations and support continuous improvement (CI).

To further support CI, you will use improvement tools such as 5S, TPM, Asset Management and Kaizen. We'll also rely on you to prepare weekly/monthly performance reports.

If you're ready to take ownership of reliability, drive performance, and be part of a team that values innovation and excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Free company products
• Free on‑site parking
• Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gym discounts
• Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and On‑Demand GP service
• Free early access to pay scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee referral scheme

• NVQ Level 3+ in Electrical Maintenance (or equivalent)
• 18th Edition Electrical Qualification, or alternatively, completion of a multi‑discipline apprenticeship (desirable)
• Advanced PLC fault‑finding and problem‑solving skills

Seniority level:
Entry level.

Employment type:

Full‑time. Job function:
Management and Manufacturing. Industries:
Specialty Trade Contractors.