Maintenance Engineer

Overview

Hours:

12-hour shifts, days and nights

ISQ Recruitment is supporting a manufacturing business in Norfolk with the recruitment of a Shift Maintenance Engineer. Following an initial 4 to 6 week induction working days with an experienced technician, this role will move onto a rotating shift pattern. The position supports asset reliability and maintenance performance across the site.

This role operates within a non-food manufacturing environment.

Working as part of the Engineering and Asset Care team, you will be responsible for first-line maintenance, fault finding, and planned maintenance activities across production and utility equipment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carrying out reactive, preventive, and corrective maintenance on production and utility equipment
• Fault finding across mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems
• Supporting planned maintenance and Operator Asset Care activities
• Recording maintenance activity and escalating issues where required
• Supporting continuous improvement and process control initiatives
• Identifying and sourcing replacement parts in a cost-effective manner
• Working closely with production and engineering teams to meet operational priorities
• Maintaining safe systems of work and a clean, organised working environment
• Completing structured shift handovers to ensure continuity between shifts
• Supporting training, mentoring, and induction of colleagues when required

• Maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment
• Mechanical qualification at a recognised national standard
• Electrical qualification or experience, HNC or HND preferred
• Strong fault-finding capability across mechanical and electrical systems
• Good understanding of Health and Safety requirements in an industrial setting
• Ability to work effectively as part of a shift-based team
• Experience working with complex manufacturing equipment
• Exposure to planned maintenance systems and continuous improvement activity
• Experience supporting or training colleagues