Description
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
