Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)

Location: Widnes
Salary: GBP52,320
Shifts: 4 on 4 off (Days and Nights)

Looking for a new challenge as a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with a mechanical bias? Join a leading manufacturer in Widnes and help keep our operations running smoothly!

Why Work for Us?

• Competitive salary: GBP52,320
• Shifts: Enjoy a 4 on 4 off shift pattern with both days and nights for a balanced lifestyle.
• Generous Benefits Package:
• 23 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Stakeholder pension scheme matching up to 8%
• 4 x Life Assurance Cover
• Healthcare Cashback Scheme
• Group Income Protection
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• High Street Discount Club
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

About the Role

As a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias), you will play a vital role in maintaining, repairing, and ensuring the operational efficiency of our advanced manufacturing equipment. If you have a passion for mechanics, a proactive attitude, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this is the role for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct preventive and reactive maintenance on mechanical and electrical systems to keep production running smoothly.
• Read and interpret engineering specifications, design drawings, and technical manuals.
• Identify and troubleshoot mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical system faults, including motors, drives, and control systems.
• Perform repairs on machinery using a range of tools, including power tools and hoists.
• Supervise routine preventive maintenance tasks carried out by production operatives.
• Support machine installations, including equipment lifting, placement, alignment, and connection of services.
• Maintain safety standards by ensuring machine guarding, interlocks, and safety devices are functioning correctly.
• Generate maintenance reports and analyse equipment downtime trends to identify areas for improvement.

Requirements:

• HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• At least 5 years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience, ideally in a manufacturing or processing environment.
• Solid understanding of pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical/electronic motion control systems.
• Experience with electrical installations and wiring, including troubleshooting and repairing motors and drives.
• Web handling experience and knowledge of tension measurement/control systems is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Apply Now!
If you are an experienced Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with a strong mechanical bias, we want to hear from you! For further information, please contact Clare Butler at Winsearch UK.