Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Permanent Late Shift | 4 DAY WEEK -Monday to Thursday, 2:00pm - Midnight
£43,000 + Shift Allowance
A well-established and highly automated manufacturing business is looking to recruit an experienced Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join its engineering team at its Head Office site in Swadlincote.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer who enjoys working within a fast-paced production environment, supporting advanced automated machinery and contributing to continuous improvement projects.
The Role
Reporting into the Engineering leadership team, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving production machinery and plant equipment to maximise uptime and operational efficiency.
Key responsibilities include:
Carrying out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across site machinery and equipment
Diagnosing and resolving both electrical and mechanical faults
Supporting machinery modifications, upgrades, and improvement projects
Working with electrical panels, control boards, switches, and PLC-controlled systems
Reading and interpreting engineering and electrical drawings
Ensuring maintenance activities are recorded accurately
Supporting calibration and servicing schedules across production plant
Promoting a strong health & safety culture onsite
Assisting with continuous improvement initiatives across engineering and production
Supporting risk assessments and method statements where required
Working collaboratively with production and fabrication teams
Providing occasional out-of-hours support where necessary
To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:
NVQ Level 3 qualification minimum (or equivalent)
Previous experience within a manufacturing or automated production environment
Strong multiskilled capability across both electrical and mechanical maintenance
Experience fault-finding on PLC-controlled machinery and automated systems
Knowledge of electrical panels, logic controls, switches, and production equipment
A proactive approach to problem solving and team working
Strong awareness of health & safety practices Experience working with a variety of PLC systems and European manufacturing machinery would be highly beneficial.
Salary of £43,000
Permanent late shift: Monday to Thursday, 2pm - Midnight
£15 per shift allowance
25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + 2 Christmas shutdown days
Company sick pay following successful probation period
Overtime paid via banked hours system
Stable long-term opportunity within a growing manufacturing environment
Supportive engineering team with excellent onsite knowledge and technical expertise If this sounds like you, please click apply now or send over your CV to (url removed) or call Katie on (phone number removed).
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Salary description
£43000.00 - £46000.00 per year