Location: Cumbria
Salary: Starting Salary of 45k
Shift Pattern: Rotating Days & Nights (10 Days off straight per month with a 13 working days per months)
About the Role
We are recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established paper manufacturing site with a strong engineering culture and a real focus on reliability.
This is an opportunity for a true engineer - someone who appreciates both legacy machinery and modern upgrades. This is not a highly automated, high-CAPEX environment where equipment is replaced at the first fault. Instead, this site believes in:
Reliability-centred maintenance
Continuous improvement
Process optimisation
Engineering-led problem solving
Getting the absolute best performance from existing assets
If you enjoy improving plant performance, enhancing reliability, and making meaningful engineering improvements - this is the role for you.
Shift Pattern & Overtime
Rotating days and nights
You will work an average of 13 shifts per month
Includes 10 consecutive days off every month
Excellent work-life balance compared to traditional shift roles
Overtime paid at time and a half
Regular availability of additional overtime days
This pattern offers significant time off while maintaining strong earning potential.
Key Responsibilities
Electrical maintenance support across production and site services
Fault finding and repair on a mix of ageing and upgraded equipment
Work on motors, drives, control panels, PLC-controlled systems
Participate in PPM and reactive maintenance
Support reliability improvements and root cause analysis
Contribute to small project work and plant modifications
Work collaboratively with mechanical engineers and operations teams
Maintain high safety standards in a heavy industrial environment
Engineering Environment
You will work across:
Paper manufacturing and converting machinery
Pumps, motors, gearboxes and conveyors
Variable speed drives (VSDs)
PLC systems (Siemens, Allen Bradley or similar)
Industrial control panels and instrumentation
Utilities including steam, compressed air and water systems
This is a hands-on industrial site where practical engineering ability is valued.
Essential Experience & Qualifications
Time-served Electrician / Electrical Engineer
NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering
18th Edition Wiring Regulations
Experience in manufacturing or heavy industrial environments
Strong electrical fault-finding skills
Experience with motors, inverters, control circuits and panels
Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings
Comfortable working shifts in a continuous production setting
Desirable Experience
Experience within paper manufacturing or continuous process industries
PLC fault-finding capability
Knowledge of reliability-centred maintenance (RCM)
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) experience
Instrumentation and calibration experience
Test & Inspection qualification
Experience improving and maintaining ageing plant assets
The Ideal Engineer
You'll be someone who:
Takes pride in improving equipment rather than replacing it
Has a strong reliability mindset
Thinks proactively and analytically
Enjoys solving complex faults
Wants to influence plant performance and site standards
Values engineering craftsmanship
What's On Offer
Competitive base salary
Overtime paid at 1.5x
Strong earning potential
10 consecutive days off per month
Stable, well-established manufacturing site
A role where engineering genuinely makes the difference
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Salary description
£45000.00 - £45000.00 per year