Shift Maintenance Engineer(Electrical Bias)
About the company
The Opportunity MRD Recruitment is working on behalf of a well-established manufacturing business seeking a Shift Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias to join its Engineering Department.
Your tasks
This is an excellent opportunity for a time-served engineer to help maintain the reliability and availability of plant, machinery and equipment in a fast-paced production environment.
Reporting to the Chief Engineer, you'll play a key role in delivering planned preventative maintenance, responding to breakdowns and minimising production downtime.
Your responsibilities will include
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across plant, machinery and production equipment.
- Diagnosing faults and completing electrical and mechanical breakdown repairs.
- Working on hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
- Responding to equipment failures to minimise production disruption.
- Supporting plant reliability, equipment availability and continuous improvement.
- Working independently and collaboratively with Engineering and Production teams.
- Maintaining high standards of health and safety and following safe working procedures.
- Providing overtime cover for holidays and absence, alongside occasional weekend preventative maintenance.
Requirements
We're keen to hear from engineers with a strong electrical foundation and practical experience maintaining industrial equipment.
You'll ideally have
- A recognised engineering apprenticeship or time-served experience in an electrical or electrical-biased discipline.
- Experience in a manufacturing or industrial maintenance environment.
- Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
- Practical mechanical maintenance experience, including hydraulics and pneumatics.
- Experience delivering planned and reactive maintenance.
- Good communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
What we offer
- £48,000 annual salary.
- 28 days' annual holiday, increasing with length of service.
- Sick pay provision after one year, increasing with service.
- Healthcare scheme.
- Group personal pension scheme.
How to apply
Apply today or contact MRD Recruitment for a confidential discussion.
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Shift Maintenance Engineer - Electrical Bias *Location: Renfrewshire, near Glasgow Salary: £48,000 per annum Shift Pattern:** Three-shift continuous rotation
Shift Pattern The role operates on a three-shift continuous rotation
- Night shift: Sunday to Thursday, 10pm-6am.
- Early shift: Monday to Friday, 6am-2pm.
- Back shift: Monday to Thursday, 2pm-10pm; Friday, 2pm-7pm.
Average working hours are 39 hours and 40 minutes per week, with overtime available to support departmental cover and weekend maintenance.
Interested? If you're a time-served Maintenance Engineer with an electrical bias looking for your next opportunity in manufacturing, we'd like to hear from you.