Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Engineer

About the Role

An established UK manufacturer is seeking a multi-skilled Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join its engineering team. This position plays a key role in ensuring production equipment operates safely, efficiently and reliably through planned preventative maintenance, fault finding and continuous improvement activities.

Working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you will provide both reactive and proactive maintenance support across production, packaging and site services equipment while contributing to engineering projects and process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on manufacturing and packaging equipment.

• Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns, diagnosing and repairing both electrical and mechanical faults.

• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions to improve equipment reliability.

• Maintain motors, gearboxes, pumps, conveyors, mixers, agitators, compressors, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.

• Replace and install electrical components including motors, sensors, contactors, drives and control panels.

• Support production by minimising downtime and maximising plant availability.

• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, efficiency and preventative maintenance.

• Assist with machinery installations, upgrades and commissioning of new equipment.

Skills & Experience

• Apprentice trained or qualified in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Multi-Skilled Engineering.

• Experience working within a manufacturing, process or industrial production environment.

• Strong electrical fault-finding skills on industrial equipment.

• Mechanical maintenance experience with rotating equipment, pumps, conveyors, gearboxes and bearings.

• Experience working with PLC-controlled machinery (fault diagnosis rather than programming) a big plus.

• Knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems.

• Familiarity with variable speed drives (VSDs), motors and industrial control systems a big plus.

• Experience using preventative maintenance systems (CMMS).

• Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.