Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Location: North Norfolk
Salary: £49,000 – £51,000 per annum (£21.82 – £22.59/hour + ~£3,000 shift allowance)
Shift Pattern: Rotating Days & Nights (42 hours per week)
Positions Available: 1

The Role

We are seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join an established engineering shift team within a highly automated, clean manufacturing environment. Working alongside Shift Engineering Leads and fellow engineers, you will be responsible for carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance to ensure equipment reliability and production continuity.

This role is electrically biased but requires strong mechanical capability.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdown maintenance.

Diagnose and rectify electrical and mechanical faults to minimise downtime.

Support shift engineers in maintaining safe and efficient plant operations.

Work collaboratively with production teams to prioritise maintenance activity.

Ensure all work is completed in line with health and safety procedures.

Accurately record maintenance activities and contribute to reliability improvements.

Equipment & Systems

You will work on a broad range of automated and process machinery, including:

Conveyors and material handling systems

Weighing, bagging, case packing and palletising equipment

Robotic and automated handling systems

Process and thermal equipment

Typical Faults & Technical Exposure

PLC fault-finding (I/O level)

Sensors, relays, and control circuits

Control panels and three-phase systems

Inverters and motor control

Hydraulics and pneumatics

Mechanical components: bearings, belts, chains, motors

Candidate Requirements

Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in a manufacturing or production environment

Electrical bias with solid mechanical fault-finding ability

Engineering qualification at Level 3 or completion of a recognised apprenticeship

Comfortable working rotating day and night shifts

Experience within clean, high-volume production environments preferred

Shift Pattern

Rotating continental-style shifts including days and nights:

Days: 06:45 – 19:15

Nights: 18:45 – 07:15

Package & Benefits

£49,000 – £51,000 per annum

Approx. £3,000 unsociable hours allowance

Overtime paid at time and a quarter

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Training and development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Free on-site parking

Why Apply?

This is a stable, long-term maintenance role offering exposure to a highly automated operation. While short-term progression is limited, there is potential for longer-term development within the engineering function
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed