Maintenance Engineer – Mechanical or Electrical

Maintenance Engineer – Mechanical or Electrical

Location: Shobdon, Herefordshire
Salary: £16.83 – £18.69 per hour + Shift Premium + Overtime
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Shift: Rotating Days

Looking for your next step in Engineering?

We're recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established and successful manufacturing business based in Shobdon, Herefordshire.

Whether you're a Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer or Multi-Skilled Engineer, we'd love to hear from you!

Currently single-skilled? No problem! Our client offers fully funded training to help you become multi-skilled, providing a fantastic opportunity to develop your technical abilities and progress your engineering career.

What's on Offer?

* £16.83 – £18.69 per hour, depending on experience

* Additional £0.92 per hour shift premium (17:00 – 08:00)

* Overtime paid at 1.5x, double time on Sundays

* 31 days annual leave, increasing with service

* Fully funded training and development

* Company pension and life assurance

* Health and wellbeing support

* Employee discounts and benefits

* Free on-site parking

* Long-term career progression opportunities

Working Hours

Rotating weekly shifts:

* Week 1: Monday – Friday, 05:30 – 13:30

* Week 2: Monday – Friday, 09:30 – 17:30

* Weekend working as required (8 or 12-hour shifts)

Following training, you'll also join a 1 in 7 on-call rota, with additional standby payments of £16.51 per night and a minimum of 4 hours' pay for call-outs.

What You'll Be Doing

* Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs

* Fault-finding and diagnosing mechanical and/or electrical issues

* Minimising machinery downtime and improving equipment reliability

* Supporting machinery installations, upgrades and improvement projects

* Maintaining accurate maintenance records

* Working closely with production and engineering teams

* Ensuring all work meets health and safety standards

What We're Looking For

* Time-served apprenticeship or relevant engineering qualification

* Mechanical, electrical or multi-skilled maintenance experience

* Strong fault-finding and problem-solving abilities

* Experience working with industrial machinery or production equipment

* A proactive, reliable approach and willingness to learn

* Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Desirable but not essential: Previous food manufacturing experience, pneumatics knowledge or 17th/18th Edition electrical qualifications.

Interested? Apply Today!

If you're an experienced Engineer looking for a stable, long-term opportunity with excellent training, competitive overtime rates and genuine career progression, we want to hear from you
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed